Proposal for an experiment to test a theory of high-temperature superconductors

C. M. Varma

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.61.R3804

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Proposal for an experiment to test a theory of high-temperature superconductors

C. M. Varma

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.R3804 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

A theory for the phenomena observed in copper-oxide based high-temperature superconducting materials derives an elusive time-reversal and rotational symmetry-breaking order parameter for the observed pseudogap phase ending at a quantum-critical point near the composition for the highest Tc. An experiment is proposed to observe such a symmetry breaking. It is shown that angle-resolved photoemission yields a current density which is different for left and right circularly polarized photons. The magnitude of the effect and its momentum dependence is estimated. Barring the presence of domains of the predicted phase, an asymmetry of about 0.1 is predicted at low temperatures in moderately underdoped samples.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
Sr2RuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	—	Pressure not reported	unknown