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Gap energy and long-range order in the boson-fermion model of superconductivity

R. Friedberg, T. D. Lee

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.40.6745 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

From the observations of very small coherent lengths for all high-temperature superconductors, we conclude that the pair state is reasonably well localized in the coordinate space and therefore can be represented phenomenologically by a local boson field φ. The underlying mechanism for superconductivity is assumed to be through the "s-channel" reaction 2e→φ→2e. This leads to a mixed boson-fermion model. We examine the long-range order, gap energy, and Meissner effect in such a theory.

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