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First-principles study of superconductivity in high-pressure Boron

Superconductivity 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We study superconductivity in Boron using first-principles LAPW calculations, the rigid-muffin-tin approximation and the McMillan theory. Our results point to an electron-phonon mechanism producing transition temperatures near 10K at high pressures in agreement with recent measurements.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0111385,
  title  = {First-principles study of superconductivity in high-pressure Boron},
  author = {D. A. Papaconstantopoulos and M. J. Mehl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0111385},
  year   = {2009}
}

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