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Investigation of the electron-state densities in two-band super conductors with a nonmagnetic impurity
N. I. Botoshan,
V. A. Moskalenko,
A. M. Ursu
Abstract:
The electron-state densities
$n_n(\omega)$ and also the related functions
$\bar n_n(\omega)$,
$m_n(\omega)$, and
$\bar m_n(\omega)$
are calculated for a two-band superconductor with a nonmagnetic impurity in the limiting
cases when the impurity has a low or a high concentration. The calculations are made for
all frequencies in the range
$\omega\geqslant\Omega_g$, where
$\Omega_g$ is the single-particle spectrum energy gap
of the two-band superconductor. It is shown that at low impurity concentrations
$n_1$ and
$n_2$
have sharp peaks near the corresponding energy gaps
$\gamma_1$ and
$\gamma_2$ of the pure two-band superconductor.
Far from these values
$\omega=\gamma_n$ a small impurity concentration hardly modifies
the expressions for the densities given by the BCS-Bogolyubov theory for a pure two-band
superconductor. If the nonmagnetic impurity has a high concentration, the functions
$n_n$,
$\bar n_n$,
etc., of both bands differ little, and the state densities
$n_n$ have a common maximum at the
frequency $\Omega_m=\frac{\Gamma_1N_1+\Gamma_2N_2}{N_1+N_2}$. The energy gap
$\Omega_g$ in this limiting case is somewhat
less than
$\Omega_m$. The densities
$n_m(\omega)$ obtained in the different frequency ranges are fitted
at the boundaries of these ranges.
Received: 06.09.1971