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Triplanar Model for the Gap and Penetration Depth in YBCO

Superconductivity 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

YBaCuO_7 is a trilayer material with a unit cell consisting of a CuO_2 bilayer with a CuO plane of chains in between. Starting with a model of isolated planes coupled through a transverse matrix element, we consider the possibility of intra as well as interplane pairing within a nearly antiferromagnetic Fermi liquid model. Solutions of a set of three coupled BCS equations for the gap exhibit orthorhombic symmetry with s- as well as d-wave contributions. The temperature dependence and a-b in plane anisotropy of the resulting penetration depth is discussed and compared with experiment.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9612106,
  title  = {Triplanar Model for the Gap and Penetration Depth in YBCO},
  author = {C. O'Donovan and J. P. Carbotte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9612106},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

To appear in Physical Review B1 01Mar97; 12 pages with 10 figures; RevTeX+epsf

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