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A magnetic isotope effect

The role of phonons in conventional superconductivity — first determined by isotope substitution — has been known for over half a century. But identifying the mechanism in unconventional superconductivity is a much more challenging affair.

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Figure 1: CuO2 plane in high-temperature superconductors.

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