The dimer model for κ-phase organic superconductors

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1998 EDP Sciences
, , Citation G. Visentini et al 1998 EPL 42 467 DOI 10.1209/epl/i1998-00273-1

0295-5075/42/4/467

Abstract

We prove that the upper electronic bands of κ-phase BEDT-TTF salts are adequately modeled by a tight-binding lattice with one site per cell. The band parameters are derived from recent ab initio calculations, getting a very simple but extremely accurate one-electron picture. This picture allows us to solve the BCS gap equation adopting a real-space pairing potential. Comparison of the resulting superconducting properties with experiments points to isotropic s0-pairing. Residual many-body or phonon-mediated interactions offer a plausible explanation of the large variety of physical properties observed in κ-phase BEDT-TTF salts.

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10.1209/epl/i1998-00273-1