Particle-hole symmetry breaking in the pseudogap state of Pb0.55Bi1.5Sr1.6La0.4CuO6+d: A quantum-chemical perspective
Abstract
Two Bi2201 model systems are employed to demonstrate how, beside the Cu-O σ-band, a second band of purely O2pπ character can be made to cross the Fermi level owing to its sensitivity to the local crystal field. This result is employed to explain the particle-hole symmetry breaking across the pseudo-gap recently reported by Shen and co-workers, see M. Hashimoto et al., Nature Physics 6, (2010) 414. Support for a two-bands-on-a-checkerboard candidate mechanism for High-Tc superconductivity is claimed.
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