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Coexisting Holes and Electrons in High-Tc Materials: Implications from Normal State Transport

Superconductivity 2012-02-09 v1

Abstract

Normal state resistivity and Hall effect are shown to be successfully modeled by a two-band model of holes and electrons that is applied self-consistently to (i) DC transport data reported for eight bulk-crystal and six oriented-film specimens of YBa2Cu3O7-{\delta}, and (ii) far-infrared Hall angle data reported for YBa2Cu3O7-{\delta} and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+{\delta}. The electron band exhibits extremely strong scattering; the extrapolated DC residual resistivity of the electronic component is shown to be consistent with the previously observed excess thermal conductivity and excess electrodynamic conductivity at low temperature. Two-band hole-electron analysis of Hall angle data suggest that the electrons possess the greater effective mass.

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@article{arxiv.1202.1792,
  title  = {Coexisting Holes and Electrons in High-Tc Materials: Implications from Normal State Transport},
  author = {Dale R. Harshman and John D. Dow and Anthony T. Fiory},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.1792},
  year   = {2012}
}

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22 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables and 78 references