scholarly journals Influence of strong-coupling and retardation effects on superconducting state in YB6 compound

2018 ◽  
Vol 546 ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
A.M. Bujak ◽  
K.A. Szewczyk ◽  
M. Kostrzewa ◽  
K.M. Szczȩśniak ◽  
M.A. Sowińska
Keyword(s):  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Retardation Effects

Theory on Pseudogap State and Superconducting State in Strong Coupling Superconductors

2000 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 2240-2249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takanobu Jujo ◽  
Youichi Yanase ◽  
Kosaku Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Pseudogap State

scholarly journals Characterization of the superconducting phase in tellurium hydride at high pressure

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (16) ◽  
pp. 1950169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz P. Zemła ◽  
Klaudia M. Szczȩśniak ◽  
Adam Z. Kaczmarek ◽  
Svitlana V. Turchuk
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Critical Temperature ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
Bcs Theory ◽  
Electron Mass ◽  
Eliashberg Equations ◽  
Effective Electron

At present, hydrogen-based compounds constitute one of the most promising classes of materials for applications as phonon-mediated high-temperature superconductors. Herein, the behavior of the superconducting phase in tellurium hydride (HTe) at high pressure (p = 300 GPa) is analyzed in detail, by using the isotropic Migdal–Eliashberg equations. The chosen pressure conditions are considered here as a case study which corresponds to the highest critical temperature value [Formula: see text] in the analyzed material, as determined within recent density functional theory simulations. It is found that the Migdal–Eliashberg formalism, which constitutes a strong-coupling generalization of the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) theory, predicts that the critical temperature value ([Formula: see text] K) is higher than previous estimates of the McMillan formula. Further investigations show that the characteristic dimensionless ratios for the thermodynamic critical field, the specific heat for the superconducting state, and the superconducting band gap exceed the limits of the BCS theory. In this context, also the effective electron mass is not equal to the bare electron mass as provided by the BCS theory. On the basis of these findings it is predicted that the strong-coupling and retardation effects play pivotal role in the superconducting phase of HTe at 300 GPa, in agreement with similar theoretical estimates for the sibling hydrogen and hydrogen-based compounds. Hence, it is suggested that the superconducting state in HTe cannot be properly described within the mean-field picture of the BCS theory.

Superconducting state in strong coupling

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 339-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.Z. Kresin ◽  
H. Gutfreund ◽  
W.A. Little
Keyword(s):  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Superconducting State

Specific Heat Measurements ofBa0.68K0.32Fe2As2Single Crystals: Evidence for a Multiband Strong-Coupling Superconducting State

2010 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Popovich ◽  
A. V. Boris ◽  
O. V. Dolgov ◽  
A. A. Golubov ◽  
D. L. Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Heat ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Superconducting State

Observation by HVEM of the martensite transformation and the superconducting transition in Nb3Sn

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 788-789
Author(s):  
M. A. Kirk ◽  
M. C. Baker ◽  
B. J. Kestel ◽  
H. W. Weber
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Martensite Transformation ◽  
Sputter Deposition ◽  
Diffusion Reaction ◽  
Solute Diffusion ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Twin Boundaries ◽  
Martensite Structure

It is well known that a number of compound superconductors with the A15 structure undergo a martensite transformation when cooled to the superconducting state. Nb3Sn is one of those compounds that transforms, at least partially, from a cubic to tetragonal structure near 43 K. To our knowledge this transformation in Nb3Sn has not been studied by TEM. In fact, the only low temperature TEM study of an A15 material, V3Si, was performed by Goringe and Valdre over 20 years ago. They found the martensite structure in some foil areas at temperatures between 11 and 29 K, accompanied by faults that consisted of coherent twin boundaries on {110} planes. In pursuing our studies of irradiation defects in superconductors, we are the first to observe by TEM a similar martensite structure in Nb3Sn.Samples of Nb3Sn suitable for TEM studies have been produced by both a liquid solute diffusion reaction and by sputter deposition of thin films.

Exchange-Correlation Energy Densities and Response Potentials: Connection Between Two Definitions and Analytical Model for the Strong-Coupling Limit of a Stretched Bond

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Giarrusso ◽  
Paola Gori-Giorgi
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Correlation Energy ◽  
Order Term ◽  
Strong Coupling Limit ◽  
Local Form ◽  
Coupling Constant ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Exchange Correlation

We analyze in depth two widely used definitions (from the theory of conditional probablity amplitudes and from the adiabatic connection formalism) of the exchange-correlation energy density and of the response potential of Kohn-Sham density functional theory. We introduce a local form of the coupling-constant-dependent Hohenberg-Kohn functional, showing that the difference between the two definitions is due to a corresponding local first-order term in the coupling constant, which disappears globally (when integrated over all space), but not locally. We also design an analytic representation for the response potential in the strong-coupling limit of density functional theory for a model single stretched bond.<br>

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