Correlation between the transition temperature and the superfluid density in BCS superconductor NbB2+x

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Khasanov, R ^a,b   Shengelaya, A ^c   Maisuradze, A ^a   Di Castro, D ^a,d   Escamilla, R ^e   Keller, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN MATERIALES   (Mexico)

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EID: 40749130435     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.064506     Document Type: Article

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