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What is the significance of the white shaded areas in the image viewed with a scanning tunneling microscope?
What is the significance of the white shaded areas in the image viewed with a scanning tunneling microscope?
The white shaded areas represent the vortex cores, which have a high density of states.
What does the absence of states at the Fermi level in the dark regions indicate?
What does the absence of states at the Fermi level in the dark regions indicate?
The absence of states at the Fermi level in the dark regions indicates superconducting regions.
How are the amplitude and spatial extent of the states at the Fermi level determined in the image?
How are the amplitude and spatial extent of the states at the Fermi level determined in the image?
The amplitude and spatial extent of the states at the Fermi level are determined by a potential well formed by (x) as shown in Figure 18 for a Type II superconductor.
What role does the potential well play in the image of the flux lattice in NbSe2?
What role does the potential well play in the image of the flux lattice in NbSe2?
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What unique feature is observed in NbSe2 related to the charge density at the Fermi surface?
What unique feature is observed in NbSe2 related to the charge density at the Fermi surface?
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How are the vortex cores represented in the image viewed with a scanning tunneling microscope?
How are the vortex cores represented in the image viewed with a scanning tunneling microscope?
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What is the significance of the star shape in the image of the flux lattice in NbSe2?
What is the significance of the star shape in the image of the flux lattice in NbSe2?
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What determines the amplitude and spatial extent of the states at the Fermi level in the image?
What determines the amplitude and spatial extent of the states at the Fermi level in the image?
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What characterizes the superconducting regions in the image viewed with a scanning tunneling microscope?
What characterizes the superconducting regions in the image viewed with a scanning tunneling microscope?
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What feature of NbSe2 causes the charge density disturbance observed at the Fermi surface?
What feature of NbSe2 causes the charge density disturbance observed at the Fermi surface?
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