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Trends in Superconductivity of Heavy-Electron Metals

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Superconductivity in metals with electrons exhibiting a strongly enhanced effective mass may still be considered as an exotic phenomenon. In various cases, convincing evidence for unconventional superconducting states has been found and it seems quite conceivable that superconductivity in these materials is not triggered by the usual electron–phonon interaction. We briefly review the present state of knowledge and also discuss a few recent developments.

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Ott, H.R., Wälti, C. Trends in Superconductivity of Heavy-Electron Metals. Journal of Superconductivity 13, 837–846 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007863609603

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