THE ELECTRONIC SPECIFIC-HEAT OF CUPRATE SUPERCONDUCTORS

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作者
LORAM, JW
MIRZA, KA
WADE, JM
COOPER, JR
LIANG, WY
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[1] IRC in Superconductivity, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, Madingley Road
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PHYSICA C | 1994年 / 235卷
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10.1016/0921-4534(94)91331-5
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We present the electronic specific heat coefficient gamma(T) for several cuprate series determined from high resolution differential measurements. gamma(T) is consistent with Fermi statistics, a low degeneracy temperature and at most a modest low temperature mass enhancement. We show the progression of gamma(T) with hole doping for La2-ySryCuO4 and the overdoped system Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta, and demonstrate that the rapid fall in condensation energy in underdoped YBa2Cu3O6+x results from the growth of a pseudogap in the normal state quasiparticle spectrum. We discuss the effects of Zn doping on superconducting and pseudogap correlations in YBa2Cu3O6+x.
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