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Antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation and superconductivity

REVIEW ARTICLE

Tôru Moriya1 and Kazuo Ueda2,3

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In this review, we summarize the present status of theories of the spin fluctuation (SF) mechanism in explaining anomalous or non-Fermi liquid behaviours and unconventional superconductivity (SC) in strongly correlated electron systems around the antiferromagnetic (AF) quantum critical point. We refer to the high-Tc cuprates, two-dimensional organic compounds and heavy electron systems. We argue that the SF theories are successful in explaining at least the essential part of the problems, indicating that AF SF is the common origin of SC in these systems. This review is concluded by several comments on remaining problems which may require some additions to the SF theory, like the pseudo-gap phenomena observed in the hole-underdoped cuprates.


PACS

74.20.Mn Nonconventional mechanisms (spin fluctuations, polarons and bipolarons, resonating valence bond model, anyon mechanism, marginal Fermi liquid, Luttinger liquid, etc.)

71.27.+a Strongly correlated electron systems; heavy fermions

75.30.Ds Spin waves

74.72.-h Cuprate superconductors (high-Tc and insulating parent compounds)

Subjects

Superconductivity

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Dates

Issue 8 (August 2003)

Received 11 September 2002, in final form 7 May 2003

Published 18 July 2003



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