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Dispersion Anomalies in Cuprate Superconductors
We argue that the shape of the dispersion along the nodal and antinodal
directions in the cuprates can be understood as a consequence of the
interaction of the electrons with collective spin excitations. In the normal
state, the dispersion displays a crossover at an energy where the decay into
spin fluctuations becomes relevant. In the superconducting state, the antinodal
dispersion is strongly affected by the spin resonance and displays an S-shape
whose magnitude scales with the resonance intensity. For nodal fermions,
relevant spin excitations do not have resonance behavior, rather they are
better characterized as a gapped continuum. As a consequence, the S-shape
becomes a kink, and superconductivity does not affect the dispersion as
strongly. Finally, we note that optical phonons typically lead to a temperature
independent S-shape, in disagreement with the observed dispersion.Comment: 12 pages, 7 eps figure
Theory of the leading edge gap in underdoped cuprates
We present the theory of the leading edge gap in the normal state of
underdoped high- materials. The consideration is based on a magnetic
scenario for cuprates. We show that as doping decreases, the increasing
interaction with paramagnons gives rise to a near destruction of the Fermi
liquid and this in turn yields precursors to wave pairing. We argue that
the leading edge gap at and a broad maximum in the spectral
function at are byproducts of the same physical phenomenon.Comment: 4 pages, revtex, two figure
Signatures of non-monotonic d-wave gap in electron-doped cuprates
We address the issue whether the data on optical conductivity and Raman
scattering in electron-doped cuprates below support the idea that the
wave gap in these materials is non-monotonic along the Fermi surface. We
calculate the conductivity and Raman intensity for elastic scattering, and find
that a non-monotonic gap gives rise to several specific features in optical and
Raman response functions. We argue that all these features are present in the
experimental data on NdCeCuO and PrCeCuO
compounds.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
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