This review paper illustrates the main normal and superconducting state properties of
magnesium diboride, a material known since the early 1950s but only recently discovered to …

Inelastic light scattering is an intensively used tool in the study of electronic properties of
solids. Triggered by the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in the cuprates and …

This review focuses on the most important features of the 40 K superconductor MgB 2—the
weakly interacting multiple bands (the σ and π bands) and the distinct multiple …

The anisotropy γ of the superconducting state of high quality single crystals of MgB 2 was
determined, using torque magnetometry with two different methods. The anisotropy of the …

This chapter reviews nonresonant, meV-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS), as applied
to the measurement of atomic dynamics of crystalline materials. It, in conjunction with a …

We report observation of Leggett's collective mode in a multiband MgB 2 superconductor
with T c= 39 K arising from the fluctuations in the relative phase between two …

The electronic properties of the carbon-substituted MgB 2 single crystals are reported. The
carbon substitution drops T c below 2 K. In-plane resistivity shows a remarkable increase in …

Systematic Raman scattering experiments were carried out in p-type superconductors
YBCO, LSCO, Bi2212, and Bi2201. The superconducting coherent (pair-breaking) peak is …

We report on measurements of the magnetic moment in superconducting MgB 2 single
crystals. We find μ 0 H c 2 c (0)= 3.2 T, μ 0 H c 2 ab (0)= 14.5 T, γ= 4.6, μ 0 H c (0)= 0.28 T …

Magnesium diboride, MgB2, which was discovered to be a superconductor with a transition
temperature c of 39 K in 2YY1 [1], shows a unique property of being a clear example of a …