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Mechanism of Superconductivity in Graphite Intercalation Compounds Including CaC6

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On the basis of the model that was successfully applied to KC8, RbC8, and CsC8 about a quarter century ago, we have implemented a quantitative calculation of the superconducting transition temperature T c to find that the observed values for T c in both CaC6 and YbC6 are also reproduced in the model, indicating that the model is a unified one for superconductivity in the graphite intercalation compounds with T c ranging three orders of magnitudes.

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Takada, Y. Mechanism of Superconductivity in Graphite Intercalation Compounds Including CaC6 . J Supercond Nov Magn 22, 89–92 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-008-0355-7

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