Electron tunneling into superconducting mercury films below one degree Kelvin

The tunneling characteristics of an aluminum-aluminum oxide-mercury junction have been measured at temperatures down to Oo35°K. Additional structure over that seen in an earlier, higher-temperature experiment is reported. The data have been analyzed through the use of a computer program based on the strong-coupling theory. The effective phonon spectrum and the complex energy gap function for mercury are thereby derived. Values for the electron self energy function, the electron renormalization function, Coulomb pseudopotentia1, and the electron-phonon interaction constant are also determined.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Hubin, Wilbert Norman

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ginsberg, D.M.

• electron tunneling
• superconducting mercury films
• strong coupling theory
• electron-phonon interactions

Statement dc:rights

• 1969 Wilbert Norman Hubin

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

2516866

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/25784