μSR studies of Pu metal and the Pu-based superconductor PuCoGa 5

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages 14-19

  Heffner, Robert H ^a,b   Bauer, Eric D ^b   Chung, B ^c   Fluss, Michael J ^c   Higemoto, Wataru ^a   Ito, Takashi U ^a,d   Maclaughlin, Douglas E ^e   Morales, Luis A ^b   Morris, Gerald D ^f   Ohishi, Kazuki ^a   Sarrao, John L ^b   Shu, Lei ^e  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TRIUMF   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetism; Plutonium; Superconductivity; SR

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349289668     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jpsjs.75s.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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