Nesting mechanism for d-symmetry superconductors

Analysis of the elementary excitations in high-T(c) cuprates: explanation of the new energy scale observed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

We analyze the energy and momentum dependence of the elementary excitations in high- T(c) superconductors resulting from the coupling to spin fluctuations. As a result of the energy dependence of the self-energy Sigma(k,omega), characteristic features occur in the spectral density explaining the "kink" in recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments. We present results for the spectral density A(k,omega) for the feedback of superconductivity on the excitations, and for the superconducting order parameter Delta(k,omega). These results relate also to inelastic neutron scattering and tunneling experiments and shed important light on the essential ingredients a theory of the elementary excitations in the cuprates must contain.

Density of states of disordered two-dimensional crystals with half-filled band

A diagrammatic method is applied to study the effects of commensurability in two-dimensional disordered crystalline metals by using the particle-hole symmetry with respect to the nesting vector P0 = +/-pi / a,pi / a for a half-filled electronic band. The density of electronic states (DoS) is shown to have nontrivial quantum corrections due to both nesting and elastic impurity scattering processes, and as a result the Van Hove singularity is preserved in the center of the band. However, the energy dependence of the DoS is significantly changed. A small offset from the middle of the band gives rise to the disappearance of quantum corrections to the DoS.