Fractal superconductivity near localization threshold (Q986517)

This paper deals with a generalized version of the BCS-like theory of superconductivity that is appropriate for poor three-dimensional conductors in which the Fermi level is located in the vicinity of the mobility edge. The developed theory neglects the effects of the Coulomb repulsion. The main results of this paper refer to the following directions: {\parindent=8mm \begin{itemize}\item[(i)]insulating behavior of the resistivity in a wide range of temperatures above the critical temperature \(T_c\); \item[(ii)]formation of an almost hard gap without coherence peaks in the density of states above \(T_c\) with the gap value of the gap that fluctuates significantly from point to point; \item[(iii)]the magnitude of the coherence peaks fluctuates from point to point, these fluctuations become very large close to the superconductor-insulator transition; \item[(iv)]two-peak feature in differential conductance at moderate transmission probabilities as measured by the Andreev point-contact spectroscopy below \(T_c\); \item[(v)]strong temperature dependence of the total spectral weight of the high-frequency conductivity which shows with a loss of major part of the high-frequency at temperatures \(T \leq\Delta_P\), and its re-appearance below \(T_c\). \end{itemize}} This paper concludes with a discussion of the experimental predictions of the theory and the theoretical issues that remain unsolved.