Direct observation of competition between superconductivity and charge density wave order in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6.67

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 871-876

  Chang, J ^a,b   Blackburn, E ^c   Holmes, A T ^c   Christensen, N B ^d   Larsen, J ^b,d   Mesot, J ^a,b   Liang, Ruixing ^e,f   Bonn, D A ^e,f   Hardy, W N ^e,f   Watenphul, A ^g   Zimmermann, M V ^g   Forgan, E M ^c   Hayden, S M ^h  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^g DESY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE DENSITY; CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GROUND STATE; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPETING ORDERS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; HIGH ENERGY X-RAY DIFFRACTION; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; NORMAL STATE; ORDERED STATE; SPIN AND CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; SYMMETRY-BREAKING;

YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84870596819     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2456     Document Type: Article

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