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Fine Details of the Nodal Electronic Excitations in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

T. Valla, T. E. Kidd, J. D. Rameau, H. -J. Noh, G. D. Gu, P. D. Johnson, H. -B. Yang, H. Ding

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0512685

Abstract

Very high energy resolution photoemission experiments on high quality samples of optimally doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ show new features in the low-energy electronic excitations. A marked change in the binding energy and temperature dependence of the near-nodal scattering rates is observed near the superconducting transition temperature, TC. The temperature slope of the scattering rate measured at low energy shows a discontinuity at ~TC. In the superconducting state, coherent excitations are found with the scattering rates showing a cubic dependence on frequency and temperature. The superconducting gap has a d-wave magnitude with negligible contribution from higher harmonics. Further, the bi-layer splitting has been found to be finite at the nodal point.

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