The role of the pseudogap in cuprate superconductors revealed by the Hall effect

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Main Authors: Anjos, Júlia C., Santana, Hércules, de Mello, E. V. L.
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Published: 2024
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author Anjos, Júlia C.
Santana, Hércules
de Mello, E. V. L.
author_facet Anjos, Júlia C.
Santana, Hércules
de Mello, E. V. L.
contents Cuprate high-temperature superconductors are known to have a normal-state pseudogap but, after many years of intense research, its relation to the superconductivity is still a mystery. Similarly, the in-plane Hall coefficient $R_{\rm H}$ has a large temperature variation caused by changes in the carrier density which is also a long-standing puzzle. We approach both problems by a kinetic theory of phase separation that reproduces the charge density wave by a free energy array of potential wells. The charge modulation favors local hole-hole attraction yielding local superconducting pairs and a transition by long-range phase order at $T_{\rm c}$. As the temperature increases the modulations decrease and the charge density increases by thermal activation. This approach reproduces the $R_{\rm H}$ of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ compounds of $x = 0.0 - 0.25$ and clarifies the role of the pseudogap and the disorder in cuprates.
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spellingShingle The role of the pseudogap in cuprate superconductors revealed by the Hall effect
Anjos, Júlia C.
Santana, Hércules
de Mello, E. V. L.
Superconductivity
Cuprate high-temperature superconductors are known to have a normal-state pseudogap but, after many years of intense research, its relation to the superconductivity is still a mystery. Similarly, the in-plane Hall coefficient $R_{\rm H}$ has a large temperature variation caused by changes in the carrier density which is also a long-standing puzzle. We approach both problems by a kinetic theory of phase separation that reproduces the charge density wave by a free energy array of potential wells. The charge modulation favors local hole-hole attraction yielding local superconducting pairs and a transition by long-range phase order at $T_{\rm c}$. As the temperature increases the modulations decrease and the charge density increases by thermal activation. This approach reproduces the $R_{\rm H}$ of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ compounds of $x = 0.0 - 0.25$ and clarifies the role of the pseudogap and the disorder in cuprates.
title The role of the pseudogap in cuprate superconductors revealed by the Hall effect
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05213