Vortex core structure of YBCO – Physics Highlight 2017

Detailed scanning tunneling microsccopy and spectroscopy and original model calculations reveal the long sought after Caroli-de Gennes-Matricon states in the vortex cores of a high temperature copper oxyde superconductor.

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Link to publication: C. Berthod et al. Phys.Rev.Lett. 119, 237001 (2017)
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More about the theory: C. Berthod, Phys.Rev.B 94, 184510 (2016)
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Article selected as Physics Highlights of the Year 2017