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Charge Dynamics in 122 Iron-Based Superconductors

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Abstract

The standard Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity, based solely on an effective attractive interaction between electrons mediated by phonons, does not provide a satisfactory explanation of the properties of strongly correlated high-temperature superconductors.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.

—Richard Feynman

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The discussion in this section is largely based on Ref. [1].

  2. 2.

    The discussion in this section is largely based on Ref. [39].

  3. 3.

    The feedback of superconductivity on the spin fluctuation spectrum observed by neutron scattering [63, 64] was not considered in our model calculation.

  4. 4.

    The discussion in this section is largely based on Ref. [71].

  5. 5.

    The discussion in this section is largely based on Ref. [92].

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Charnukha, A. (2014). Results and Discussion. In: Charge Dynamics in 122 Iron-Based Superconductors. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01192-9_4

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