Isotropic Bipolaron-Fermion Exchange Theory and Unconventional Pairing in Cuprate Superconductors

Autor(es)

Bru, Jean-Bernard ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; de Siqueira Pedra, Walter ^[4] ; Delgado de Pasquale, Antonio ^[4]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Basque Fdn Sci, Ikerbasque, Bilbao 48011 - Spain

^[2] BCAM, Mazarredo 14, Bilbao 48009 - Spain

^[3] Univ Basque Country, Fac Ciencias & Tecnol, Dept Matemat, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao - Spain

^[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, Rua Matao 187, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Annalen der Physik; v. 531, n. 1 JAN 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The appearance of unconventional pairing in superconducting cuprates is examined from a microscopic model, taking into account important properties of hole-doped copper oxides. An exchange interaction between fermions and dominantly inter-site bipolarons is considered to be the mechanism which leads to the pairing. Its momentum dependency is connected to the well-established fermion-phonon anomalies in cuprate superconductors. Since charge carriers in these materials are strongly correlated, a screened Coulomb repulsion is added to this exchange term. Any ad hoc assumptions like anisotropy are avoided, but a microscopic explanation of unconventional pairing for coupling strengths that are in accordance with experimental facts is provided. One important outcome is a mathematically rigorous elucidation of the role of Coulomb repulsion in unconventional pairing, which is shown to be concomitant with a strong depletion of superconducting pairs. The theory, applied to the special case of LaSr 214, predicts at optimal doping i) a coherence length of 21 angstrom, which is the same as that obtained from the Ginzburg-Landau critical magnetic field measured for this material, and ii) d-wave pair formation in the pseudogap regime, that is, at temperatures much higher than the superconducting transition temperature. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/02503-8 - Comportamento macroscópico de sistemas de férmions não relativísticos interagentes
• Beneficiário: Walter Alberto de Siqueira Pedra
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Pesquisa
• Processo FAPESP: 17/22340-9 - Métodos construtivos para férmions interagentes com aplicações a teoria microscópica da condutividade e supercondutividade
• Beneficiário: Walter Alberto de Siqueira Pedra
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Pesquisador Visitante - Internacional