Superconductivity at low carrier density beyond leading order in the coupling constant

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Abstract

We present results for the onset pairing instability temperature for superconductivity mediated by an Einstein phonon in a 2D electron gas with a parabolic dispersion, in the regime of low carrier density. We go beyond the leading order in the electron-phonon coupling and include contributions to the pairing kernel from fermionic self-energy and from Kohn-Luttinger processes. We then compute the phase stiffness and obtain the actual critical temperature Tc. We analyze thermodynamic properties of our system, such as the specific heat jump across Tc.

Presenters

  • Dan Phan

    Physics, University of Minnesota

Authors

  • Dan Phan

    Physics, University of Minnesota

  • Andrey Chubukov

    University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Physics, University of Minnesota