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Debye temperature in LaHx-LaDy superconductors

Superconductivity 2020-08-04 v1

Abstract

The Debye temperature, Tθ{_\theta}=(h/2π{\pi})/kB{_B}ω\omegaθ_\theta, where the Debye frequency ω\omegaθ_\theta is integrated characteristic frequency of full phonon spectrum, α\alpha2^2(ω\omega)F(ω\omega). In the BCS theory, Tθ{_\theta} in conjunction with electron-phonon coupling strength parameter, λ\lambdaeph_{e-ph}, determines the superconducting transition temperature, Tc. Despite a fact that more accurate theory of electron-phonon mediated superconductivity requires the knowledge of full phonon spectrum, α\alpha2^2(ω\omega)F(ω\omega), which can be very accurately computed by first principles calculation technique, there is no experimental technique which can measure α\alpha2^2(ω\omega)F(ω\omega) in highly-compressed near-room-temperature (NRT) superconductors. Thus, ω\omegaθ_\theta remains to be the only measurable parameter of full phonon spectrum, α\alpha2^2(ω\omega)F(ω\omega), which can be deduced by the fit of experimental temperature-dependent resistance data, R(T), to Bloch-Gr\"uneisen equation. Taking in account that within electron-phonon mediated theory of superconductivity two isotopic counterparts (or, in case of NRT superconductors, the same superconducting phase at different pressures), designated by subscripts of 1 and 2, should be obey the relation of Tθ1{_\theta}_1/Tθ2{_\theta}_2=Tc1{_c}_1/Tc2{_c}_2, there is a way to reaffirm/disprove the electron-phonon mechanism of NRT superconductivity. In this paper, we perform the analysis for R3m-phase of H3S at different pressure, as well as for several superconductors in LaHx-LaDy system and show that there is a large disagreement between experimental data and Tθ1{_\theta}_1/Tθ2{_\theta}_2=Tc1{_c}_1/Tc2{_c}_2. Taking in account that similar disagreement has recently reported in H3S-D3S system, it can be concluded that primary origin for NRT superconductivity remains to be discovered.

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@article{arxiv.2004.03155,
  title  = {Debye temperature in LaHx-LaDy superconductors},
  author = {E. F. Talantsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.03155},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

20 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2002.12859

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