Regarding Tc of MgB2

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Re: Regarding Tc of MgB2

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Hi Sandeep,

Could you be more explicit on what are the suggestions/comments you need?

As Hari pointed out in his reply is that the Tc value you provide is obtained with the Allen-Dynes formula (I missed that when I looked over your first post). Allen-Dynes formula or the isotropic Migdal-Eliashberg will give you a value which is roughly a factor of 2 smaller than the anisotropic Migdal-Eliashberg in the case of MgB2. This is because MgB2 is a two-gap superconductor, so isotropic calculations cannot properly describe the superconducting gap structure. A discussion on this topic is given in the reference provided by Hari.

Best,
Roxana
Roxana Margine
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
Binghamton University, State University of New York

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