Carsten Timm: Theory of superconductivity
Carsten Timm: Theory of superconductivity
Carsten Timm: Theory of superconductivity
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Re<br />
RPA, R<br />
V eff<br />
V c ( )<br />
RPA<br />
q<br />
0<br />
Re ω q<br />
ν<br />
Note that<br />
• the interaction still vanishes in the static limit ν → 0,<br />
• the interaction is attractive for 0 < ν < Re ω q , where Re ω q ∼ q.<br />
It is important that the static interaction is not attractive but zero. Hence, we do not expect static bound states<br />
<strong>of</strong> two electrons.<br />
To obtain analytical results, it is necessary to simplify the interaction. The main property required for<br />
<strong>superconductivity</strong> is that the interaction is attractive for frequencies below some typical phonon frequency. The<br />
typical phonon frequency is the material specific Debye frequency ω D . We write the effective RPA interaction in<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> the incoming and transferred momenta and frequencies,<br />
V RPA<br />
eff<br />
= V RPA<br />
eff (k, iω n ; k ′ , iω ′ n; q, iν n ). (8.86)<br />
k − q,iω n − iν n<br />
q, iν n<br />
k’ + q, iω’ n + iν n<br />
k,iω n<br />
k’<br />
, i ’<br />
ω n<br />
We then approximate the interaction (very crudely) by a constant −V 0 < 0 if both incoming frequencies are<br />
smaller than ω D and by zero otherwise,<br />
{<br />
Veff<br />
RPA −V 0 for |iω n | , |iω ′<br />
≈<br />
n| < ω D ,<br />
(8.87)<br />
0 otherwise.<br />
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