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Local Antiferromagnetic Correlations and dx2-y2 Pairing

D. J. Scalapino, S. A. Trugman

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9604008

Abstract

The high Tc cuprate superconductors doped near half-filling have short range antiferromagnetic correlations. Here we describe an intuitive local picture of why, if pairing occurs in the presence of short-range antiferromagnetic correlations, the orbital state will have dx2-y2 symmetry.

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