Phonon density of states, anharmonicity, electron-phonon coupling, and possible multigap superconductivity in the clathrate superconductors Ba8 Si46 and Ba24 Si100: Factors behind large difference in Tc

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Lortz, Rolf ^a   Viennois, Romain ^a   Petrovic, Alexander ^a   Wang, Yuxing ^a   Toulemonde, Pierre ^b   Meingast, Christoph ^c   Koza, Michael Marek ^d   Mutka, Hannu ^d   Bossak, Alexei ^e   Miguel, Alfonso San ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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EID: 45749084540     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.224507     Document Type: Article

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