An extended Hubbard model with inter-site attraction in two dimensions and high-Tcsuperconductivity

Abstract
The authors study a simple model for superconductivity based on an extended Hubbard model with on-site repulsive and inter-site attractive interaction for arbitrary electron density. The two-dimensional square lattice d-wave pairing is most stable for a nearly half-filled band. p-wave and then extended s-wave pairing become stable upon decreasing band filling. Competition between the various anisotropic pairings and antiferromagnetism as well as the effect of next-nearest-neighbour hopping is discussed. The authors relate the present model to high-Tc superconducting oxides.