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We investigate a simple explanation for the high maximum gap to T c ratio found experimentally in high T c compounds. We ascribe this observation to the lowering of T c by boson scattering of electrons between parts of the Fermi surface with opposite sign for the order parameter. We study the simplest possible model within this picture. Our quantitative results show that we can account for experiment for a rather small value of the coupling constant, all the other ingredients of our model being already known to exist in these compounds. A striking implication of this theory is the fairly high value of the critical temperature in the absence of boson scattering.
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Received 12 March 2001 and Received in final form 25 May 2001
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Combescot, R., Leyronas, X. A simple theory for high Δ T c ratio in d-wave superconductors. Eur. Phys. J. B 23, 159–163 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510170063
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510170063