Current progress in the theoretical understanding of MgB2

✍ Scribed by Jens Kortus

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 316 KB
• Volume: 456
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0921-4534
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2007.01.023

✦ Synopsis

This review is devoted to the current theoretical understanding of MgB 2 , mainly focusing of the effect of impurities and doping on the physical properties of the material. We compare the theoretical predictions with experimental results in order to suggest an explanation for the behavior of the superconducting gaps and critical temperature with doping.