Published December 16, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Limitations on a combined phonon-non-phonon mechanism for superconductivity in Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2Ox

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (United States)
  • 2. Materials Sciences Div., Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 3. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Berkeley (United States)
  • 4. Radiation Physics Div., National Inst. of Standards and Tech., Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

Description

Despite the large number of theories proposed to explain high-temperature superconductivity, no clear explanation of its origin exists. Experimental data such as the isotope effect α and the gap ratio 2Δ/kBTc can be used to constrain possible models for high-temperature superconductivity. We consider a class of models which contain contributions to pairing from phonons and also from another unspecified boson, and place limitations on such models in light of these experimental data and recent results derived from photoemission data for Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2Ox. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section A
Journal Volume
161
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Lett., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
85-88
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAA