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Interplay between BCS and Mott physics in the phenomenon of high-$T_c$ superconductivity

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2017-02-03 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

Superconducting electron systems of solids hosting flat bands are studied, with a view to improved understanding of the fundamental physics giving rise to high-temperature superconductivity. We present a modified form of the set of Gor'kov equations of BCS theory that incorporates a Mott-like gap in the single-particle spectrum. Such a quantity is emergent in systems with flat bands having interactions repulsive in the Cooper channel, provided particle-hole symmetry is broken. The equations so obtained are applied to the elucidation of features of the two-gap structure of single-particle spectra of underdoped high-TcT_c superconductors, as revealed in angle-resolved photoemission spectrometry.

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@article{arxiv.1607.06489,
  title  = {Interplay between BCS and Mott physics in the phenomenon of high-$T_c$ superconductivity},
  author = {V. A. Khodel and J. W. Clark and M. V. Zverev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06489},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

The paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a crucial error in Equation 7