https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2003-00059-9
The normal state scattering rate in high-Tc cuprates
H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK
Corresponding author: a n.e.hussey@bristol.ac.uk
Received:
5
June
2002
Revised:
17
December
2002
Published online:
6
March
2003
A detailed phenomenological model is developed for the normal state transport properties of optimal and overdoped high-Tc cuprates. In particular, an explicit form of scattering rate is identified that may
account, qualitatively and quantitatively, for the normal state (magneto)-transport properties of
Tl2Ba2CuO
and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O
across the overdoped side of the phase
diagram. The proscribed form of the scattering rate is consistent also with features seen in the photoemission
spectroscopy of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O and offers a new and intuitive way to understand the
evolution of the temperature dependence of the inverse Hall angle in Bi-based cuprates with carrier
concentration.
PACS: 72.10.-d – Theory of electronic transport; scattering mechanisms / 74.25.Fy – Transport properties (electric and thermal conductivity, thermoelectric effects, etc.) / 74.72.Fq – Tl-based cuprates
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2003
