### Session T41: Focus Session: Search for New Superconductors - Nanotubes and Fullerides

2:30 PM–5:18 PM, Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Room: F152

Chair: Anvar Zakhidov, University of Texas at Dallas

Abstract ID: BAPS.2010.MAR.T41.6

### Abstract: T41.00006 : Electron-phonon coupling in A15 Cs$_3$C$_{60}$ and fcc alkali fullerides

3:54 PM–4:06 PM

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#### Authors:

Takashi Koretsune
(Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Susumu Saito

We study the electron-phonon couplings of alkali-doped fullerides, fcc A$_3$C$_{60}$ (A=K,Rb) and A15 Cs$_3$C$_{60}$, using first-principles method based on the density functional theory. To improve the previous studies, we perform accurate calculations of phonon dispersion and electron-phonon coupling including momentum dependence and lattice symmetry. Furthermore, to estimate the superconducting transition temperature, we use Eliashberg equation instead of McMillan's formula. It is found that Eliashberg equation gives a quantitative improvement and that the obtained transition temperatures are reasonable compared to the experiments.

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