Relativistic mechanism of superconductivity

TL;DR

This paper proposes a relativistic mechanism for superconductivity, suggesting that relativistic effects in Coulomb's force can lead to electron pairing and superconducting phenomena, providing insights into both traditional and high-temperature superconductors.

Contribution

It introduces a relativistic perspective on electron pairing in superconductivity, explaining phenomena like flux quantization and the Meissner effect through relativistic quantum theory.

Findings

Derivation of quantized magnetic flux from relativistic effects

Explanation of London equation and Meissner effect relativistically

Analysis of Josephson effect within the relativistic framework

Abstract

According to the theory of relativity, the relativistic Coulomb's force between an electron pair is composed of two parts, the main part is repulsive, while the rest part can be attractive in certain situations. Thus the relativistic attraction of an electron pair provides an insight into the mechanism of superconductivity. In superconductor, there are, probably at least, two kinds of collective motions which can eliminate the repulsion between two electrons and let the attraction being dominant, the first is the combination of lattice and electron gas, accounting for traditional superconductivity; the second is the electron gas themselves, accounting for high $T_c$ superconductivity. In usual materials, there is a good balance between the repulsion and attraction of an electron pair, the electrons are regarded as free electrons so that Fermi gas theory plays very well. But in some materials, when the repulsion dominates electron pairs, the electron gas will has a behavior opposite to superconductivity. In the present paper the superconducting states are discussed in terms of relativistic quantum theory in details, some significant results are obtained including quantized magnetic flux, London equation, Meissner effect and Josephson effect.