Pseudogap correlations inside the superconducting dome

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Abstract

Recent experiments[1,2] have uncovered, two energy scales, an antinodal energy scale and a nodal one in the superconducting phase of underdoped hole doped cuprates. This finding reminds the nodal-antinodal dichotomy seen in the pseudogap state. The competing Yang-Rice-Zhang[3] scenario for the pseudogap has shown to be useful to understand these experiments[4]. Here we explore the effect of the competition between pseudogap and superconductivity on the condensation energy and superfluid density which show deviations from the standard BCS behavior. We compare the theoretical results with experiments. \newline [1] M. Le Tacon et al., Natur. Phys. 2, 537 (2006). [2] J. Mesot et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 840 (1999) K. Tanaka et al. Science 314, 1910 (2006); T. Kondo et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 98}, 297004 (2007). [3] K-Y Yang, T.M. Rice and F-C Zhang, Phys. Rev. B 73, 174501 (2006). [4] B. Valenzuela and E. Bascones, Phys. Rev. Lett {\bf 98}, 227002 (2007).

Authors

  • Elena Bascones

    Instituto de Ciencias Materiales de Madrid (CSIC)

  • Belen Valenzuela

    Instituto de Ciencias Materiales de Madrid (CSIC)