2004/02/26 by A. A. Kordyuk, С. В. Борисенко, S. V. Borisenko +12 · 8 citations
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.92.257006
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 257006 (2004) · rextex, 4 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2004/02/26 · openalex publication_date 2004/06/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Studying the nodal quasiparticles in superconducting cuprates by photoemission with highly improved momentum resolution, we show that a new "kink" feature in the scattering rate is a key to uncover the nature of electron correlations in these compounds. Our data provide evidence that the main doping independent contribution to the scattering can be well understood in terms of the conventional Fermi liquid model, while the additional doping dependent contribution has a magnetic origin. This sheds doubt on applicability of a phonon-mediated pairing mechanism to high-temperature superconductors.