Absence of singular superconducting fluctuation corrections to thermal conductivity

Douglas Niven, Robert Smith

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Abstract

We evaluate the superconducting fluctuation corrections to thermal conductivity in the normal state, which diverge as T approaches T-c. 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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)214505
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume66
Issue number21
Early online date1 Dec 2002
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2002

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