On the Theory of the Pseudogap Formation in 2D Attracting Fermion Systems

Abstract

Two-dimensional system of the fermions with the indirect Einstein phonon-exchange attraction and added local four-fermion interaction is considered. It is shown that in such a system at resulting attraction between particles a new nonsuperconducting phase arises along with the normal and superconducting phases. In this, called "abnormal normal", or pseudogap, phase the absolute value of the order parameter is finite but its phase is a random quantity. It is important that the new phase really exists at low carrier density only, i.e. it shrinks with doping increasing in the case of phonon attraction. The relevance of the results for high-temperature superconductors is speculated. Key words: 2D metal, arbitrary carrier density, normal phase, abnormal normal phase, pseudogap, suderconducting phase, Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase, electron-electron and electron-hole pairing