Specific heat of single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-: Fluctuation effects in a bulk superconductor

  • S. E. Inderhees
  • , M. B. Salamon
  • , Nigel Goldenfeld
  • , J. P. Rice
  • , B. G. Pazol
  • , D. M. Ginsberg
  • , J. Z. Liu
  • , G. W. Crabtree

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1178-1180
Number of pages3
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume60
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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