Patricia L Alireza et al 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 012208 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/1/012208
Patricia L Alireza, Y T Chris Ko, Jack Gillett, Chiara M Petrone, Jacqueline M Cole, Gilbert G Lonzarich and Suchitra E Sebastian1
Show affiliationsWe report the discovery of superconductivity at high pressure in SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2. The superconducting transition temperatures are up to 27 K in SrFe2As2 and 29 K in BaFe2As2, the highest obtained for materials with pressure-induced superconductivity thus far.
74.72.-h Cuprate superconductors (high-Tc and insulating parent compounds)
Issue 1 (7 January 2009)
Received 11 July 2008, in final form 24 November 2008
Published 8 December 2008
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