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A reflection on the contrast between the Cooper pairing in iron-based and conventional superconductors

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In this Perspective article we review retrospectively the streamline of our work on iron-based superconductors, and reflect on the mechanism of Cooper pairing in conventional and unconventional, such as iron-based superconductors. The main theme of this review is the concept of effective interaction and renormalization group.

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  1. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Fa Wang

  2. Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Dung-Hai Lee

  3. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Dung-Hai Lee

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Wang, F., Lee, DH. A reflection on the contrast between the Cooper pairing in iron-based and conventional superconductors. Front. Phys. 6, 350–356 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-011-0212-1

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