Properties of high-T${}_C$ copper oxides from the nearly-free electron model

Abstract

The generic band structure of high-T${}_C$ copper oxides is simulated by the nearly free-electron model (NFE) in two dimensions (2-D) with parameters from band calculations. Interaction between phonons and spin waves will cause potential modulations and pseudogaps, and the strength of the modulations, the wave lengths and the doping, are all related. A Fermi-surface "arc" is found for dynamic spin/phonon waves. The confinement of superconductivity between two limiting dopings can be a result of competition with the pseudogap at low doping and weak coupling at high doping.

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