In the BCS theory of superconductivity the excitation spectrum of the single-electron states is
where
is the electron energy in the absence of
superconductivity and
is the Fermi energy. With
a simplified interaction between the electrons, one obtains
. Similar expression is obtained for other systems where interactions
lead to nonmetallic ground state, like charge
density waves, spin density waves, and so on.
Calculate the DOS assuming that
is not close to a
van Hove singularity and
.
Laszlo Mihaly
Thu Oct 31 13:23:11 EST 1996