Andreev spectroscopy on the filled skutterudite superconductor PrOs4Sb12

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 463-465, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 32-35

  Turel, C S ^a   Wei, J Y T ^a   Yuhasz, W M ^b   Maple, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andreev spectroscopy; Heavy fermion superconductivity; PrOs4Sb12

Indexed keywords

FERMIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POINT CONTACTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ANDREEV SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY FERMION SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES;

PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548444676     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2007.04.225     Document Type: Article

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