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Zinc Impurities in the 2D Hubbard model

Th. A. Maier, M. Jarrell

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0201037

Abstract

We study the two-dimensional Hubbard model with nonmagnetic Zn impurities modeled by binary diagonal disorder using Quantum Monte Carlo within the Dynamical Cluster Approximation. With increasing Zn content we find a strong suppression of d-wave superconductivity concomitant to a reduction of antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations. Tc vanishes linearly with Zn impurity concentration. The spin susceptibility changes from pseudogap to Curie-Weiss like behavior indicating the existence of free magnetic moments in the Zn doped system. We interpret these results within the RVB picture.

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