Quantum oscillations probe the normal electronic states of novel superconductors

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1924, 2010, Pages 3503-3517

  Coldea, Amalia I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fermi surface; High Tc superconductivity; Quantum oscillations

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STATES; FERMI SURFACE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROBES; QUANTUM THEORY;

BULK PROBE; ELECTRONIC CORRELATION; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; IRON-BASED; LANDAU QUANTIZATION; METALLIC STATE; NORMAL STATE; NOVEL SUPERCONDUCTOR; PAIRING MECHANISM; PNICTIDES; QUANTUM OSCILLATIONS; QUASIPARTICLES; SURFACE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODELS; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77956480281     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0089     Document Type: Review

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