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Understanding High-Temperature Superconductors with Quantum Cluster Theories

Superconductivity 2009-11-11 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Quantum cluster theories are a set of approaches for the theory of correlated and disordered lattice systems, which treat correlations within the cluster explicitly, and correlations at longer length scales either perturbatively or within a mean-field approximation. These methods become exact when the cluster size diverges, and most recover the corresponding (dynamical) mean-field approximation when the cluster size becomes one. Here we will review systematic dynamical cluster simulations of the two-dimensional Hubbard model, that display phenomena remarkably similar to those found in the cuprates, including antiferromagnetism, superconductivity and pseudogap behavior. We will then discuss results for the structure of the pairing mechanism in this model, obtained from a combination of dynamical cluster results and diagrammatic techniques.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0608507,
  title  = {Understanding High-Temperature Superconductors with Quantum Cluster Theories},
  author = {T. A. Maier and M. S. Jarrell and D. J. Scalapino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0608507},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 12 figures; submitted to proceedings of M2S-HTSC VIII, Dresden 2006

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