SPECIFIC-HEAT JUMP AT T(C) AND NORMAL-STATE MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY OF A3C60

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作者
RAMIREZ, AP
ROSSEINSKY, MJ
MURPHY, DW
HADDON, RC
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[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1687
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have measured the normal-state susceptibility-chi for both K3C60 and Rb3C60 and the specific-heat jump DELTA-C at the superconducting T(c) for K3C60. Within a phonon-mediated pairing model, the combined effects of chi and DELTA-C are shown to give strong support to pairing via high-energy modes (> 1000 K) associated with intramolecular vibrations. In addition, the small DELTA-C along with the known upper critical field slope provide evidence for an extreme dirty-limit superconductor, with mean free path l almost-equal-to 10 angstrom.
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页码:1687 / 1690
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