Chemical Physics of Phonons & Superconductivity: A Heuristic Approach

Abstract

Several lines of thought are pursued in an attempt to further clarify the role played by phonons in the theory of superconductivity. The central results of BCS theory are examined in the context of anharmonicity in the phonon motion and the role that Badger's rule of spectroscopy can play in simplifying and making more chemically intuitive the nature of the mechanism of superconductivity.