Dirac quasiparticles and spin-lattice relaxation in the mixed state

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Knapp, D [1 ]
Kallin, C
Berlinsky, AJ
Wortis, R
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[1] McMaster Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
[2] Trent Univ, Dept Phys, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada
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10.1103/PhysRevB.66.144508
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We present the results of quantum-mechanical calculations, using the singular gauge transformation of Franz and Tesanovic [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4763 (1998)], of the rate of planar Cu spin-lattice relaxation due to electron spin-flip scattering in the mixed state of high-T-c cuprate superconductors. The results show a nonmonotonic temperature and frequency dependence that differs markedly from semiclassical Doppler-shifted results, and challenges the assertion that recent experimental observations of the rate of planar Cu and O spin-lattice relaxation in the mixed state of YBa2Cu3O7-delta point to antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations as a better candidate for the elementary excitations of the superconducting state.
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