Cuprate coexistence under the superconductive dome

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Abstract

Under the superconductive dome of cuprates, the nature of coexistence with pseudogap order is reassessed. Experimental data from the literature are analyzed within two threads: the vital superfluid density and the essential momentum dependence, the latter due to the d-wave nature of superconductivity. For severe underdoping, this analysis suggests superconductivity condenses on the finite density-of-states of the pseudogap at the Fermi level. For intermediate doping, it suggests nucleation of a coherent phase that embodies both superconductive and pseudogap orders which are not separated in momentum-space. Such a coherent-phase nucleation resolves eight mysteries in the literature and indicates potential consistency with a theory of nanoscale stripes.

Publication: planned paper with the same title.

Presenters

  • K. E. Gray

    Argonne National Laboratory (retired)

Authors

  • K. E. Gray

    Argonne National Laboratory (retired)