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Ann. Phys. Fr.
Volume 13, Number 5, 1988
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Page(s) | 401 - 406 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/anphys:01988001305040100 | |
Published online | 01 June 2004 |
Tunneling systems in high temperature superconductors
Centro Atomico Bariloche, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
We have measured the thermal conductivity, sound attenuation and relative variation of sound velocity of compounds of the La-Sr-Cu-O and RBa2Cu3O7 families, where R is a rare-earth. We have found that all these properties can be quantitatively correlated within a tunneling system model similar to that used in amorphous materials. This interpretation would naturally explain the anomalous linear term of the low temperature specific heat observed in these materials.
Résumé
Nous avons mesuré la conductivité thermique, l'atténuation sonore, et la variation relative de la vitesse du son des composés appartenant aux familles La-Sr-Cu-O et RBa2Cu 3O7 où R est une terre rare. Nous trouvons que ces propriétés peuvent être quantitativement corrélées dans un modèle des systèmes tunnel analogue à celui utilisé pour les matériaux amorphes. Cette interprétation expliquerait de façon naturelle le terme linéaire de la chaleur spécifique de basse température anormale observé dans ces systèmes.
PACS: 7450 – Superconductor tunnelling phenomena, proximity effects, and Josephson effect / 7470V – Perovskite phase superconductors / 7430G – Superconductor response to electromagnetic fields / 7430E – Thermal and thermodynamic properties of superconductors
Key words: acoustic wave absorption / acoustic wave velocity / barium compounds / high temperature superconductors / lanthanum compounds / rare earth compounds / strontium compounds / superconductive tunnelling / thermal conductivity of solids / tunnelling systems / high temperature superconductors / thermal conductivity / sound attenuation / sound velocity / model / low temperature specific heat / La Sr Cu O
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