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Is the solution to the BCS gap equation continuous in the temperature ?

Mathematical Physics 2013-09-02 v2 Superconductivity Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

One of long-standing problems in mathematical studies of superconductivity is to show that the solution to the BCS gap equation is continuous in the temperature. In this paper we address this problem. We regard the BCS gap equation as a nonlinear integral equation on a Banach space consisting of continuous functions of both TT and xx. Here, T(0)T (\geq 0) stands for the temperature and xx the kinetic energy of an electron minus the chemical potential. We show that the unique solution to the BCS gap equation obtained in our recent paper is continuous with respect to both TT and xx when TT is small enough. The proof is carried out based on the Banach fixed-point theorem.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1008.4436,
  title  = {Is the solution to the BCS gap equation continuous in the temperature ?},
  author = {Shuji Watanabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4436},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, in press. The new title is "Addendum to `The solution to the BCS gap equation and the second-order phase transition in superconductivity' ". arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1006.0765

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