ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The particle-induced depression of the superconducting critical temperature Tc of YBa2Cu3O7−δ is shown to be directly proportional, over seven orders of magnitude, to the nonionizing energy deposited in the lattice by primary knock-on atoms displaced by incident electrons, protons, and heavy ions. It is concluded that ΔTc is proportional only to the average number of defects produced and can therefore be predicted for any particle, energy, and fluence from a calculation of the nonionizing energy loss.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.102287