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The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Physics, Fall 2016, Patti Mccall Sep 2016

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Physics, Fall 2016, Patti Mccall

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The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Physics, Spring 2016, Patti Mccall Mar 2016

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Physics, Spring 2016, Patti Mccall

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The Effect Of Impurities On The Superconductivity Of Bscco-2212, John Vastola Jan 2016

The Effect Of Impurities On The Superconductivity Of Bscco-2212, John Vastola

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BSCCO-2212 is a high-temperature cuprate superconductor whose microscopic behavior is currently poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear whether its order parameter is consistent with s-wave or d-wave symmetry. It has been suggested that its order parameter might take one of several forms that are consistent with d-wave behavior. We present some calculations using the many-body theory approach to superconductivity that suggest that such order parameters would lead to a suppression of the critical temperature in the presence of impurities. Because some experiments have suggested the critical temperature of BSCCO-2212 is relatively independent of the concentration of impurities, this lends …