Comment on "Evolution from BCS Superconductivity to Bose-Einstein Condensation: Role of the Parameter $k_{\mathrm{F}}\xi$ in Interpreting the Experimental Plot by Uemura et al.''}

Abstract

The problem of crossover from BCS to Bose-Einstein condensation has recently attracted considerable interest owing to the discovery of high-$T_{\mathrm{c}}$ cuprates. Their short coherence length, $\xi$, places these materials in the interesting region between BCS and Bose-Einstein condensation. In the paper of F. Pistolesi and G.C. Strinati (Phys. Rev. B {\bf 49}, 6356 (1994)), the Nozières and Schmitt-Rink approach (NSR) is taken, which is valid for the weak coupling regime. They derive a relation between $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ and $T_{\mathrm{F}}$, which they insist is valid for any coupling strength. We present arguments that their assumptions are incorrect by using our fully self-consistent T-matrix formalism in two dimensions, and show that the NSR approach produces unphysical results in this case.

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