Why magnesium diboride is not described by anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau theory

Abstract

It is well established that the superconductivity in the recently discovered superconducting compound MgB${}_2$ resides in the quasi-two-dimensional band ($\sigma$-band) and three-dimensional band ($\pi$-band). We demonstrate that, due to such band structure, the anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau theory practically does not have region of applicability, because gradient expansion in the $c$ direction breaks down. In the case of dirty $\pi$-band we derive the simplest equations which describe properties of such superconductors near $T_c$ and explore some consequences of these equations.

arXiv comment4 pages, 2 fugures, Subm. Phys. Rev. Lett

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