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Enhancement of superconductivity in a dirty marginal Fermi liquid

Tsz Chun Wu, Patrick A. Lee, Matthew S. Foster

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.214506 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We study superconductivity in a two-dimensional, disordered marginal Fermi liquid. At the semiclassical level, the transition temperature Tc is strongly suppressed because marginal Fermi liquid effects destroy well-defined quasiparticles. However, we show that interference between quantum-critical collective modes must be included and these enhance Tc, violating Anderson's theorem. Our results suggest that phase coherence in a disordered, quantum-critical system can survive and manifest in the form of collective excitations, despite the absence of coherent quasiparticles.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
La3Ni2O7

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FeSe

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