Point contact spectroscopy of Nb3 Sn crystals: Evidence of a CDW gap related to the martensitic transition

Solid State Communications

Volumn 150, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 715-719

  Escudero, R ^a   Morales, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN MATERIALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

A. Superconductors; C. Crystal structure and symmetry; D. Heat capacity; D. Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND SYMMETRY; DENSITY OF STATE; DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCES; HEAT CAPACITIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MARTENSITIC TRANSITIONS; POINT CONTACT SPECTROSCOPY; SPECIFIC HEAT MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

CALORIMETRY; CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; MARTENSITE; POINT CONTACTS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TIN; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 77649338093     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2010.01.038     Document Type: Article

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