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Origin of the pseudogap in cuprate superconductors from quantum cluster theories
1Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid E-28049, Spain. jaime.merino@uam.es
Abstract:
We analyze the origin of the pseudogap present in cuprate superconductors. We elucidate the mechanism of pseudogap formation close to the Mott localization within the dynamical cluster approach (DCA) to the Hubbard model. As the Coulomb interaction is increased, cluster-bath Kondo states are destroyed and a nondegenerate bound cluster state is formed, leading to a pseudogap. This occurs first at the antinodal point due to its weaker coupling to the bath, explaining the momentum dependence of the pseudogap. We find that the character of the pseudogap is related to breaking d-wave pairs.
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