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A novel percolation theory for high temperature superconductors

We present a percolation theory for the high-Tc oxides pseudogap and Tc dependence on the hole level. The doping dependent inhomogeneous charge structure is modeled by a distribution which may represent the stripe morphology and yield a spatial distribution of local Tc(r). The temperature onset of s...

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Published in:Brazilian journal of physics 2002-09, Vol.32 (3), p.705-709
Main Authors: Mello, E.V.L. de, Caixeiro, E.S., Gonzaléz, J.L.
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Language:English
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Summary:We present a percolation theory for the high-Tc oxides pseudogap and Tc dependence on the hole level. The doping dependent inhomogeneous charge structure is modeled by a distribution which may represent the stripe morphology and yield a spatial distribution of local Tc(r). The temperature onset of spatial dependent superconducting gap is identified with the vanishing of the pseudogap temperature T*. The transition to a superconducting state corresponds to the percolation threshold among regions of different Tc. As a paradigm we use a Hubbard Hamiltonian with a mean field approximation to yield a doping and temperature dependent superconducting d-wave gap. We show here that this new approach reproduces the phase diagram, explains and gives new insights on several experimental features of high-Tc oxides.
ISSN:0103-9733
1678-4448
DOI:10.1590/S0103-97332002000400007