Finding the convergence of a parametric series

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Homework Statement
find for what ## \alpha ## the series converges
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$$\sum_{n}\left ( \sqrt[n]{n}-\sqrt[n]{2} \right )^\alpha $$
It is clear that the terms of the sequence tend to zero when n tends to infinity (for some α) but I cannot find a method that allows me to understand for which of them the sum converges. Neither the root criterion nor that of the relationship seem to work. I tried to replace ##\sqrt[n]{n}## with ##e^{\frac{ln n}{n}}## but then I don't understand how to proceed.
 
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The result seems to be ##\alpha \geq 1##. So you could work with a convergent upper and a divergent lower bound which gives you some flexibility to change the function.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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