Density of phonon states in superconducting FeSe as a function of temperature and pressure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Ksenofontov, V ^a   Wortmann, G ^b   Chumakov, A I ^c   Gasi, T ^a   Medvedev, S ^a,d   McQueen, T M ^e   Cava, R J ^e   Felser, C ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955474902     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.184510     Document Type: Article

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