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Can Impurity Effects Help to Identify the Symmetry of the Order Parameter of the Cuprates?

R. Fehrenbacher, M. R. Norman

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9405030

Abstract

The effects of non-magnetic impurities on the properties of superconductors with order parameters (OP) of different symmetry are discussed. In particular, we contrast the case of a dx2 - y2 with various forms of an anisotropic s-wave (ASW) gap. The biggest qualitative difference occurs if the phase of the s-wave OP does not change sign.

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