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Local particle-hole pair excitations by SU(2) symmetry fluctuations.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the pseudo-gap phase which opens in the under-doped regime of cuprate superconductors is one of the most enduring challenges of the physics of these compounds. A depletion in the electronic density of states is observed, which is gapping out part of the Fermi surface, leading to the formation of mysterious lines of massless excitations- the Fermi arcs. Here we give a new theoretical account of the physics of the pseudo-gap phase in terms of the emergence of local patches of particle-hole pairs generated by SU(2) symmetry fluctuations. The proliferation of these local patches accounts naturally for the robustness of the pseudo-gap phase to disturbances like disorder or magnetic field and is shown to gap out part of the Fermi surface, leading to the formation of the Fermi arcs. Most noticeably, we show that these patches induce a modulated charge distribution on the Oxygen atoms, in remarkable agreement with recent X-ray and STM observations.

SUBMITTER: Montiel X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5471275 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Local particle-hole pair excitations by SU(2) symmetry fluctuations.

Montiel X X Kloss T T Pépin C C

Scientific reports 20170614 1

Understanding the pseudo-gap phase which opens in the under-doped regime of cuprate superconductors is one of the most enduring challenges of the physics of these compounds. A depletion in the electronic density of states is observed, which is gapping out part of the Fermi surface, leading to the formation of mysterious lines of massless excitations- the Fermi arcs. Here we give a new theoretical account of the physics of the pseudo-gap phase in terms of the emergence of local patches of particl ...[more]

PMID: 28615633

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Local particle-hole pair excitations by SU(2) symmetry fluctuations.

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