s-wave superconductivity in the presence of local Coulomb correlations

TL;DR

This paper derives mean-field equations for s-wave superconductivity considering local Coulomb interactions, showing that Coulomb repulsion reduces the critical temperature and alters the ratio of the gap to $T_c$, especially in narrow band systems.

Contribution

It provides a theoretical framework for understanding how local Coulomb correlations affect s-wave superconductivity, extending BCS theory to include these interactions.

Findings

Coulomb repulsion lowers $T_c$ and the order parameter.

The ratio $2 ext{Delta}(0)/T_c$ deviates from BCS value due to Coulomb effects.

Results depend on band filling, impacting narrow band systems.

Abstract

We derive the superconductiong mean-field equations for an attractive interaction, V, in the s-wave channel when local Coulomb interactions are taken into account for any value of U. Our results show that the Coulomb repulsion is detrimental to the critical temperature, $T_c$, and the order parameter, $\Delta(T)$, for values of $U \geq |V|$. Furthermore, our results depend on band filling in a sensible way. In the presence of local correlations, $2\Delta(0)/T_c$ differs from the BCS ratio, since Coulomb interactions affect much more the superconducting critical temperature, $T_c$, than the superconducting order parameter, $\Delta(T)$. We conclude that the presence of Coulomb interactions play an additional role in the analysis of experimental data, specially in narrow band systems.