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Adds large k description to section 3
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This, and other limiting forms, were stated by Nam as well~\cite{Nam1967}.
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Inserting this in $\eqref{eq:NamF}$ suffices to obtain the small $q$ values in a more numerically stable way.
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By comparison to the $q \rightarrow 0$ case, the large momentum dependence requires more careful thought.
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By comparison to the $q \rightarrow 0$ case, the large momentum dependence is more involved to correctly handle.
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For sufficiently large $q$, the logarithm in $\eqref{eq:NamF}$ goes to $i \pi$, and $F \rightarrow \frac{i \pi}{q \vf}$.
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This behaviour leads to an unphysical divergence in \eqref{eq:chi}, as
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This behaviour leads to an unphysical divergence in \eqref{eq:chi} as $z \rightarrow 0$.
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Tinkham~\cite{Tinkham} and Abrikosov, Dzyaloshinskii and Gorkov~\cite{AGD} both describe expressions with this same $\frac{1}{q}$ dependence.
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The root cause of inaccuracies above $q \gg 2 q_{\mathrm{F}}$ is that the Green's function method used to derive the superconducting response function makes the assumption that $q$ is sufficiently close to the Fermi surface.
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However, it is insufficient to only account for the $\frac{1}{q}$ dependence, as a stronger condition is necessary to ensure convergence for arbitrarily small $z$.
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In the large $q$ regime, \eqref{eq:chi} can be reduced to
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\begin{align}
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\chi_\perp^E(z, \omega) &= \Re \int_0^{+\infty} \dd{u} \frac{u^3}{i u} e^{-2 z u} r_p(u),
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\end{align}
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which means that for $z = 0$
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\begin{align}
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\chi_\perp^E(z, \omega) &= \int_0^{+\infty} \dd{u} u^2 \Im r_p(u).
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\end{align}
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For a dielectric function that asymptotically scales as $\frac{A + i B}{q}$, for real $A$ and $B$, it can be shown that
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\begin{equation}
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\Im r_p(u) \sim \frac{B}{u},
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\end{equation}
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which clearly leads to a divergent $\chi_\perp^E$.
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This is the same divergence discussed in Langsjoen et al.~\cite{QubitRelax}, where for the normal state this problem does not arise if the Lindhard dielectric function is used.
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Ultimately, this is because for $q > 2 q_{\mathrm{F}}$ the imaginary part of the Lindhard function goes to zero.
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Physically, this happens because there are no points on the assumed spherical Fermi surface further than $2 q_{\mathrm{F}}$ apart, which means there are no available quasiparticle-hole excitations available for energy dissipation (cf discussion in \cite{AGD}, \cite{FetterWalecka} or \cite{SolyomV3}).
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This is a general argument, and it should be expected that a superconducting dielectric function should also have zero imaginary part above some momentum on the order of the Fermi momentum.
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This can be handled in two coarse approximations.
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The key is that the integral in \eqref{eq:chi} picks out values around $u = \frac{c}{\omega} \sim \frac{1}{z}$ over most of its range, because of the $u^2 e^{-2 z u}$ factor for $u \gg 1$.
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If we cut off the imaginary part of the Nam response function above some momentum $q_{\mathrm{cutoff}}$, then if $\frac{1}{z} \ll \frac{\omega}{c} q_{\mathrm{cutoff}}$, the imprecision of such a low order approximation will not greatly affect the final noise integral.
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For a metal with $\vf \sim \SI{e6}{\m\per\s}$, this corresponds to $z \sim \SI{1}{\nm}$.
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At this length scale, inter-atomic spacing would itself be enough to invalidate these results already.
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As a further correction, the Nam expression's $\frac{1}{q}$ dependence causes an overestimation in $\chi_\perp^E$ if $\frac{1}{z}$ is above the momentum at which superconductivity should play a role, on the order of the Debye momentum.
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Above this point, the Lindhard result suffices as a description of the metal's response.
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This can be incorporated into a numerical model by interpolating the results;
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one crude way of accomplishing this is to simply define a new effective reflection coefficient
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\begin{equation}
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r_{p, \mathrm{effective}}(u) = \min_{\Im}\left[r_{p, \mathrm{Lindhard}}\left(u\right), r_{p, \mathrm{Nam}}\left(u\right)\right],
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\end{equation}
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where the right hand side should be interpreted to choose the argument with the smaller imaginary part.
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This effectively forces the reflection coefficient to choose the Lindhard result above some crossover $q_{\mathrm{crossover}}$.
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Once again, unless $\frac{1}{z} \sim q_{\mathrm{crossover}}$, the inaccuracies this causes should be exponentially damped in $\chi_\perp^E$.
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\section{Experiments \label{sec:experiments}}
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\begin{itemize}
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