We discuss the current status of the theory of the "high-temperature" superconductivity in intercalated graphites YbC6 and CaC6. We emphasize that while the general picture of conventional, phonon-driven superconductivity has already emerged and is generally accepted, there are still interesting problems with this picture, such as weak-coupling regime inferred from specific heat suggesting coupling exclusively with high-energy carbon phonons coming in direct contradiction with the isotope effect measurements suggesting coupling exclusively with the low-energy intercalant modes. At the same time, the first principle calculations, while explaining Tc, contradict both of the experiments above by predicting equal coupling with both groups of phonons.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0606404,
title = {Unresolved problems in superconductivity of CaC6},
author = {I. I. Mazin and L. Boeri and O. V. Dolgov and A. A. Golubov and G. B. Bachelet and M. Giantomassi and O. K. Andersen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0606404},
year = {2009}
}
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Contribution to the Proceedings of the M2S Conference in Dresden, 2006