The BCS critical temperature in a weak external electric field via a linear two-body operator

Abstract

We study the critical temperature of a superconductive material in a weak external electric potential via a linear approximation of the BCS functional. We reproduce a similar result as in [Frank, Hainzl, Seiringer, Solovej, 2016] using the strategy introduced in [Frank, Hainzl, Langmann, 2018], where we considered the case of an external constant magnetic field.

Dedicated to Herbert Spohn on the occasion of his seventieth birthday; 29 pages