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Pair breaking as a probe of d-wave high-temperature superconductivity

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A unified picture is obtained of the Cooper pair-breaking data by Cu-site Zn and Ni in Nd2−z Ce z CuO4, La2−βSrβCuO4, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, Bi1.8Pb0.2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10, YBa2Cu3O7, and YBa2Cu4O8. The data are generally inconsistent with spin-fluctuation d-wave pairing mechanisms of superconductivity and with all two-dimensional cuprate-plane models. The data are consistent with superconductivity in the charge reservoirs.

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Blackstead, H.A., Dow, J.D. Pair breaking as a probe of d-wave high-temperature superconductivity. J Supercond 9, 205–210 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00728304

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