Pinning of dynamic spin-density-wave fluctuations in cuprate superconductors
- 6 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 65 (22) , 220509
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.65.220509
Abstract
We present a theory of the pinning of dynamic spin-density-wave (SDW) fluctuations in a d-wave superconductor by local imperfections that preserve spin-rotation invariance, such as impurities or vortex cores. The pinning leads to static spatial modulations in spin-singlet observables, while the SDW correlations remain dynamic: these are the “Friedel oscillations” of a spin-gap antiferromagnet. We connect the spectrum of these modulations as observed by scanning tunnelling microscopy to the dynamic spin structure factor measured by inelastic neutron scattering.Keywords
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