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On the oxygen isotope effect and apex anharmonicity in high-T c cuprates

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Emphasis is put on aprecise knowledge of the oxygen isotope shift exponent αO is the so far synthesized high-T c superconductors in order to elucidate the basic mechanism. The known data, see α a in Table 6, indicate the presence of a presumably anharmonic coupling of pyramidal apex oxygen motion along thec-axis in these highly in-plane correlated superconductors. α a is computed from αO=rα a , based on the conjecture that the ratior of apex to total oxygen-ion content per unit cell is relevant. The related experimental and theoretical literature is reviewed.

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Müller, K.A. On the oxygen isotope effect and apex anharmonicity in high-T c cuprates. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 80, 193–201 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01357502

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