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Anisotropy effects on the critical magnetic field in CaC$_{6}$ superconductor

Superconductivity 2019-05-01 v1

Abstract

The calcium intercalated graphite (CaC6_{6}) is considered to be a representative material of the graphite intercalated superconductors, which exhibits sizable anisotropy of the Fermi surface (FS). Herein, the influence of the FS anisotropy on the critical magnetic field (HCH_{C}) in CaC6_{6} superconductor is comprehensively analyzed within the Migdal-Eliashberg (M-E) formalism. To precisely account for the mentioned anisotropy effects, the analysis is conducted in the framework of the six-band approximation, hitherto not employed for calculations of the HCH_{C} function in CaC6_{6} material. For convenience, the obtained results are compared with the available one- and three-band estimates reported by using the M-E theory. A notable signatures of the increased number of bands are observed for the temperature dependent HCH_{C} functions. In particular, the HCH_{C} function decreases at T=0 K as the number of the considered bands is higher. Moreover, it is argued that the six-band formalism yields the most physically relevant shape of the HCH_{C} function among all considered approximations. Therefore, the six-band model introduces not only quantitative but also qualitative changes to the results, in comparison to the other discussed FS approximations. This observation supports postulate that the six-band model constitutes minimal structure for FS of CaC6_{6}, but also magnify importance of anisotropy effects for the critical magnetic field calculations.

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@article{arxiv.1810.12878,
  title  = {Anisotropy effects on the critical magnetic field in CaC$_{6}$ superconductor},
  author = {Ewa A. Drzazga and Iza A. Wrona and Radosław Szczęśniak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.12878},
  year   = {2019}
}