The pseudogap in underdoped high Tc superconductors in the framework of the Boson Fermion model

Abstract

The question of whether the pseudogap in high $T_c$ cuprates is related to super conducting precursor effects or to the existence of extrinsic bosonic massive excitations is investigated on the basis of the Boson-Fermion model. The characteristic three peak structure of the electronic spectral function and the temperature dependent Fermi vector derived here are signatures for a two component scenario which can be tested by ARPES and BIS experiments.

revtex version with 3 eps figures. Revised version to appear in Phys. Rev. B. 4 c programs added