Observation of a spin gap in the normal state of superconducting Mo3Sb7

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Tran, Vinh Hung ^a   Miiller, Wojciech ^a   Bukowski, Zbigniew ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SPIN DYNAMICS;

EXCITATION GAPS; NORMAL STATES; SPIN GAPS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 41549087909     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.137004     Document Type: Article

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