Evidence for two-gap nodeless superconductivity in SmFeAsO1-x Fx from point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Daghero, D ^a   Tortello, M ^a   Gonnelli, R S ^a   Stepanov, V A ^b   Zhigadlo, N D ^c   Karpinski, J ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 70249094264     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.060502     Document Type: Article

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