MODIFICATION OF THE ISOTOPE EFFECT DUE TO PAIR BREAKING

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CARBOTTE, JP
GREESON, M
PEREZGONZALEZ, A
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[1] Department of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1789
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have calculated the effect of pair breaking on the isotope-effect coefficient (beta) of a superconductor. We find that, as the pair-breaking scattering rate is increased, beta also increases in absolute value. Values of beta much larger than the canonical value of 1/2 can easily be achieved even in models where the electron-phonon interaction contributes only a very small amount to the value of the intrinsic critical temperature.
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