Crouzy, BenoîtBascones, E.Ivanov, D. A.2011-05-202011-05-202011-05-20200510.1103/PhysRevB.72.092501https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/67632We study the effect of spin-flip scattering on the density of states in a long diffusive S-N junction with transparent interface. We calculate the critical value of the spin-flip scattering rate at which the minigap closes and give the dependence of the minigap on the spin-flip rate. For the system we consider, the minigap and the critical spin-flip rate have the scale of the Thouless energy, and not of the superconducting gap.text::journal::journal article::research article