Power-law-like correlation between condensation energy and superconducting transition temperatures in iron pnictide/chalcogenide superconductors: Beyond the BCS understanding

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2014, Pages

  Xing, Jie ^a   Li, Sheng ^a   Zeng, Bin ^b   Mu, Gang ^b   Shen, Bing ^b   Schneeloch, J ^c   Zhong, R D ^c   Liu, T S ^c,d   Gu, G D ^c   Wen, Hai Hu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84899705029     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.140503     Document Type: Article

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