Abstract
A generalization of the random-phase approximation of the theory of Coulomb correlation energy is applied to the theory of superconductivity. With no further approximations it is shown that most of the elementary excitations have the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer energy gap spectrum, but that there are collective excitations also. The most important of these are the longitudinal waves which have a velocity ${v}_{F}{{\frac{1}{3}[1\ensuremath{-}4N(0)|V|]}}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ in the neutral Fermi gas, and are essentially unperturbed plasma oscillations in the charged case. Other collective excitations resembling higher bound pair states may or may not exist but do not seriously affect the energy gap. The theory obeys the sum rules and is gauge invariant to an adequate degree throughout.
Keywords
PhysicsRandom phase approximationSuperconductivityCoulombQuasiparticleQuantum mechanicsBCS theoryGauge theoryCondensed matter physicsCooper pairQuantum electrodynamicsPairingElectron
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- 1958
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- 112
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- 6
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- 1900-1916
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Philip W. Anderson
(1958).
Random-Phase Approximation in the Theory of Superconductivity.
Physical Review
, 112
(6)
, 1900-1916.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.112.1900
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- 10.1103/physrev.112.1900