Island formation in disordered superconducting thin films at finite magnetic fields

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Dubi, Yonatan ^a,d   Meir, Yigal ^a   Avishai, Yshai ^a,b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 46749129746     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.024502     Document Type: Article

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