Electronic Specific Heat of La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}: Pseudogap Formation and Reduction of the Superconducting Condensation Energy

Abstract

To examine the so-called small pseudogap and the superconducting (SC) condensation energy U(0), the electronic specific heat Cel was measured on La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} up to ~120K. In samples with doping level p (=x) less than ~0.2, small pseudogap behavior appears in the γ(=Cel/T) vs. T curve around the mean-field critical temperature for a d-wave superconductor Tco (=2*Δ_{0}/(4~5)k_B), where Δ_{0} is the maximum gap at T<<Tc. The condensation energy U(0) is largely reduced in the pseudogap regime (p< ~0.2). The reduction of U(0) can be well reproduced by introducing an effective SC energy scale Δ_{eff}=β*p*Δ_{0} (β=4.5) instead of Δ_{0}. The effective SC energy scale is discussed in relation to the coherent pairing gap formed over the nodal Fermi arc.

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