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We study the temperature dependencies of the mean sizes of the Cooper pairs in a two-band BCS-type s-wave superconductivity model with coupling cut-off in the momentum space. It is found that, in contrast to single-band systems, the size of Cooper pairs in the weaker superconductivity band can significantly decrease with a temperature increase due to an interband proximity effect. The relevant spatial behaviour of the wave functions of the Cooper pairs is analyzed. The results also indicate a possibility that the size of Cooper pairs in two-band systems may increase with an increase in temperature.
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Örd, T., Rägo, K., Vargunin, A. et al. Strong temperature effect on the sizes of the Cooper pairs in a two-band superconductor. Eur. Phys. J. B 91, 2 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2017-80477-8
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