Abstract
Gaussian fluctuations have been observed in the specific heat of two single crystals YBa2Cu3O7. 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. This result is inconsistent with an O(2) Ginzburg-Landau theory.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1178-1180 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1988 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy