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Effect of superconductivity on the shape of flat bands

Superconductivity 2022-05-16 v6 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

For the first time, basing both on experimental facts and our theoretical consideration, we show that Fermi systems with flat bands should be tuned with the superconducting state. Experimental measurements on magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene of the Fermi velocity VFV_F as a function of the temperature TcT_c of superconduction phase transition have revealed VFTc1/Ns(0)V_F\propto T_c\propto 1/N_s(0), where Ns(0)N_s(0) is the density of states at the Fermi level. We show that the high-TcT_c compounds Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x\rm Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+x} exhibit the same behavior. Such observation is a challenge to theories of high-TcT_c superconductivity, since VFV_F is negatively correlated with TcT_c, for Tc1/VFNs(0)T_c\propto 1/V_F\propto N_s(0). We show that the theoretical idea of forming flat bands in strongly correlated Fermi systems can explain this behavior and other experimental data collected on both Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x\rm Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+x} and twisted bilayer graphene. Our findings place stringent constraints on theories describing the nature of high-TcT_c superconductivity and the deformation of flat band by the superconducting phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.2103.11848,
  title  = {Effect of superconductivity on the shape of flat bands},
  author = {V. R. Shaginyan and A. Z. Msezane and M. Ya. Amusia and G. S. Japaridze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.11848},
  year   = {2022}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures