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Specific heat studies in Ho-Ba-CuO superconductors: Fermionic and bosonic contributions

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The specific heats of superconducting HoBa2Cu3O7-δ (T c≅ 92 K) have been theoretically investigated in the temperature domain 70 ≤T ≤110 K. The bosonic (phonons) contribution to the specific heat is estimated from Debye model in the harmonic approximation for high temperature expansion (T > θD/2π) using the moments of the phonon density of states. The fermionic constituent as the electronic specific heat is deduced using a suitable trial function above and belowT c. As a next step the contribution of specific heat by charge oscillations (plasmons) are obtained. The theoretical results from bosonic and fermionic terms are then compared with the experimental results. We find that the specific heats from electronic as well as plasmon term are only a fraction of lattice specific heat and in particular, plasmons do not influence the thermal conduction significantly. The implications of the above analysis are discussed.

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  1. School of Physics, Devi Ahilya University, Khandwa Road Campus, 452 017, Indore, India

    Dinesh Varshney, Sanjay Shah & R. K. Singh

  2. School of Pure and Applied Physics, Guru Ghasidas University, 495 009, Bilaspur, India

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Varshney, D., Shah, S. & Singh, R.K. Specific heat studies in Ho-Ba-CuO superconductors: Fermionic and bosonic contributions. Bull Mater Sci 23, 267–272 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02720081

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