Abstract
The temperature dependence of the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient of transverse waves with a wave vector parallel to was measured in superconducting V, Nb, and Ta. The product of the wave vector times the mean free path was smaller than one during these measurements. The sharp drop in the attenuation coefficient below the transition temperature, which is found when , was not present. The zero-temperature energy gap was found to be for V, for Nb, and for Ta.
- Received 13 June 1963
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.132.2039
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