Published December 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Photoemission study of Ca-intercalated graphite superconductor CaC6

  • 1. Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Okayama 700-8530 (Japan)
  • 2. Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530 (Japan)
  • 3. Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)/SPring-8, Hyogo 679-5198 (Japan)
  • 4. Research Laboratory for Surface Science (RLSS), Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530 (Japan)
  • 5. National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047 (Japan)
  • 6. Faculty of Engineering, Oita University, Oita 870-1192 (Japan)
  • 7. Department of Quantum Matter, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter (ADSM), Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530 (Japan)

Description

In this work, we have performed resonant photoemission studies of Ca-intercalated graphite superconductor CaC6. Using photon energy of the Ca 2p-3d threshold, the photoemission intensity of the peak at Fermi energy (EF) is resonantly enhanced. This result provides spectroscopic evidence for the existence of Ca 3d states at EF, and strongly supports that Ca 3d state plays a crucial role for the superconductivity of this material with relatively high Tc.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.10.039

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2009.10.039;
PII
S0921-4534(09)00597-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
470
Journal Issue
Suppl.1
Journal Page Range
p. S637-S638
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
9. international conference on materials and mechanisms of superconductivity
Dates
7-12 Sep 2009
Place
Tokyo (Japan)

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