Transition Metals and the Fröhlich Mechanism for Superconductivity
- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 2 (9), 3560-3571
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.2.3560
Abstract
The properties of screened plasma oscillations of the band, which Fröhlich first suggested could lead to superconductivity, are investigated. Specific-heat anomalies in the normal and superconducting state, normal-state resistivities, pressure-induced and pressure-dependent superconductivity, Mössbauer-effect studies, lattice transformations, and the occurrence of superconductivity in transition metals are compared with the theory. These diverse properties indicate that the Fröhlich mechanism is operative in high- transition elements and constitutes a new mechanism for superconductivity.
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