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Frequency Evolution of Neutron Peaks Below Tc: Commensurate and Incommensurate Structure in LaSrCuO and YBaCuO

arXiv:cond-mat/9908302 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.61.R11898

Abstract

We study the evolution of the neutron cross-section with variable frequency and fixed below in two different cuprate families. Our calculations, which predominantly probe the role of d-wave pairing, lead to generic features, independent of Fermi surface shapes. Among our findings, reasonably consistent with experiment, are (i) for near the gap energy , both optimal {LaSrCuO} and slightly underdoped YBCO exhibit (comparably) incommensurate peaks (ii) peak sharpening below is seen in {LaSrCuO}, (iii) quite generically, a frequency evolution from incommensurate to commensurate and then back to incommensurate structure is found with increasing . Due to their narrow regime of stability, commensurate peaks in {LaSrCuO} should be extremely difficult to observe.

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