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Negative electrohydrostatic pressure between superconducting bodies

Thomas J. Maldonado, Dung N. Pham, Alessio Amaolo, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Hakan E. Türeci

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.014508 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

By applying a hydrodynamic representation of nonrelativistic scalar electrodynamics to the superconducting order parameter, we predict a negative (attractive) pressure between planar superconducting bodies. For conventional superconductors with London penetration depth λL≈100nm, the pressure reaches tens of N/mm2 at angstrom separations. The resulting surface energies are in better agreement with experimental values than those predicted by the Hartree-Fock theory, and the emergent electric-field screening length is comparable to that of the Thomas-Fermi theory. The model circumvents the bulk limitations of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer and Ginzburg-Landau theories to the analysis of superconducting quantum devices.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Al

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
In

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
Sn

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
Pb

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—Pressure not reportedunknown

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