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Quasiparticle scattering interference in the renormalized Hubbard model

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In this paper, we study the quasiparticle scattering interference phenomenon in the presence of a single impurity within the renormalized Hubbard model. By calculating the energy and momentum dependence of the Fourier-transformed local density of states in the full Brillouin zone, we can qualitatively describe the main features of the quasiparticle scattering interference phenomenon in cuprate superconductors using a single point-like impurity. In particular, we show that with increasing energy, the position of the peak along the nodal ([0, 0] → [π, π]) direction moves steadily to a large momentum region, while the position of the peak along the antinodal ([0, 0] → [π, 0]) direction moves toward the center of the Brillouin zone.

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Wang, SH., Zhao, HS. & Yuan, F. Quasiparticle scattering interference in the renormalized Hubbard model. Front. Phys. 10, 109–115 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-014-0446-9

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