Evidence of Andreev bound states as a hallmark of the FFLO phase in κ -(BEDT-TTF) 2 CuNCS) 2

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 928-932

  Mayaffre, H ^a   Kramer S ^a   Horvatic M ^a   Berthier, C ^b   Miyagawa, K ^b   Kanoda, K ^b   Mitrovic V F ^c  

^a GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; MOMENTUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANDREEV BOUND STATE; CONDENSED MATTER; FERMIONIC SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM PHENOMENA; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; SPIN-DOWN ELECTRONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84924974165     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3121     Document Type: Article

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