On the Superconductivity in the Induced Pairing Model

TL;DR

This paper analyzes a two-component superconductivity model involving local pairs and itinerant electrons, exploring phase diagrams and crossover behaviors in 2D systems using mean-field and Kosterlitz-Thouless theories.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of a two-component model with local pairs and itinerant electrons, highlighting phase diagrams and crossover phenomena in 2D superconductors.

Findings

Identification of phase diagrams as a function of electron concentration and LP level position.

Observation of BCS-like to LP-like crossover behaviors.

Discussion of implications for exotic superconductors with preformed pairs.

Abstract

The two component model of coexisting local electron pairs and itinerant fermions coupled via charge exchange mechanism, which mutually induces superconductivity in both subsystems, is discussed. The cases of isotropic s-wave and anisotropic pairing of extended s and d_{x^2-y^2} -wave symmetries are analyzed for a 2D square lattice within the BCS-mean field approximation and the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory. We determined the phase diagrams and superconducting characteristics as a function of the position of the local pair (LP) level and the total electron concentration. The model exhibits several types of interesting crossovers from BCS like behavior to that of LP's. Some of our results are discussed in connection with a two-component scenario of preformed pairs and unpaired electrons for exotic superconductors.