Andreev reflection and order parameter symmetry in heavy-fermion superconductors: The case of CeCoIn5

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Park, W K ^a   Greene, L H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDREEV REFLECTIONS; CONDUCTANCE CHANNELS; CONDUCTANCE SPECTRUM; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; CURRENT STATUS; DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIONS; ELECTRON LIQUIDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FANO INTERFERENCES; FERMI VELOCITIES; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; HEAVY FERMIONS; HEAVY-FERMION COMPOUNDS; HEAVY-FERMION SUPERCONDUCTORS; INTRINSIC PROPERTIES; KONDO LATTICES; METALLIC JUNCTIONS; NANO-SCALE; ORDER PARAMETER SYMMETRIES; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; STRONGLY CORRELATED ELECTRON SYSTEMS; SUPERCONDUCTING ORDER PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TWO CHANNELS; TWO FLUIDS; WELL-ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUES;

ELECTRONS; LIQUIDS; REFLECTION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

FERMIONS;

EID: 65549093078     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/10/103203     Document Type: Article

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