Estimating the mass of vortices in the cuprate superconductors

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We explore the experimental implications of a recent theory of the quantum dynamics of vortices in superfluids proximate to Mott insulators (cond-mat/0408329 and cond-mat/0409470). The theory predicts modulations in the local density of states in the regions over which the vortices execute their quantum zero point motion. We use the spatial extent of such modulations in scanning tunnelling microscopy measurements (Hoffman et al., cond-mat/0201348) on the vortex lattice of BSCCO to estimate the inertial mass of a point vortex. We discuss other, more direct, experimental signatures of the vortex dynamics.
4 pages, 3 figures; (v2) clarifications and new refs

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Strongly Correlated Electrons, Superconductivity

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/100410

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502002
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