The theory of high-Tc superconductors - comparisons with experiment

Philip W. Anderson, G. Baskaran, Zhou Zou, Joseph Wheatley, Ted Hsu, B. Sriram Shastry, Benoit Doucot, Shoudan Liang

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Abstract

We show that the "normal" metal from which high-Tc oxide superconductors condense is a two-dimensional quantum spin fluid whose low-energy excitations are fermions with spin and no charge (spinons) and bosons with charge and no spin (holons). Conventional electron excitations cost 0.5 to 1 eV of energy. At Tc the holons pair condense due primarily to cooperative interlayer Josephson tunneling. We will discuss a number of experimental consequences of the above, and possibly also new developments in the theory of the insulating RVB.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)527-530
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica C: Superconductivity and its applications
Volume153-155
Issue numberPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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