SU(2) approach to the pseudogap phase of high-temperature superconductors: electronic spectral functions

Abstract

We use an SU(2) mean-field theory approach with input from variational wavefunctions of the t-J model to study the electronic spectra in the pseudogap phase of cuprates. In our model, the high-temperature state of underdoped cuprates is realized by classical fluctuations of the order parameter between the d-wave superconductor and the staggered-flux state. Spectral functions of the intermediate and the averaged states are computed and analyzed. Our model predicts a photoemission spectrum with an asymmetric gap structure interpolating between the superconducting gap centered at the Fermi energy and the asymmetric staggered-flux gap. This asymmetry of the gap changes sign at the point where the Fermi surface crosses the diagonal (π,0)-(0,π).

arXiv comment7 pages, 10 figures; estimate of applicable temperature range corrected and refs. added, ref. to ARPES paper added; minor changes to published version

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