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The Burgers distortion is a two-stage transition between body centered cubic (BCC) and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structures. Refractory metal elements from the Sc and Ti columns of the periodic table (BCC/HCP elements) form BCC…
Cooper's original one pair problem in continuum is revisited here corresponding to a lattice of tight binding nature, with an aim to investigate superconductivity in low dimensional systems. An electronic type of boson mediated attraction…
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