Unconventional superconductor

Unconventional superconductors are materials that display superconductivity which is not explained by the usual BCS theory or its extension, the Eliashberg theory. The pairing in unconventional superconductors may originate from some other mechanism than the electron–phonon interaction.[1] Alternatively, a superconductor is called unconventional if the superconducting order parameter transforms according to a non-trivial irreducible representation of the point group or space group of the system.[2]

  1. ^ Hirsch, J. E.; Maple, M. B.; Marsiglio, F. (July 15, 2015). "Superconducting materials classes: Introduction and overview". Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications. Superconducting Materials: Conventional, Unconventional and Undetermined. 514: 1–8. arXiv:1504.03318. doi:10.1016/j.physc.2015.03.002. ISSN 0921-4534.
  2. ^ Mineev, V.P.; Samokhin, K (September 21, 1999). Introduction to Unconventional Superconductivity. Amsterdam: CRC Press. pp. vii, 20. ISBN 978-90-5699-209-5.