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Gauge-invariant microscopic kinetic theory of superconductivity in response to electromagnetic fields

Superconductivity 2018-09-19 v1

Abstract

Within a gauge-invariant microscopic kinetic theory, we study the electromagnetic response in the superconducting states. Both superfluid and normal-fluid dynamics are involved. We predict that the normal fluid is present only when the excited superconducting velocity vsv_s is larger than a threshold vL=Δ/kFv_L=|\Delta|/k_F. Interestingly, with the normal fluid, we find that there exists friction between the normal-fluid and superfluid currents. Due to this friction, part of the superfluid becomes viscous. Therefore, a three-fluid model: normal fluid, non-viscous and viscous superfluids, is proposed. For the stationary magnetic response, at vs<vLv_s<v_L with only the non-viscous superfluid, the Meissner supercurrent is excited and the gap equation can reduce to Ginzburg-Landau equation. At vsvLv_s{\ge}v_L, with the normal fluid, non-viscous and viscous superfluids, in addition to the directly excited Meissner supercurrent in the superfluid, normal-fluid current is also induced through the friction drag with the viscous superfluid current. Due to the normal-fluid and viscous superfluid currents, the penetration depth is influenced by the scattering effect. In addition, a modified Ginzburg-Landau equation is proposed. We predict an exotic phase in which both the resistivity and superconducting gap are {\em finite}. As for the optical response, the excited vs{v_s} oscillates with time. When vs<vLv_s<v_L, only the non-viscous superfluid is present whereas at vsvLv_s{\ge}v_L, normal fluid, non-viscous and viscous superfluids are present. We show that the excited normal-fluid current exhibits the Drude-model behavior while the superfluid current consists of the Meissner supercurrent and Bogoliubov quasiparticle current. Due to the friction between the superfluid and normal-fluid currents, the optical conductivity is captured by the three-fluid model. ......

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@article{arxiv.1807.03414,
  title  = {Gauge-invariant microscopic kinetic theory of superconductivity in response to electromagnetic fields},
  author = {F. Yang and M. W. Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.03414},
  year   = {2018}
}

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21 pages, 5 figures