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Superconductivity without phonons

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  • P. Monthoux

    (School of Physics,
    Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK)

  • D. Pines

    (G756 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
    University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA)

  • G. G. Lonzarich

    (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Who needs phonons? The 'classic' form of superconductivity was finally explained by the Nobel-winning BCS (Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer) theory in the 1950s, as a superfluid of electron pairs interacting via the exchange of phonons. That done, theorists asked if the deformable lattice provided by phonons was essential for superconductivity. It wasn't, as shown by the subsequent discovery of a series of 'unconventional' superconductors. In a Review Article, Phillipe Monthoux, David Pines and Gilbert Lonzarich present a restatement of the magnetic interaction model that is emerging as a powerful framework for interpreting superconductivity without phonons.

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  • P. Monthoux & D. Pines & G. G. Lonzarich, 2007. "Superconductivity without phonons," Nature, Nature, vol. 450(7173), pages 1177-1183, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:450:y:2007:i:7173:d:10.1038_nature06480
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06480
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