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arXiv:cond-mat/9312089

Spin-gap formation in cuprates: gauge theory

Menke U. Ubbens, Patrick A. Lee

Published Dec 22, 1993• 0 citations
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Abstract

We analyze the phase diagram of single and bi-layer cuprates using the gauge-field description of the t-J model. For $T>T_{\text{BE}}$ the in-plane fermion-pairing order parameter $Δ_{\scriptscriptstyle\parallel}$ is eliminated by gauge field fluctuations, leading us to predict the absence of a spin-gap phase in single-layer cuprates. For bi-layer cuprates the inter-layer order parameter $Δ_\perp$ is enhanced by spin correlations, and is less affected by gauge fluctuations. We believe that the spin gap in bi-layer materials is due to inter-layer fermion pairing, and that for these underdoped samples the superconducting gap may be nodeless.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9312089

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