Functional derivatives for the critical magnetic field of Pb
We have calculated for superconducting Pb in the dirty (isotropic) limit the following functional derivatives: δTc/δα2F(ω), δHc(0)/δα2F(ω), δD(t)/δα2F(ω), ∂Tc/∂μ*, ∂Hc(0)/∂μ*, and ∂D(t)/∂μ*, where Tc, Hc(0), D(t), t, α2(ω)F(ω), and μ* are, respectively, the critical temperature, critical field at T = 0, deviation function for the critical field, reduced temperature T/Tc, electron–phonon spectral density, and Coulomb repulsion parameter. Our values for the first two functional derivatives are in good agreement with previous work by Rainer and Bergmann. We present the others here for the first time to relate the observed changes in Tc, Hc(0), and D(t) under hydrostatic pressure to the change in α2(ω)F(ω) and μ*.