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Superconductors without inversion symmetry in their crystal structure are known to exhibit unconventional properties. Recently, based on the measured temperature dependence of the magnetic field penetration depth, superconductivity in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-08 Gabriel Kuderowicz , Paweł Wójcik , Bartlomiej Wiendlocha

We present a novel method for embedding spin and charge fluctuations in an anisotropic, multi-band and full-bandwidth Eliashberg treatment of superconductivity. Our analytical framework, based on the random phase approximation, allows for a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-15 Fabian Schrodi , Alex Aperis , Peter M. Oppeneer

Near a quantum critical point (QCP) in a metal, strong Fermion-Fermion interactions mediated by soft collective bosons give rise to two competing phenomena: non-Fermi liquid behavior and superconductivity that deviates from conventional BCS…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-24 Ahmed Elezaby , Artem Abanov

This work presents an analysis of the functional derivative of the superconducting transition temperature T$_c$ with respect to the electron-phonon coupling function $\alpha^2F(\omega)$ [$\delta T_c/\delta \alpha^2$F($\omega$)] and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-09-14 J. A. Camargo-Martínez , G. I. González-Pedreros , F. Mesa

Phonon-mediated superconductivity is conventionally thought to be capped at a transition temperature $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ no larger than roughly one-tenth of the phonon frequency $\Omega$, a bound rooted in the breakdown of Migdal-Eliashberg…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-19 John Sous

The paradigmatic Migdal-Eliashberg theory of the electron-phonon problem is central to the understanding of superconductivity in conventional metals. This powerful framework is justified by the smallness of the Debye frequency relative to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-06-19 Debanjan Chowdhury , Erez Berg

We study a multiorbital Hubbard model coupled to local Jahn-Teller phonons to investigate the superconducting state realized in fullerides. A weak-coupling approach is employed in combination with a local self-energy approximation. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-06-24 Yoshikuni Kaga , Philipp Werner , Shintaro Hoshino

Migdal-Eliashberg theory describes the properties of the normal and superconducting states of electron-phonon mediated superconductors based on a perturbative treatment of the electron-phonon interactions. It is necessary to include both…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-27 Benjamin Nosarzewski , Michael Schueler , Thomas P. Devereaux

The paper presents our verification of induction of the superconducting state on a square lattice by the linear electron-phonon interaction for values of the unbalance parameter ($\gamma=\lambda_{D}/\lambda_{ND}$) less than…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-09-26 K. A. Szewczyk , M. W. Jarosik , A. P. Durajski , R. Szczȩśniak

The critical temperature of high-$T_c$ superconductors is determined, at least in part, by the electron-phonon coupling. We include the effect of an exchange interaction between the electrons and calculate the renormalization of the bare…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 D. Manske , C. T. Rieck , D. Fay

A possibility of the odd-frequency pairing in the strong-coupling electron-phonon systems is discussed. Using the Holstein-Hubbard model, we demonstrate that the anomalously soft Einstein mode with the frequency $\omega_{\rm…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-20 Hiroaki Kusunose , Yuki Fuseya , Kazumasa Miyake

The superconducting state in vanadium characterizes with the critical temperature ($T_{c}$) equal to $5.3$~K. The Coulomb pseudopotential, calculated with the help of the Eliashberg equations, possesses anomalously high value…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-07-27 E. A. Drzazga , I. A. Domagalska , M. W. Jarosik , R. Szczȩśniak , J. K. Kalaga

Using full-potential, density-functional-based methods we have studied electron-phonon interaction in ZrB2 and TaB2 in P6/mmm crystal structure. Our results for phonon density of states and Eliashberg function show that the electron-phonon…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Prabhakar P. Singh

We discuss the limits and the correct utilization of the standard program for the inversion of Eliashberg equations and the determination of the electron-phonon spectral function and the coulomb pseudopotential from tunneling measurements…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-28 R. S. Gonnelli , G. A. Ummarino , V. A. Stepanov

We reconsider the long-standing problem of the effect of spin fluctuations on the critical temperature and isotope effect in a phonon-mediated superconductor. Although the general physics of the interplay between phonons and paramagnons had…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 O. V. Dolgov , I. I. Mazin , A. A. Golubov , S. Y. Savrasov , E. G. Maksimov

In view of some recent works on the role of vertex corrections in the electron-phonon system we readress an important question of the validity of the Migdal-Eliashberg theory. Based on the solution of the Holstein model and inverse coupling…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 A. S. Alexandrov

We examine the different possible symmetries of the superconducting gap obtained by solving the Eliashberg equations. We consider an electron-phonon interaction in a strong coupling scenario. The Coulomb pseudopotential plays the crucial…

supr-con · Physics 2009-10-30 G. Santi , T. Jarlborg , M. Peter , M. Weger

Using the Eliashberg strong coupling theory with vertex correction, we calculate maps of transition temperatures (T$_{c}$) of electron-phonon superconductors in full parameter space. The maximums of transition temperatures for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Wei Fan

There is rich experimental evidence that granular superconductors and superconducting films often exhibit a higher transition temperature, $T_{c}$, than that in bulk samples of the same material. This paper suggests that this enhancement…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-08 Andrey Grankin , Mohammad Hafezi , Victor Galitski

The electron-phonon (e-ph) interaction remains of great interest in condensed matter physics and plays a vital role in realizing superconductors, charge-density-waves (CDW), and polarons. We study the two-dimensional Holstein model for e-ph…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-07-12 B. Nosarzewski , E. W. Huang , Philip M. Dee , I. Esterlis , B. Moritz , S. A. Kivelson , S. Johnston , T. P. Devereaux