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Determining the Superconducting Transition Temperatures of Liquids

Superconductivity 2020-03-25 v4

Abstract

We develop a non-perturbative approach for calculating the superconducting transition temperatures (TcT_{c}) of liquids. The electron-electron scattering amplitude induced by electron-phonon coupling (EPC), from which the effective pairing interaction can be inferred, is related to the fluctuation of the TT-matrix of electron scattering induced by ions. By applying the relation, EPC parameters can be extracted from a path-integral molecular dynamics simulation. For determining TcT_{c}, the linearized Eliashberg equations are re-established in the non-perturbative context. We apply the approach to estimate TcT_{c} of metallic hydrogen liquids. It indicates that metallic hydrogen liquids in the pressure regime from 0.50.5 to 1.5TPa1.5\mathrm{\,TPa} have TcT_{c} well above their melting temperatures, therefore are superconducting liquids.

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@article{arxiv.1901.02114,
  title  = {Determining the Superconducting Transition Temperatures of Liquids},
  author = {Huiying Liu and Ying Yuan and Donghao Liu and Xin-Zheng Li and Junren Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.02114},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages, 8 figures, 1 table