Superconductivity up to 29 K in SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2 at high pressures

Patricia L. Alireza; Y. T. Chris Ko; Jack Gillett; Chiara M. Petrone; Jacqueline M. Cole; Suchitra E. Sebastian; Gilbert G. Lonzarich

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/1/012208

Superconductivity up to 29 K in SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2 at high pressures

Superconductivity 2008-12-14 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Authors: Patricia L. Alireza , Y. T. Chris Ko , Jack Gillett , Chiara M. Petrone , Jacqueline M. Cole , Suchitra E. Sebastian , Gilbert G. Lonzarich

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Abstract

We report the discovery of superconductivity at high pressure in SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2. The superconducting transition temperatures are up to 27 K in SrFe2As2 and 29 K in BaFe2As2, making these the highest pressure-induced superconducting materials discovered thus far.

Keywords

high-temperature superconductivity superconductivity

Cite

@article{arxiv.0807.1896,
  title  = {Superconductivity up to 29 K in SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2 at high pressures},
  author = {Patricia L. Alireza and Y. T. Chris Ko and Jack Gillett and Chiara M. Petrone and Jacqueline M. Cole and Suchitra E. Sebastian and Gilbert G. Lonzarich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1896},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Accepted in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

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