Anomalous spectral weight transfer at the superconducting transition of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

Abstract
Anomalous spectral weight transfer at the superconducting transition of single-crystalline Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O8+δ was observed by high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. As the sample goes superconducting, not only is there spectral weight transfer from the gap region to the pileup peak as in BCS theory, but along the Γ-M¯ direction there is also some spectral weight transfer from higher binding energies in the form of a dip. In addition, we note that at the superconducting transition there is a decrease (increase) in the occupied spectral weight for the spectra taken along Γ-M¯ (Γ-X).