Kohn-Luttinger Correction to Tc in a Phonon Superconductor

Abstract

Weak coupling theory predicts the critical temperature of a phonon superconductor to be $T_c=1.13e^{-3/2}{\omega }_D{e}^{-1/\lambda }$, where ${\omega }_D$ is the Debye frequency, $\lambda$ is the dimensionless electron-phonon coupling constant, and the factor $e^{-3/2}$ comes from fermionic self-energy and frequency dependence of the interaction. Other corrections are small either in ${\omega }_D/E_F$, by Migdal's theorem, or in $\lambda$. However, this formula assumes that ${\omega }_D\ll E_F$, where $E_F$ is the Fermi energy. We obtain $T_c$ in the dilute regime, when the Fermi energy is smaller than ${\omega }_D$. We argue that in this situation Migdal's theorem is no longer valid, and Kohn-Luttinger-type corrections to the pairing interaction must be included to obtain the correct prefactor for $T_c$.

arXiv comment20 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PRB, refs added, grant number corrected

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