Physics of Superconducting Transition Temperatures

Kivelson, Steven A.

doi:10.1007/s10948-019-05254-x

Title: Physics of Superconducting Transition Temperatures

Abstract

While superconductivity is a fascinating phenomenon with many remarkable qualitative features that are widely discussed, the practical issue of what determines the superconducting transition temperature, $$T_c$$, is often downplayed as being a "microscopic detail." However, my friend, Ted Geballe, has relentlessly focussed on the physics of $$T_c$$, so in honor of his first century, I discuss some of the general physical considerations that govern $$T_c$$, both in "conventional" and ''unconventional" superconductors.

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Stanford University, Stanford, California (United States

Publication Date:: 2019-11-29

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1596272

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1557-1939

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Superconductivity; phase ordering; negative U pairing

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  title        = {Physics of Superconducting Transition Temperatures},

  author       = {Kivelson, Steven A.},

  abstractNote = {While superconductivity is a fascinating phenomenon with many remarkable qualitative features that are widely discussed, the practical issue of what determines the superconducting transition temperature, $T_c$, is often downplayed as being a "microscopic detail." However, my friend, Ted Geballe, has relentlessly focussed on the physics of $T_c$, so in honor of his first century, I discuss some of the general physical considerations that govern $T_c$, both in "conventional" and ''unconventional" superconductors.},

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  year         = {2019},

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