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Electronic Correlations and Satellites in Superconducting Oxides

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Author(s)

K Chang, Marvin Cohen, David R. Penn

Abstract

The satellite observed at binding energy of 12-13 eV below the Fermi level in the high-Tc oxide superconductors La2-xSrxCuO4 and YBa2Cu3O7-δ is viewed as originating from a state with two holes bound at the same Cu site. As in the case of Ni metal, the satellite is caused by an intra-d-shell shakeup process into a Cu 3d8 final state and its intensity is enhanced at resonance because of a super-Koster-Kronig transition. Based on the t-matrix approach for the hole self-energy, we study the effect of electronic correlations on the one-electron band structure. We examine the position of the satellite and find a large Coulomb interaction energy of 5 eV at the Cu site when the experimental satellite position is duplicated by the theory. Since this energy is comparable with the 3d bandwidth, the two-hole bound state is a high-energy excitation. This indicates that in the ground state a creation of two holes at the Cu site is unlikely and thus holes are formed at the O sites when Sr is substituted for La in La2CuO4 and when the oxidation is increased in YBa2Cu3O7-δ.
Citation
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Volume
38
Issue
13

Citation

Chang, K. , Cohen, M. and Penn, D. (1988), Electronic Correlations and Satellites in Superconducting Oxides, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created December 31, 1987, Updated October 12, 2021