Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1996-01-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
81 pages, macro package (modified version of uiucmac.tex) included in submission, figures NOT available (but not essential)
Scientific paper
We present a critical discussion of recent experimental probes of the pairing state of the high temperature superconductors, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on \Yba, where the best data currently exist. Penetration depth measurements near \Tc\ give no indication of an extra transition, indicating that the pairing state is a one-dimensional representation of the crystal symmetry. Penetration depth measurements at low temperatures provide strong evidence for a change in sign of the gap function over the Fermi surface. Quantum mechanical phase interference experiments generally confirm this and in addition show that the nodal positions are consistent with a \dx2y2\ pairing state. This pairing state is consistent with photoemission measurements of the gap function, Raman scattering, the effect on \Tc\ of impurities, and many other data (reviewed by two of us previously) which indicate the presence of low lying excitations in the superconducting state. We also discuss evidence that apparently does not fit in with a \dx2y2\ pairing state, and we describe possible alternative scenarios.
Annett James
Goldenfeld Nigel
Leggett Anthony
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