A resolution to doping asymmetry puzzle in high Tc cuprates
Abstract
We present a microscopic model for `electron doped' $Nd_{2-x}Ce_xCuO_4$ family and offer a resolution to a long standing doping asymmetry puzzle. Here, i) Ce atoms do not dope free electrons, instead a Ce atom effectively quenches a $Cu^{2+}$ spin moment at an adjacent site, at an energy scale > superexchange J of $CuO_2$ plane and `site dilutes' the Mott insulator. ii) Effective chemical pressure, caused by increased Ce substitution, induces a {\em first order Mott insulator to superconductor transition} in the $CuO_2$ plane. We predict, i) {\em equal number of +e and -e carriers} in metallic state and ii) a line of first order transition ending at a critical point in normal state. Phenomenology gets organized.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2005
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0505509
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0505509
- Bibcode:
- 2005cond.mat..5509B
- Keywords:
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- Strongly Correlated Electrons;
- Superconductivity
- E-Print:
- 4 pages LaTex file, 4 figures eps files, typos corrected