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Specific heat of single crystals of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/. sqrt. /sub delta/: Fluctuation effects in a bulk superconductor

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
Gaussian fluctuations have been observed in the specific heat of two single crystals YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/..sqrt../sub delta/. Deviations from a BCS-type step are well accounted for by 3D Gaussian fluctuations whose amplitude ratio, in the cleaner sample, implies that the number of order-parameter components is 7 +- 2. This result is inconsistent with an O(2) Ginzburg-Landau theory
Research Organization:
Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5250933
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 60:12; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English