Gutzwiller-RVB theory of high temperature superconductivity : results from renormalized mean field theory and variational Monte Carlo calculations

  • We consider the theory of high temperature superconductivity from the viewpoint of a strongly correlated electron system. In particular, we discuss Gutzwiller projected wave functions, which incorporate strong correlations by prohibiting double occupancy in orbitals with strong on-site repulsion. After a general overview on high temperature superconductivity, we discuss Anderson’s resonating valence bond (RVB) picture and its implementation by renormalized mean field theory (RMFT) and variational Monte Carlo (VMC) techniques. In the following, we present a detailed review on RMFT and VMC results with emphasis on our recent contributions. Especially, we are interested in spectral features of Gutzwiller-Bogoliubov quasiparticles obtained by extending VMC and RMFT techniques to excited states. We explicitly illustrate this method to determine the quasiparticle weight and provide a comparison with angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). We conclude by summarizing recent successes and by discussing open questions, which must be solved for a thorough understanding of high temperature superconductivity by Gutzwiller projected wave functions.

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Author:Bernhard Edegger
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-40724
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Referee:Claudius GrosORCiDGND, P.W. Anderson
Advisor:Claudius Gros
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2007/04/03
Year of first Publication:2007
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Granting Institution:Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Date of final exam:2007/03/13
Release Date:2007/04/03
Page Number:169
First Page:1
Last Page:167
HeBIS-PPN:185410731
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht