Anisotropic impurity states, quasiparticle scattering and nematic transport in underdoped Ca(Fe 1-x Co x ) 2 As 2

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 220-224

  Allan, M P ^a,b,c   Chuang, T M ^b,c,d,e   Massee, F ^b,c,f   Xie, Yang ^b   Ni, Ni ^g,h   Bud'Ko, S L ^g,h   Boebinger, G S ^e   Wang, Q ⁱ   Dessau, D S ⁱ   Canfield, P C ^g,h   Golden, M S ^f   Davis, J C ^b,c,j  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^e Florida State University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ATOMS; BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IRON ALLOYS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; FOCUS OF RESEARCHES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; QUASI PARTICLES; RESISTIVITY MAXIMUM; SCATTERING RATES;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84876413658     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2544     Document Type: Article

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