Resistivity in Cuprates and the Pseudogap
Journal article, 2017

The temperature dependence of resistivity (rho) in the normal state of La2-x Sr (x) CuO4 is calculated from electron transfer (ET) rates. The minimum at about 100 K for doping levels less than 6 % is characteristic for all cuprates. The resistivity depends on ET between Cu(III) and Cu(II) sites. For T < 300 K, the resistivity is proportional to T (3/2). The more than linear increase of rho for T > 100 K depends on increased kinetic energy in a Landau avoided crossing. The agreement with experimental data is convincing. The behaviour for T -> 0 can be explained as nuclear tunnelling. For T > 400 K, rho bends down, presumably because the pseudogap is overcome at a higher kinetic energy.

Landau-Pekar model

Resistivity minimum

Pseudogap

Cuprate

Marcus model

Jortner model

Superconducting gap

Nuclear tunnelling

Author

Sven Larsson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

1557-1939 (ISSN) 1557-1947 (eISSN)

Vol. 30 3 777-782

Subject Categories

Physical Sciences

DOI

10.1007/s10948-016-3851-1

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Created

10/7/2017