Role of Coulomb interaction in the superconducting properties of CaC6 and H under pressure

Superconductivity in intercalated graphite CaC6 and H under extreme pressure, in the framework of superconducting density functional theory, is discussed. A detailed analysis on how the electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions combine together to determine the superconducting gap and criti...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2008-11
Main Authors: Massidda, S, Bernardini, F, Bersier, C, Continenza, A, Cudazzo, P, Floris, A, Glawe, H, Monni, M, Pittalis, S, Profeta, G, Sanna, A, Sharma, S, Gross, E K U
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anisotropy
Density functional theory
Electron phonon interactions
Electrons
Magnesium compounds
Phonons
Superconductivity
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Summary:Superconductivity in intercalated graphite CaC6 and H under extreme pressure, in the framework of superconducting density functional theory, is discussed. A detailed analysis on how the electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions combine together to determine the superconducting gap and critical temperature of these systems is presented. In particular, we discuss the effect on the calculated Tc of the anisotropy of the electron-phonon interaction and of the different approximations for screening the Coulomb repulsion. These results contribute to the understanding of multigap and anisotropic superconductivity, which has received a lot of attention since the discovery of MgB2, and show how it is possible to describe the superconducting properties of real materials on a fully ab-initio basis.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0811.2194