Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
1999-12-02
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
RevTeX, 2 eps figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
A simple model of the molecular crystal of $N$ atoms as a statistical mixture in real space of $NX$ atoms in excited and $N(1-X)$ atoms in well localized ground state is considered. The phase coherence of the atomic wave functions is suppose to be absent. A bond energy of crystal is supposed to be a result of the pair interaction of $NX$ excited atoms. These molecular type pair excitations do not interact one with another before the metallization, and do not contribute to the pressure. Nevertheless, the pressure of such kind of crystals is determined by the interatomic distances, and by the binding energy of pairs. The possibility of the insulator-superconductor transition of such a ``gas'' of $NX/2$ pairs, ``dissolved'' among $N(1-X)$ atoms in ground state is discussed. This kind of transition is supposed to occur in the oxigen $O_2$, in the sulphur $S$, and, possibly, in the xenon $Xe$ crystals under pressure. The same kind of transition is likely to take place in HTSC materials, metal-ammonia and hydrogen-palladium solutions under normal conditions, due to similarity of some of their properties with the corresponding ones of molecular crystals.
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