Crossover from BCS to Bose superconductivity: Transition temperature and time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory

We use a functional integral formulation to study the finite temperature crossover from cooperative Cooper pairing to independent bound state formation and condensation. We show the inadequacy of mean field results for normal state properties obtained at the saddle point level as the coupling increases. The importance of quantum (temporal) fluctuations is pointed out and an interpolation scheme for Tc is derived from this point of view. The time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equation near Tc is shown to describe a damped mode in the BCS limit, and a propagating one in the Bose limit. A singular point is identified at intermediate coupling where a simple TDGL description fails.