Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-08-30
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
7 pages, 4 figures, a key reference is the arXiv paper arXiv:0908.4428
Scientific paper
A major impediment to solving the problem of high-$T_c$ superconductivity is the ongoing confusion about the magnitude, structure and doping dependence of the superconducting gap, $\Delta_0$, and of the mysterious pseudogap found in underdoped samples\cite{TallonLoram}. The pseudogap opens around the ($\pi$,0) antinodes below a temperature $T^*$ leaving Fermi arcs across the remnant Fermi surface\cite{Kanigel} on which the superconducting gap forms at $T_c$. One thing that seems agreed is that the ratio $2\Delta_0/k_BT_c$ well exceeds the BCS value and grows with underdoping\cite{Miyakawa1,Miyakawa2}, suggesting unconventional, non-BCS superconductivity. Here we re-examine data from many spectroscopies, especially Raman $B_{1g}$ and $B_{2g}$ scattering\cite{Sacuto,Guyard}, and reconcile them all within a two-gap scenario showing that the points of disagreement are an artefact of spectral-weight loss arising from the pseudogap. Crucially, we find that $\Delta_0(p)$, or more generally the order parameter, now scales with the mean-field $T_c$ value, adopting the weak-coupling BCS ratio across the entire phase diagram.
Storey J. G.
Tallon Jeffery L.
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