Anomalous Magnetic Field Dependence of the Thermodynamic Transition Line in the Isotropic Superconductor [Formula presented]

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4-

  Blanchard, S ^a   Klein, T ^a,b   Marcus, J ^a   Joumard, I ^a   Sulpice, A ^c   Szabo, P ^b,d   Samuely, P ^d   Jansen, A G M ^e   Marcenat, C ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^e GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^f CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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EID: 85038286324     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.177201     Document Type: Article

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