Anomalous Superconductivity in the tJ Model: Moment Approach

M.P. Sørensen and J.J. Rodríguez-Núñez

PHYSICA C, 274, 1997, pp 323-330.

By extending the moment approach of Nolting (Z. Physik {\bf 225}, 25 (1972)) in the superconducting phase, we have constructed the one-particle spectral functions (diagonal and off-diagonal) for the tJ model in any dimensions. We propose that both the diagonal and the off-diagonal spectral functions are composed of two peaks. This ansatz satisfies the sum rules for the first four moments of the spectral functions. Our solutions are valid for J/t < 2.0. Our set of non-linear equations has been solved self-consistently. We obtain, in addition to the classical Hartree shift, a second Hartree shift which in the end result enlarges the bandwidth of the free carriers allowing us to take relative high values of J/t and allowing superconductivity to live in the T_c-rho phase diagram, in agreement with numerical calculations in a cluster. We have calculated the static spin susceptibility, and the specific heat, within the moment approach. We find that all the relevant physical quantities show the signature of superconductivity at T_c in the form of kinks (anomalous behavior) or jumps, for low density, in agreement with recent published literature, showing a generic behavior (model independence). We briefly indicate how to include correlations in the moment approach.