Evaluating the phase diagram of superconductors with asymmetric spin populations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Mannarelli, Massimo ^a   Nardulli, Giuseppe ^b,c   Ruggieri, Marco ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FERMI LEVEL; FERMIONS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

ASYMMETRIC SPIN POPULATIONS; FERMI SPHERES; MEAN-FIELD APPROXIMATION; SUPERCONDUCTIVE STATES;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 33748546901     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.033606     Document Type: Article

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