R. Chaudhury, SCHEMES FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE FREE-ENERGY AND SPECIFIC-HEAT FOR MARGINAL FERMI LIQUIDS IN THE NORMAL AND SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE, Canadian journal of physics, 73(7-8), 1995, pp. 497-504
Several schemes based on the fermionic many-body approach and the boso
n-exchange approach are developed to calculate the free energy and spe
cific heat for a marginal Fermi liquid in the normal and superconducti
ng phase. The merits and demerits of these schemes are analyzed and co
mpared. The origin of the failure of the simple Bardeen-Stephen formul
a is also highlighted. The analysis is carried out in light of some ex
periments.