Anomalously high value of Coulomb pseudopotential for the H 5 S 2 superconductor

• Published in: Scientific reports 2018-08, Vol.8 (1), p.11957
• Main Authors: Kostrzewa, Małgorzata, Szczęśniak, Radosław, Kalaga, Joanna K, Wrona, Izabela A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30391-z

The H S and H S compounds are the two candidates for the low-temperature phase of compressed sulfur-hydrogen system. We have shown that the value of Coulomb pseudopotential (μ*) for H S ([T ]  = 36 K and p = 112 GPa) is anomalously high. The numerical results give the limitation from below to μ* that is equal to 0.402 (μ* = 0.589), if we consider the first order vertex corrections to the electron-phonon interaction). Presented data mean that the properties of superconducting phase in the H S compound can be understood within the classical framework of Eliashberg formalism only at the phenomenological level (μ* is the parameter of matching the theory to the experimental data). On the other hand, in the case of H S it is not necessary to take high value of Coulomb pseudopotential to reproduce the experimental critical temperature relatively well (μ* = 0.15). In our opinion, H S is mainly responsible for the observed superconductivity state in the sulfur-hydrogen system at low temperature.