Abstract

Recent experiments strongly suggest that a Fermi-surface reconstruction and multiple Fermi pockets are important common features of the underdoped high-temperature cuprate superconductors. A related theoretical work [Phys. Rev. B 79, 134512 (2009)] has demonstrated that a number of hallmark phenomena observed in the underdoped cuprates appear naturally in the scenario of a paired electron pocket coexisting with unpaired hole pockets. We propose Gutzwiller-projected wave functions to describe this two-fluid state as well as two competing states in its vicinity. It is argued that a pseudogap state constructed from these wave functions may be selected by energetics at finite temperatures due to spin fluctuations.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2011
Volume
84
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.060503
Journal
Physical Review B
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