Abstract
We show that, independent of the choice of values for the carrier concentration n and specific heat in the normal state, existing experiments on the superconducting properties of polycrystalline are consistent with calculations carried out in the clean limit. We find, for a wide choice of n, a substantial exchange enhancement of the Pauli susceptibility. For n<5× , long wavelength spin fluctuations, with a characteristic temperature, K, can give rise to a strong-coupling superconducting transition to a triplet Balian-Werthamer phase. On the other hand, if n antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations must be invoked if the pairing is of magnetic origin.
- Received 25 September 1987
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.37.3730
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