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Ultra-small metallic grains: effect of statistical fluctuations of the chemical potential on superconducting correlations and vice versa

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Superconducting correlations in an isolated metallic grain are governed by the interplay between two energy scales: the mean level spacing and the bulk pairing gap 10, which are strongly influenced by the position of the chemical potential with respect to the closest single-electron level. In turn superconducting correlations affect the position of the chemical potential. Within the parity projected BCS model we investigate the probability distribution of the chemical potential in a superconducting grain with randomly distributed single-electron levels. Taking into account statistical fluctuations of the chemical potential due to the pairing interaction, we find that such fluctuations have a significant impact on the critical level spacing c at which the superconducting correlations cease: the critical ratio c=10 at which superconductivity disappears is found to be increased.
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Mihail D. Croitoru, A. A. Shanenko, C. Kaun C., F. M. Peeters. Ultra-small metallic grains: effect of statistical fluctuations of the chemical potential on superconducting correlations and vice versa. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2012, 24 (27), pp.245701. ⟨10.1088/0953-8984/24/27/275701⟩. ⟨hal-00732015⟩

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