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Transition Temperature of Strong-Coupled Superconductors
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The superconducting transition temperature is calculated as a function of the electron-phonon and electron-electron coupling constants within the framework of the strong-coupling theory. Using this theoretical result, we find empirical values of the coupling constants and the "band-structure" density of states for a number of metals and alloys. It is noted that the electron-phonon coupling constant depends primarily on the phonon frequencies rather than on the electronic properties of the metal. Finally, using these results, one can predict a maximum superconducting transition temperature.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McMillan, W. L.
- Venue
- Physical Review
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1968-03-10
- Volume
- 167
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 331-344
- ISSN
- 0031-899X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2072522903
- Cited by
- 5,780
- References
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- FWCI
- 52.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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