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Frequency Evolution of Neutron Peaks Below Tc: Commensurate and Incommensurate Structure in LaSrCuO and YBaCuO

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We study the evolution of the neutron cross-section with variable frequency ω\omega and fixed TT below TcT_c in two different cuprate families. Our calculations, which predominantly probe the role of d-wave pairing, lead to generic features, independent of Fermi surface shapes. Among our findings, reasonably consistent with experiment, are (i) for ω\omega near the gap energy Δ\Delta, both optimal {LaSrCuO} and slightly underdoped YBCO exhibit (comparably) incommensurate peaks (ii) peak sharpening below TcT_c is seen in {LaSrCuO}, (iii) quite generically, a frequency evolution from incommensurate to commensurate and then back to incommensurate structure is found with increasing ω\omega. Due to their narrow ω\omega regime of stability, commensurate peaks in {LaSrCuO} should be extremely difficult to observe.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9908302,
  title  = {Frequency Evolution of Neutron Peaks Below Tc: Commensurate and Incommensurate Structure in LaSrCuO and YBaCuO},
  author = {Ying-Jer Kao and Qimiao Si and K. Levin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9908302},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

RevTex 5pages, 4figures; Manuscript rewritten, figures revised, and direct comparisons with experiments added