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Calculations of Resistivity and Superconducting Tc in Transition Metals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

P. B. Allen ,
T. P. Beaulac ,
F. S. Khan ,
W. H. Butler ,
F. J. Pinski  and
J. C. Swihart
P. B. Allen
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794
T. P. Beaulac
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794
F. S. Khan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794
W. H. Butler
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
F. J. Pinski
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
J. C. Swihart
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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Abstract

A survey is given of various electron-phonon effects which have been vcalculated for the metals Nb, Mo, Ta, Pd, and Cu. These effects include the mass enhancement γ, superconducting Tc, electrical and thermal resistivity, Hall coefficient, magnetoresistance, and the successfully tested predictions of linewidths yQ of phonons. The calculations use local density approximations (LDA) energy bands, experimental phonons, and the rigid muffin tin (RMT) approximation. Mesh size noise is less than 1% and the Bloch-Boltzmann integral equation has been solved to unprecedented accuracy.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 63: Symposium R – Computer-Based Microscopic Description of the Structure and Properties of Materials , 1985 , 259
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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