Universal disorder-induced transition in the resistivity behavior of strongly coupled metals.

01 January 1986

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At low temperatures (T(c)0.1(theta)(D)) new universal transition in the resistivity behavior of strongly coupled superconductors have been demonstrated experimentally. The power low behavior changes from T(n)(n=3-5) to T(2) as disorder increases, provided electron-phonon coupling (lambda) is sufficiently high. The physics of the effect is probably based on the breakdown of the electron-phonon conservation law. Universal correlation allows independent estimates of (lambda).