We study the interplay of superconductivity and a wide spectrum of critical (multifractal) wave functions (“spectrum-wide quantum criticality,” SWQC) in the one-dimensional Aubry-André and power-law random-banded matrix models with attractive interactions, using self-consistent BCS theory. We find that SWQC survives the incorporation of attractive interactions at the Anderson localization transition, whereas the pairing amplitude is maximized near this transition in both models. Our results suggest that SWQC, recently discovered in two-dimensional topological surface-state and nodal superconductor models, can robustly enhance superconductivity.

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• Impurities in superconductors
• Metal-insulator transition
• Superconducting order parameter
• Superconductor-insulator transition
• Thin films
• BCS theory
• Mean field theory