Superconductivity in Compressed Potassium and Rubidium

2003/01/22 by Lei Shi, Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos, Michael J. Mehl
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0038-1098(03)00388-0

published as Solid State Communications 127, 13-15 (2003) · three figures

arxiv created 2003/01/22 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Calculations of the electron-phonon interaction in the alkali metals, Potassium and Rubidium, using the results of band theory and BCS theory-based techniques suggest that at high pressures K and Rb would be superconductors with transition temperatures approaching 10 K.

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