Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-02-16
Nat. Phys. 5, 642 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
6 pages; revised title, abstract, various improvements to the text
Scientific paper
10.1038/NPHYS1360
Much of what we know about the electronic states of high-temperature superconductors is due to photoemission and scanning tunneling spectroscopy studies of the compound Bi2212. The demonstration of well-defined quasiparticles in the superconducting state has encouraged many theorists to apply the conventional theory of metals, Fermi-liquid theory, to the cuprates. In particular, the spin excitations observed by neutron scattering at energies below twice the superconducting gap energy are commonly believed to correspond to an excitonic state involving itinerant electrons. Here, we present the first measurements of the magnetic spectral weight of optimally-doped Bi2212 in absolute units. The lack of temperature dependence of the local spin susceptibility across the superconducting transition temperature, T_c, is incompatible with the itinerant calculations. Alternatively, the magnetic excitations could be due to local moments, as the magnetic spectrum is similar to that in LBCO where quasiparticles and local moments coexist.
Fauque Benoit
Gu G.-D.
Hucker Markus
Perring T. G.
Regnault Louis-Pierre
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