Vortex structures, penetration depth and pairing in iron-based superconductors studied by small-angle neutron scattering

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Eskildsen, M R ^a   Forgan, E M ^b   Kawano Furukawa, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 82455186307     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/74/12/124504     Document Type: Review

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