Phase Fluctuations and Pseudogap Phenomena

dc.creatorLoktev, Vadim M.
dc.creatorQuick, Rachel M.
dc.creatorSharapov, Sergei G.
dc.date2000-12-06
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dc.descriptionThis article reviews the current status of precursor superconducting phase fluctuations as a possible mechanism for pseudogap formation in high-temperature superconductors. In particular we compare this approach which relies on the two-dimensional nature of the superconductivity to the often used $T$-matrix approach. Starting from simple pairing Hamiltonians we present a broad pedagogical introduction to the BCS-Bose crossover problem. The finite temperature extension of these models naturally leads to a discussion of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless superconducting transition and the related phase diagram including the effects of quantum phase fluctuations and impurities. We stress the differences between simple Bose-BCS crossover theories and the current approach where one can have a large pseudogap region even at high carrier density where the Fermi surface is well-defined. The Green's function and its associated spectral function, which explicitly show non-Fermi liquid behaviour, is constructed in the presence of vortices. Finally different mechanisms including quasi-particle-vortex and vortex-vortex interactions for the filling of the gap above $T_c$ are considered.
dc.description129 pages, Elsart, 28 EPS figures; Physics Reports, in press. Authors related information under "http://nonlin.bitp.kiev.ua/~sharapov/superconductivity.html"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0012082
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0012082
dc.identifierPhys.Rept. 349 (2001) 1-123
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00114-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/98709
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titlePhase Fluctuations and Pseudogap Phenomena
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