δ Function peak in the specific heat of high- Tc superconductors: Monte carlo simulation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3498-3501

  Hu, Xiao ^a   Miyashita, Seiji ^b   Tachiki, Masashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MELTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

MAGNETIC INDUCTION; MELTING TRANSITION;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 4243313611     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3498     Document Type: Article

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