Acoustic Phonon Anomaly in MgB2
R. F. Wood, Bo E. Sernelius, A. L. Chernyshev
Abstract
Recent first principles calculations of the phonon dispersion curves in MgB2 have suggested the presence of anomalies in some of the curves, particularly in the longitudinal acoustical (LA) branch in the Gamma to A direction. Similar behavior has been observed in numerous other superconductors with Tc's higher than those of standard electron-phonon BCS superconductors. Phenomenological calculations of the Gamma->A LA dispersion based on both an acoustical plasmon and a ``resonant polarization'' mechanism are given here to emphasize the importance of these similarities.
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