Pressure effects on the superconducting transition in nH-CaAlSi

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Boeri, L ^a   Kim, J S ^a   Giantomassi, M ^b   Razavi, F S ^c   Kuroiwa, S ^d   Akimitsu, J ^d   Kremer, R K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 41549099143     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.144502     Document Type: Article

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