THEORY OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING STATE .1. THE GROUND STATE AT THE ABSOLUTE ZERO OF TEMPERATURE
THEORY OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING STATE .1. THE GROUND STATE AT THE ABSOLUTE ZERO OF TEMPERATURE
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DOI:
10.1103/physrev.79.845
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发表时间:
1950-01-01
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FROHLICH, H
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FROHLICH, H
In Bloch's theory of electronic conductivity the scattering of electrons by lattice vibrations is connected with the absorption or emission of vibrational quanta. Asin field theories this gives rise to a self-energy which can be calculated by application of perturbation theory. The most interesting term as a result of the Pauli principle has the form of an interaction between electrons in momentum(0) space. The interaction between two electrons whose energy difference is small compared with their energy has a most interesting angular dependence. Roughly speaking, it is repulsive for equal energies but different directions of k, and attractive otherwiso. If strong enough it leads in the ground state to a distribution in momentum space which is different from the normal (Fermi) distribution. If this is the case then excited states exist in which some (AZ} electrons in view of their interaction in momentum space are concentrated in a narrow region in k-space. These states are stable in the sense that it requires energy to remove one of the electrons. Their energies are higher than the ground state by a term proportional to (AZ)~. The condition that the above-mentioned ground state (identified with the superconducting state) is realized requires that the interaction between electrons and lattice vibrations exceeds a certain value. With the help of the theory of high temperature conductivity, this condition can be expressed in terms of the resistivity p at O'C. It is found that pnv~'(1/n= atomic volume; v= number of free electrons per atom) must exceed a value depending on universal constants only. If v= 1 is assumed, all monovalent metals except lithium do not satisfy the required condition, but most superconductors do. The energy difference between the normal and the superconducting stateat absolute zero is about ms~(s= velocity of sound) per electron. It has thus the correct magnitude cor-responding to a temperature of a fraction of a degree absolute. No application to higher temperatures or to the influence of external fields has been made yet.