Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2005-08-03
Phys.Rev. B73 (2006) 134519
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
23 pages, 5 color figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.73.134519
Temperature-dependent gap equations in the SU(4) model of high-Tc superconductivity are derived and analytical solutions are obtained. Based on these solutions, a generic gap diagram describing the features of energy gaps as functions of doping P is presented and a phase diagram illustrating the phase structure as a function of temperature T and doping P is sketched. A special doping point P_q occurs naturally in the solutions that separates two phases at temperature T = 0: a pure superconducting phase on one side (P > P_q) and a phase with superconductivity strongly suppressed by antiferromagnetism on the other (P < P_q). We interpret P_q as a quantum phase transition point. Moreover, the pairing gap is found to have two solutions for P < P_q: a small gap that is associated with competition between superconductivity and antiferromagnetism and is responsible for the ground state superconductivity, and a large gap without antiferromagnetic suppression that corresponds to a collective excited state. A pseudogap appears in the solutions that terminates at P_q and originates from the competition between d-wave superconductivity and antiferromagnetism. Nevertheless, this conclusion does not contradict the preformed pair picture conceptually if the preformed pairs are generally defined as any pairs formed before pairing condensation.
Guidry Mike
Sun Yang
Wu Cheng-Li
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