Document Type

Article

Publication Date

November 2009

Publication Title

Physical Review B

Volume

80

Issue Number

17

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.80.172505

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Physics

Abstract

We examine the validity of the weak-coupling spin-susceptibility “glue” approximation (SSGA) in a two-dimensional Hubbard model for cuprates. For comparison, we employ the well-established dynamical cluster approximation (DCA) with a quantum Monte Carlo algorithm as a cluster solver. We compare the leading eigenvalues and corresponding eigenfunctions of the DCA and SSGA pairing matrices. For realistic model parameters, we find that the SSGA fails to capture the leading pairing symmetries seen in the DCA. Furthermore, when the SSGA is improved through the addition of a term with d-wave symmetry, the strength of this additional term is found to be larger than that of the glue approximation.

Comments

This article originally appeared in Physical Review B, volume 80, issue 17, 2009, published by the American Physical Society. ©2009 American Physical Society. The article can also be found online at this link.
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