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Machine learning of superconducting critical temperature from Eliashberg theory
- Source :
- npj Computational Materials, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- Abstract The Eliashberg theory of superconductivity accounts for the fundamental physics of conventional superconductors, including the retardation of the interaction and the Coulomb pseudopotential, to predict the critical temperature T c. McMillan, Allen, and Dynes derived approximate closed-form expressions for the critical temperature within this theory, which depends on the electron–phonon spectral function α 2 F(ω). Here we show that modern machine-learning techniques can substantially improve these formulae, accounting for more general shapes of the α 2 F function. Using symbolic regression and the SISSO framework, together with a database of artificially generated α 2 F functions and numerical solutions of the Eliashberg equations, we derive a formula for T c that performs as well as Allen–Dynes for low-T c superconductors and substantially better for higher-T c ones. This corrects the systematic underestimation of T c while reproducing the physical constraints originally outlined by Allen and Dynes. This equation should replace the Allen–Dynes formula for the prediction of higher-temperature superconductors.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20573960
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- npj Computational Materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.25d0db147d04280aefda86430a4ab02
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-021-00666-7