Temperature Dependence of Superconducting Gap and Penetration Depth for MgB2


KARAKAYA S., Ozbas O.

2nd International Congress on Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science (APMAS), Antalya, Turkey, 26 - 29 April 2012, vol.1476, pp.285-288, (Full Text) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 1476
  • Doi Number: 10.1063/1.4751612
  • City: Antalya
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.285-288
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, we have investigated both the temperature dependence of magnetic penetration depth and superconducting energy gap for magnesium diboride (MgB2) by considering several models such as Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS), two fluids and two band Eliashberg model. These models are compared with each others and available literature results. Several studies reported that MgB2 has two different superconducting gaps. That is, the multi-band superconductor MgB2 exhibits two dimensional (2D) sigma-band and three-dimensional (3D) pi-band superconductivity and have the remarkably high critical temperature (T-c=39K) all of the metallic superconductors. So, recently it has attracted great attention. The superconductivity in MgB2 has been analyzed by using two band Eliashberg model. We also have calculated the temperature dependence of the superconducting gaps (Delta(sigma) and Delta(pi)) and compared them with the available experimental data and the other theoretical predictions.