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The thermoelectric power in the fluctuation region above the superconducting transition temperatureT c is studied theoretically. Use is made of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equation due to Ebisawa and Fukuyama, which includes the correction term of the order ofT/μ as well, whereT is the temperature and μ is the chemical potential. It is shown that the thermoelectric power tends to zero as (T−T c ) ln [T/(T−T c )] and as (T−T c ) as the temperature approaches the transition temperatureT c for the two-dimensional and the one-dimensional systems, respectively.
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Maki, K. Thermoelectric power above the superconducting transition. J Low Temp Phys 14, 419–426 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00658871
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