Published September 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Unresolved problems in superconductivity of CaC6

  • 1. Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)
  • 2. Max Planck Institute Fur Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart (Germany)
  • 3. Twente University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Enschede (Netherlands)
  • 4. INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica, La Sapienza, Rome (Italy)
  • 5. Unite PCPM, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

Description

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 in turn suggesting coupling exclusively with the low-energy intercalant modes. At the same time, the first principle calculations, while explaining Tc, contradict both the experiments above by predicting equal coupling with both groups of phonons

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2007.03.276

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2007.03.276;
arXiv
arXiv:cond-mat/0606404v1;
PII
S0921-4534(07)00317-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
460-462
Journal Page Range
p. 116-120
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
8. international conference on materials and mechanisms of superconductivity and high temperature superconductors
Acronym
M2S-HTSC VIII
Dates
9-14 Jul 2006
Place
Dresden (Germany)

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