Heat capacity through the magnetic-field-induced resistive transition in an underdoped high-temperature superconductor

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-335

  Riggs, Scott C ^a   Vafek, O ^a   Kemper, J B ^a   Betts, J B ^b   Migliori, A ^b   Balakirev, F F ^b   Hardy, W N ^c,d   Liang, Ruixing ^c,d   Bonn, D A ^c,d   Boebinger, G S ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FERMI LIQUIDS; FERMIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TERNARY ALLOYS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENCES; QUANTUM OSCILLATIONS; QUASIPARTICLE DENSITY; SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79953723128     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1921     Document Type: Article

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