2002/04/30 by Iddo Ussishkin, S. L. Sondhi, David A. Huse · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.89.287001
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 287001 (2002) · 4 pages, 1 figure; improved introduction, minor changes; published version
arxiv created 2003/01/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
We calculate the contribution of superconducting fluctuations to thermal transport in the normal state, for low magnetic fields. We do so in the Gaussian approximation to their critical dynamics which is also the Aslamazov-Larkin approximation in the microscopics. Our results for the thermal conductivity tensor and the transverse thermoelectric response are new. The latter compare favorably with the data of Ong and collaborators on the Nernst effect in the cuprates.