https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2005-00158-7
Giant strengthening of superconducting pairing in metallic nanoclusters
1
Max-Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden,
01187, Germany and L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of
Sciences, 117334, Moscow, Russia
2
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley,
CA 94720, USA
Corresponding author: a vzkresin@lbl.gov
Received:
13
April
2005
Published online:
16
June
2005
The presence of shell structure and the accompanying high level degeneracy leads to a strengthening of the pairing interaction in some metallic nanoclusters. It is predicted that for specific systems one can expect a large increase in the values of the critical temperature and other parameters.
PACS: 74.78.Na – Mesoscopic and nanoscale systems / 36.40.Cg – Electronic and magnetic properties of clusters / 74.70.-b – Superconducting materials
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2005
