Absence of singular superconducting fluctuation corrections to thermal conductivity

Douglas R. Niven and Robert A. Smith
Phys. Rev. B 66, 214505 – Published 6 December 2002
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Abstract

We evaluate the superconducting fluctuation corrections to thermal conductivity in the normal state, which diverge as T approaches Tc. We find zero total contribution for one-, two- and three-dimensional superconductors for arbitrary impurity concentration. The method used is diagrammatic many-body theory, and all contributions—Aslamazov-Larkin (AL), Maki-Thompson (MT), and density of states (DOS)—are considered. The AL contribution is convergent, whilst the divergences of the DOS and MT diagrams exactly cancel.

  • Received 14 August 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.214505

©2002 American Physical Society

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Douglas R. Niven and Robert A. Smith

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, England

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Vol. 66, Iss. 21 — 1 December 2002

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