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Physical Review B

Thermodynamics of the crossover from weak- to strong-coupling superconductivity - art. no. 184514

Egor S. Babaev

Published Jan 1, 2001• 0 citations
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In this paper we study an evolution of low-temperature thermodynamical quantities for an electron gas with a delta -function attraction as the system crosses over from weak-coupling (BCS-type) to strong-coupling (Bose-type) superconductivity in three and

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