Sudden reversal in the pressure dependence of T c in the iron-based superconductor KFe 2 As 2

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 349-352

  Tafti, F F ^a   Juneau Fecteau, A ^a   Delage, M E ^a   Rene De Cotret S ^a   Reid, J Ph ^a,d   Wang, A F ^b   Luo, X G ^b   Chen, X H ^b   Doiron Leyraud, N ^a   Taillefer, Louis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BINARY ALLOYS; FERMI SURFACE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SHEAR WAVES; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS; TECHNETIUM;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC PHASE; APPLYING PRESSURE; CRITICAL PRESSURES; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; ORBITAL FLUCTUATIONS; PAIRING SYMMETRIES; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES;

IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 84878541936     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2617     Document Type: Article

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