High-Temperature Superconductivity from Finite-Range Attractive Interaction

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Autori principali: Miserev, Dmitry, Hutchinson, Joel, Schoeller, Herbert, Klinovaja, Jelena, Loss, Daniel
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author Miserev, Dmitry
Hutchinson, Joel
Schoeller, Herbert
Klinovaja, Jelena
Loss, Daniel
author_facet Miserev, Dmitry
Hutchinson, Joel
Schoeller, Herbert
Klinovaja, Jelena
Loss, Daniel
contents In this letter we consider $D$-dimensional interacting Fermi liquids, and demonstrate that an attractive interaction with a finite range $R_s$ that is much greater than the Fermi wavelength $λ_F$ breaks the conventional BCS theory of superconductivity. In contrast to the BCS prediction of a finite superconducting gap for all attractive contact interactions, we show that a finite-range interaction does not induce a superconducting gap. Instead, the pair susceptibility develops a power-law singularity at zero momentum and zero frequency signaling quantum critical behavior without long-range ordering. Starting from this, we show that superconductivity can be stabilized by adding a short-range attractive interaction, which is always present in real electronic systems. As an example, we consider a layered quasi-two-dimensional material with attractive electron-electron interactions mediated by optical phonons. We demonstrate a dome shape of the critical temperature $T_c$ versus doping, strongly suppressed isotope effect, and a weak dependence of the optimal doping and maximal $T_c^* \sim 0.1 E_F$ on the interaction range at $R_s \gg λ_F$, $E_F$ is the Fermi energy. We believe that these results could be relevant to high-temperature superconductors.
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spellingShingle High-Temperature Superconductivity from Finite-Range Attractive Interaction
Miserev, Dmitry
Hutchinson, Joel
Schoeller, Herbert
Klinovaja, Jelena
Loss, Daniel
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
In this letter we consider $D$-dimensional interacting Fermi liquids, and demonstrate that an attractive interaction with a finite range $R_s$ that is much greater than the Fermi wavelength $λ_F$ breaks the conventional BCS theory of superconductivity. In contrast to the BCS prediction of a finite superconducting gap for all attractive contact interactions, we show that a finite-range interaction does not induce a superconducting gap. Instead, the pair susceptibility develops a power-law singularity at zero momentum and zero frequency signaling quantum critical behavior without long-range ordering. Starting from this, we show that superconductivity can be stabilized by adding a short-range attractive interaction, which is always present in real electronic systems. As an example, we consider a layered quasi-two-dimensional material with attractive electron-electron interactions mediated by optical phonons. We demonstrate a dome shape of the critical temperature $T_c$ versus doping, strongly suppressed isotope effect, and a weak dependence of the optimal doping and maximal $T_c^* \sim 0.1 E_F$ on the interaction range at $R_s \gg λ_F$, $E_F$ is the Fermi energy. We believe that these results could be relevant to high-temperature superconductors.
title High-Temperature Superconductivity from Finite-Range Attractive Interaction
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11624