Self-Consistent Two-Gap Description of MgB2 Superconductor
Abstract
A self-consistent two-gap γ -model is used to quantitatively describe several thermodynamic properties of MgB 2 superconductor. The superconducting coupling matrix, $$ν_{ij}$$, was obtained from the fitting of the superfluid density in the entire superconducting temperature range. Using this input, temperature-dependent superconducting gaps, specific heat, and upper critical fields were calculated with no adjustable parameters and compared with the experimental data as well as with the first-principles calculations. The observed agreement between fit and data shows that $γ$ -model provides adequate quantitative description of the two-gap superconductivity in MgB 2 and may serve as a relatively simple and versatile self-consistent description of the thermodynamic quantities in multi-gap superconductors.
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- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1547554
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1557739
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-10005
Journal ID: ISSN 2073-8994; SYMMAM; PII: sym11081012
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Symmetry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Symmetry Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2073-8994
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- Switzerland
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; superconducting gap symmetry and structure; penetration depth; band structure of superconductors
Citation Formats
Kim, Hyunsoo, Cho, Kyuil, Tanatar, Makariy A., Taufour, Valentin, Kim, Stella K., Bud’ko, Sergey L., Canfield, Paul C., Kogan, Vladimir G., and Prozorov, Ruslan. Self-Consistent Two-Gap Description of MgB2 Superconductor. Switzerland: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.3390/sym11081012.
Kim, Hyunsoo, Cho, Kyuil, Tanatar, Makariy A., Taufour, Valentin, Kim, Stella K., Bud’ko, Sergey L., Canfield, Paul C., Kogan, Vladimir G., & Prozorov, Ruslan. Self-Consistent Two-Gap Description of MgB2 Superconductor. Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11081012
Kim, Hyunsoo, Cho, Kyuil, Tanatar, Makariy A., Taufour, Valentin, Kim, Stella K., Bud’ko, Sergey L., Canfield, Paul C., Kogan, Vladimir G., and Prozorov, Ruslan. Tue .
"Self-Consistent Two-Gap Description of MgB2 Superconductor". Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11081012.
@article{osti_1547554,
title = {Self-Consistent Two-Gap Description of MgB2 Superconductor},
author = {Kim, Hyunsoo and Cho, Kyuil and Tanatar, Makariy A. and Taufour, Valentin and Kim, Stella K. and Bud’ko, Sergey L. and Canfield, Paul C. and Kogan, Vladimir G. and Prozorov, Ruslan},
abstractNote = {A self-consistent two-gap γ -model is used to quantitatively describe several thermodynamic properties of MgB 2 superconductor. The superconducting coupling matrix, $ν_{ij}$, was obtained from the fitting of the superfluid density in the entire superconducting temperature range. Using this input, temperature-dependent superconducting gaps, specific heat, and upper critical fields were calculated with no adjustable parameters and compared with the experimental data as well as with the first-principles calculations. The observed agreement between fit and data shows that $γ$ -model provides adequate quantitative description of the two-gap superconductivity in MgB 2 and may serve as a relatively simple and versatile self-consistent description of the thermodynamic quantities in multi-gap superconductors.},
doi = {10.3390/sym11081012},
journal = {Symmetry},
number = 8,
volume = 11,
place = {Switzerland},
year = {2019},
month = {8}
}
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11081012
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