Quasiparticles in the superconducting state of high-Tc metals
M. Ya. Amusia+*, V. R. Shaginyan
+The Racah Institute of Physics, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
*A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 Gatchina, Russia
PACS: 74.20.-z, 74.25.Fy, 74.72.-h
Abstract
We consider the behavior of quasiparticles in the superconducting
state of high-Tc metals within the framework of the theory of
superconducting state based on the fermion condensation quantum
phase transition. We show that the behavior coincides with the
behavior of Bogoliubov quasiparticles, whereas the maximum value
of the superconducting gap and other exotic properties are determined
by the presence of the fermion condensate. If at low temperatures the
normal state is recovered by the application of a magnetic field
suppressing the superconductivity, the induced state can be viewed as
Landau Fermi liquid. These observations are in good agreement with
recent experimental facts.