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Quasiparticle resonant states as a probe of short-range electronic structure and Andre\'ev coherence

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

The recently observed properties of quasiparticle resonant states near impurities on the surface of superconducting BSCCO demonstrate that in-plane Andreev processes are either absent or phase-incoherent. Analysis of the spectral and spatial details of the electronic structure near a Zn impurity also suggest an effective magnetic component of the impurity potential. Further experiments are proposed to clarify whether the effective moments of nearby impurities are correlated.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0001454,
  title  = {Quasiparticle resonant states as a probe of short-range electronic structure and Andre\'ev coherence},
  author = {Michael E. Flatté},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0001454},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures