Superconductivity in Compressed Potassium and Rubidium

Lei Shi; Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos; Michael J. Mehl

doi:10.1016/S0038-1098(03)00388-0

Superconductivity in Compressed Potassium and Rubidium

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Authors: Lei Shi , Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos , Michael J. Mehl

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Abstract

Calculations of the electron-phonon interaction in the alkali metals, Potassium and Rubidium, using the results of band theory and BCS theory-based techniques suggest that at high pressures K and Rb would be superconductors with transition temperatures approaching 10 K.

Keywords

superconductivity mgb2 superconductivity hydrogen storage and hydrides

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301426,
  title  = {Superconductivity in Compressed Potassium and Rubidium},
  author = {Lei Shi and Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos and Michael J. Mehl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301426},
  year   = {2007}
}

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