MERCURY-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH QUASI-NORMAL OCCUPANCY

Abstract

A model with anomalous occupancy is applied to Hg-based cuprate superconductors. The anomaly consists of a small energy gap near the Fermi surface, the scale of the gap anomaly is of order of the cutoff (v.g. Debye) energy. Values of the anomalous occupancy parameters for Hg-based superconductors are obtained for different values of the ratio R and the effective coupling constant, within the weak coupling. As these materials have the highest transition temperature known for layered copper-oxide superconductors, they serve as a new testing ground for various proposed models.