Feshbach hypothesis of high-Tc superconductivity in cuprates

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Main Authors: Homeier, Lukas, Lange, Hannah, Demler, Eugene, Bohrdt, Annabelle, Grusdt, Fabian
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Published: 2023
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author Homeier, Lukas
Lange, Hannah
Demler, Eugene
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
author_facet Homeier, Lukas
Lange, Hannah
Demler, Eugene
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
contents Resonant interactions associated with the emergence of a bound state constitute one of the cornerstones of modern many-body physics, ranging from Kondo physics, BEC-BCS crossover, to tunable interactions at Feshbach resonances in ultracold atoms or 2D semiconductors. Here we present a Feshbach perspective on the origin of strong pairing in Fermi-Hubbard type models. We perform a theoretical analysis of interactions between charge carriers in doped Mott insulators, modeled by a near-resonant two-channel scattering problem, and find strong evidence for Feshbach-type interactions in the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ channel that can support strong pairing, consistent with the established phenomenology of cuprates. Existing experimental and numerical results on hole-doped cuprates lead us to conjecture the existence of a light, long-lived, low-energy excited state of two holes with bipolaron character in these systems, which enables near-resonant interactions and can thus provide a microscopic foundation for theories of high-temperature superconductivity involving strong attraction, as assumed e.g. in BEC-BCS crossover scenarios. To put our theory to a direct test we suggest to use coincidence angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (cARPES), pair-tunneling measurements or less direct pump-probe experiments. The emergent Feshbach resonance we propose could also underlie superconductivity in other doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulators, as recently proposed for bilayer nickelates, highlighting its potential as a unifying strong-coupling pairing mechanism rooted in quantum magnetism.
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spellingShingle Feshbach hypothesis of high-Tc superconductivity in cuprates
Homeier, Lukas
Lange, Hannah
Demler, Eugene
Bohrdt, Annabelle
Grusdt, Fabian
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Gases
Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
Resonant interactions associated with the emergence of a bound state constitute one of the cornerstones of modern many-body physics, ranging from Kondo physics, BEC-BCS crossover, to tunable interactions at Feshbach resonances in ultracold atoms or 2D semiconductors. Here we present a Feshbach perspective on the origin of strong pairing in Fermi-Hubbard type models. We perform a theoretical analysis of interactions between charge carriers in doped Mott insulators, modeled by a near-resonant two-channel scattering problem, and find strong evidence for Feshbach-type interactions in the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ channel that can support strong pairing, consistent with the established phenomenology of cuprates. Existing experimental and numerical results on hole-doped cuprates lead us to conjecture the existence of a light, long-lived, low-energy excited state of two holes with bipolaron character in these systems, which enables near-resonant interactions and can thus provide a microscopic foundation for theories of high-temperature superconductivity involving strong attraction, as assumed e.g. in BEC-BCS crossover scenarios. To put our theory to a direct test we suggest to use coincidence angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (cARPES), pair-tunneling measurements or less direct pump-probe experiments. The emergent Feshbach resonance we propose could also underlie superconductivity in other doped antiferromagnetic Mott insulators, as recently proposed for bilayer nickelates, highlighting its potential as a unifying strong-coupling pairing mechanism rooted in quantum magnetism.
title Feshbach hypothesis of high-Tc superconductivity in cuprates
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Gases
Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.02982