Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2002-10-22
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
11 pages, 6 figures; Invited paper msR-2002
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01635-6
To provide an understanding of the universal properties emerging from the empirical correlations and phase diagrams of cuprate superconductors, we invoke the scaling theory of finite temperature and quantum critical phenomena. The universal features are traced back to the existence of quantum critical lines, representing the end lines of the finite temperature transition surface. At the respective quantum critical lines 2D superconductor to insulator (2D-QSI) transitions and 3D superconductor to normal state (3D-QSN) transitions occur. The flow to this quantum critical points is tuned by doping, substitution and anisotropy. It is shown that the empirical correlations, like the dependence of Tc on dopant and substitution concentration, the dependence of Tc on zero temperature in-plane penetration depth, etc., reflect universal properties associated with the flow to these quantum critical points and of the crossover from one to the other. A detailed account of the flow to 2D-QSI and 3D-QSN criticality is a challenge for microscopic theories attempting to solve the puzzle of superconductivity in these materials.
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