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Mind the double gap

Nature volume 418, pages 733–734 (2002)Cite this article

Magnesium diboride superconducts at an unexpectedly high temperature. It is now clear that the material also has an unusual, but long-sought, 'double energy gap' structure that influences its superconductivity.

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Figure 1: Double-gap superconductor.

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