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Strong-coupling properties of unbalanced Eliashberg superconductors

Superconductivity 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the thermodynamical properties of ``unbalanced'' superconductors, namely, systems where the electron-boson coupling λ\lambda is different in the self-energy and in the Cooper channels. This situation is encountered in a variety of situation, as for instance in d-wave superconductors. Quite interesting is the case where the pairing in the self-energy is smaller than the one in the gap equation. In this case we predict a finite critical value λc\lambda_c where the superconducting critical temperature TcT_c diverges but the zero temperature gap is still finite. The specific heat, magnetic critical field and the penetration depth are also evaluated.

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@article{arxiv.0705.1052,
  title  = {Strong-coupling properties of unbalanced Eliashberg superconductors},
  author = {E. Cappelluti and G. A. Ummarino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.1052},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 Revtex pages, 7 eps figures included