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Phonon Damping in Disordered HTSC Crystals
Author(s) -
Parish J. L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3951(199705)201:1<223::aid-pssb223>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - phonon , condensed matter physics , crystal (programming language) , superconductivity , materials science , damp , physics , thermodynamics , computer science , programming language
It is shown that high levels of crystal disorder profoundly damp phonon modes, and it is suggested that crystal disorder is the parameter which determines whether a crystal becomes superconducting or insulating as temperature is lowered to T c .