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Damping of Nodal Fermions Caused by a Dissipative Mode

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Using a dx2y2d_{x^2 - y^2} superconductor in 2+1 dimensions we show that the Nambu Goldstone fluctuations are replaced by dissipative excitations. We find that the nodal quasi-particles damping is caused by the strong dissipative excitations near the nodal points. As a result we find that the scattering rates are linear in frequency and not cubic as predicted in the literature for the ``d'' wave superconductors. Our results explain the recent angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and optical conductivity in the BSCCO high TcT_c compounds.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0211440,
  title  = {Damping of Nodal Fermions Caused by a Dissipative Mode},
  author = {D. Schmeltzer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0211440},
  year   = {2009}
}

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