Nonadiabatic superconductivity in fullerene-based materials |
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Authors: | C Grimaldi E Cappelluti L Pietronero S Strässler |
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Institution: | (1) Département de Microtechnique-IPM, école Polytecnique Féderale Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;(2) Department of Physics, University “La Sapienza” and INFM, Rome 1, Italy |
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Abstract: | Fullerene compounds have phonon frequencies up to ωmax=0.2 eV and a Fermi energy of the order EF=0.3 eV. It is, therefore, expected that the adiabatic parameter λωph/EF (where λ is the electron-phonon coupling constant and ωph is a typical phonon frequency) is not a priori negligible and the conventional theory of phonon-mediated superconductivity is inapplicable in this case. Here, we discuss how the conventional theory is inconsistent with a number of experimental data and provide a generalization of the theory in order to include nonadiabatic electron-phonon effects. We show that the inclusion of nonadiabatic channels in the electron-phonon interaction is a key element for the high values of Tc in these materials. We make several predictions regarding the superconducting and normal-state properties of fullerene compounds that can be tested experimentally. |
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