Exact mapping of the dx2-y2 Cooper-pair wavefunction onto the spin fluctuations in cuprates: The Fermi surface as a driver for 'high Tc' superconductivity

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  McDonald, Ross D ^a   Harrison, Neil ^a   Singleton, John ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER OXIDES; EXPERIMENTS; FERMIONS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CUPRATE; CUPRATES; FERMI-SURFACE INSTABILITIES; HIGH-T; INELASTIC NEUTRONS; SUPERCONDUCTING COHERENCE LENGTHS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITIONS; WAVE-FUNCTION;

SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

EID: 63649144854     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/1/012201     Document Type: Article

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