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Temperature and Purity Dependence of the Superconducting Critical Field, H c 2 . III. Electron Spin and Spin-Orbit Effects

N. R. Werthamer, +2 more
- 08 Jul 1966 - 
- Vol. 147, Iss: 1, pp 295-302
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In this paper, a solution of the linearized Gor'kov equations for the upper critical magnetic field of a bulk type-II superconductor is extended to include the effects of Pauli spin paramagnetism and spin-orbit impurity scattering.
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A previously obtained solution of the linearized Gor'kov equations for the upper critical magnetic field ${H}_{c2}$ of a bulk type-II superconductor is extended to include the effects of Pauli spin paramagnetism and spin-orbit impurity scattering. To carry out the calculation, it is necessary to introduce an approximation which assumes that spin-orbit scattering is infrequent in comparison with spin-independent scattering. It is found that spin-orbit scattering counteracts the effects of the spin paramagnetism in limiting the critical field and improves agreement between theory and experiment.

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