IMPURITY SCATTERING EFFECT ON THE SPECIFIC-HEAT JUMP IN ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTORS

Authors
HARAN G TAYLOR J NAGI ADS
Citation
G. Haran et al., IMPURITY SCATTERING EFFECT ON THE SPECIFIC-HEAT JUMP IN ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTORS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 55(17), 1997, pp. 11778-11784
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
55
Issue
17
Year of publication
1997
Pages
11778 - 11784
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1997)55:17<11778:ISEOTS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The specific-heat jump at a normal-superconducting phase transition in an anisotropic superconductor with nonmagnetic impurities is calculat ed within a weak-coupling mean-field approximation. It is shown that i ts dependence on the impurity concentration is remarkably different fo r d(x2-y2)-wave and (d(x2-y2)+s)-wave states. This effect may be used as a test for the presence of an s-wave admixture in the cuprates.