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Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
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Essenberger, F., Sanna, A., Linscheid, A., Tandetzky, F., Profeta, G., Cudazzo, P., Gross, E. K. U.

Superconducting pairing mediated by spin fluctuations from first principles
Physical Review B 90, (21),pp 214504/1-11 (2014)
We present the derivation of an ab initio and parameter-free effective electron-electron interaction that goes beyond the screened random phase approximation and accounts for superconducting pairing driven by spin fluctuat ons. The construction is based on many-body perturbation theory and relies on the approximation of the exchange-correlation part of the electronic self-energy within time-dependent density functional theory. This effective interaction is included in an exchange-correlation kernel for superconducting density functional theory in order to achieve a completely parameter free superconducting gap equation. First results from applying the new functional to a simplified two-band electron gas model are consistent with experiments.

TH-2014-44