TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN SINGLE-CRYSTAL SUPERCONDUCTING NIOBIUM

被引:6
作者
GAITSKELL, RJ
GOLDIE, DJ
BOOTH, NE
PATEL, C
SALMON, GL
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Oxford, OX1 3RH, Keble Road
来源
PHYSICA B | 1991年 / 169卷 / 1-4期
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10.1016/0921-4526(91)90268-J
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Following recent interest in niobium as a superconducting detector for possible astronomical dark matter, we have extended previous measurements of phonon propagation in high purity single crystal niobium below 1K. We have also, for the first time, observed the propagation of quasiparticles in bulk niobium, with a characteristic diffusion time an order of magnitude slower than that of the phonons.
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页码:445 / 446
页数:2
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