A Possible Phononic Mechanism for $d_{x^2-y^2}$-Superconductivity in the Presence of Short-Range AF Correlations

Abstract

We discuss the high temperature superconductors in a regime where the antiferromagnetic (AF) correlation length is only a couple of lattice spacings. In the model proposed here, these short-range AF fluctuations play an essential role in the dressing of the carriers, but the attraction needed for superconductivity (SC) arises from a transverse phonon oxygen mode with a finite buckling angle as it appears in $\mathrm{YB}{\mathrm{a}}_2\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{u}}_3{\mathrm{O}}_{7-\delta }$. A simple fermion-phonon model analog to the Holstein model is introduced to account for this effect. We argue that the model has a $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave superconducting groundstate. The critical temperature ($T_c$) and the O-isotope effect coefficient (${\alpha }_O$) vs hole density ($x$) are in qualitative agreement with experiments for the cuprates. The minimum (maximum) of ${\alpha }_O$ ($T_c$) at optimal doping is caused by a large peak in the density of states of holes dressed by AF fluctuations, as discussed in previous van Hove scenarios.

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