A distinct bosonic mode in an electron-doped high-transition-temperature superconductor

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7172, 2007, Pages 1058-1061

  Niestemski, F C ^a   Kunwar, S ^a   Zhou, S ^a   Li, Shiliang ^b   Ding, H ^a   Wang, Ziqiang ^a   Dai, Pengcheng ^b,c   Madhavan, V ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CALCIUM; CERIUM; COPPER; LANTHANUM; OXYGEN; PRASEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BOSON; ELECTRON; ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; VIBRATION;

EID: 37249068654     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06430     Document Type: Article

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