Skip to main content
Article
Self-Consistent Two-Gap Description of MgB2 Superconductor
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Hyunsoo Kim, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Kyuil Cho, Ames Laboratory
  • Makariy A. Tanatar, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Valentin Taufour, Ames Laboratory
  • Stella K. Kim, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Sergey L. Bud’ko, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Paul C. Canfield, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Vladimir G. Kogan, Ames Laboratory
  • Ruslan Prozorov, Iowa State University
Publication Date
8-6-2019
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1547554
Report Number
IS-J 10005
DOI
10.3390/sym11081012
Journal Title
Symmetry
Abstract

A self-consistent two-gap γ -model is used to quantitatively describe several thermodynamic properties of MgB 2 superconductor. The superconducting coupling matrix, νij , was obtained from the fitting of the superfluid density in the entire superconducting temperature range. Using this input, temperature-dependent superconducting gaps, specific heat, and upper critical fields were calculated with no adjustable parameters and compared with the experimental data as well as with the first-principles calculations. The observed agreement between fit and data shows that γ -model provides adequate quantitative description of the two-gap superconductivity in MgB 2 and may serve as a relatively simple and versatile self-consistent description of the thermodynamic quantities in multi-gap superconductors.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Hyunsoo Kim, Kyuil Cho, Makariy A. Tanatar, Valentin Taufour, et al.. "Self-Consistent Two-Gap Description of MgB2 Superconductor" Vol. 11 Iss. 8 (2019) p. 1012
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_canfield/204/