Critical temperature of superconductors: Exact solution from Eliashberg equations on the weak-coupling side
- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Paris (France) Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231 Paris (France)
We solve exactly the Eliashberg equations for the critical temperature of a superconductor in the weak-coupling limit {lambda},{mu}{sup *}{r arrow}0 for a general Eliashberg function {alpha}{sup 2}{ital F}({omega}). We show that in this regime the best choice for the characteristic frequency is {omega}{sub log} in the sense that the dependence of {Tc} on the shape of {alpha}{sup 2}{ital F}({omega}) is optimally included in this way. However, there is an additional dependence of {ital T}{sub {ital c}} on the shape of {alpha}{sup 2}{ital F}({omega}), which is studied in detail. This leads to a uniform decrease of {ital T}{sub {ital c}} as the spectral width increases, for fixed {omega}{sub log}. We show that, in this weak-coupling regime, the critical temperature depends only on the large-scale structure of the spectrum.
- OSTI ID:
- 6147145
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA), Vol. 42:13; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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656100* - Condensed Matter Physics- Superconductivity