Anisotropic structure of the order parameter in FeSe0.45 Te 0.55 revealed by angle-resolved specific heat

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Zeng, B ^a,b   Mu, G ^a   Luo, H Q ^a   Xiang, T ^a   Mazin, I I ^a   Yang, H ^a,c   Shan, L ^a   Ren, C ^a   Dai, P C ^a,d,e   Wen, H H ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; SELENIUM; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HEAT; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 78650062836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1115     Document Type: Article

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