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arXiv:1705.06038 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Universal properties of high-temperature superconductors from real-space pairing: Role of correlated hopping and intersite Coulomb interaction within the t−J−U model

M. Zegrodnik, Józef Spałek

Published Aug 14, 2017• 29 citations
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We study the effect of the correlated hopping term and the intersite Coulomb interaction term on principal features of the $d$-wave superconducting (SC) state, in both the electron- and hole-doped regimes within the $t\text{\ensuremath{-}}J\text{\ensuremath{-}}U$ model. In our analysis, we use the approach based on the diagrammatic expansion of the Gutzwiller wave function (DE-GWF), which allows us to go beyond the renormalized mean-field theory (RMFT). We show that the correlated hopping term enhances the pairing at the electron-doped side of the phase diagram. Moreover, the so-called non-BCS regime (which manifests itself by the negative kinetic energy gain at the transition to the SC phase) is narrowed down with the increasing magnitude of the correlated hopping $\ensuremath{\sim}K$. Also, the doping dependencies of the nodal Fermi velocity and Fermi momentum, as well as the average number of double occupancies, are analyzed with reference to the experimental data for selected values of the parameter $K$. For the sake of completeness, the influence of the intersite Coulomb repulsion on the obtained results is provided. Additionally, selected results concerning the Hubbard-model case are also presented. A complete model with all two-site interactions is briefly discussed in Appendix for reference.

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10.1103/physrevb.96.054511

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