Polarised neutron diffraction measurements of PrBa2Cu3O6+x and the Bayesian statistical analysis of such data

Thesis

The physics of the series Pr_yY_1-yBa₂Cu₃O_6+x, and ability of Pr to suppress superconductivity, has been a subject of frequent discussions in the literature for more than a decade. This thesis describes a polarised neutron diffraction (PND) experiment performed on PrBa₂Cu₃O_6.24 designed to find out something about the electron structure. This experiment pushed the limits of what can be done using...

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Authors: Markvardsen, AJ

• Publication date: 2000
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: High-Temperature Superconductivity; Polarised neutron diffraction; Bayesian statistics
• Subjects: Statistics (see also social sciences); High-Temperature Superconductivity; Physics