Jc. Campuzano et al., DIRECT OBSERVATION OF PARTICLE-HOLE MIXING IN THE SUPERCONDUCTING STATE BY ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 53(22), 1996, pp. 14737-14740
Particle-hole (p-h) mixing is a fundamental consequence of the existen
ce of a pair condensate. We present direct experimental evidence for p
-h mixing in the angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) spectra in the s
uperconducting state of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta. In addition to its pedago
gical importance, this establishes unambiguously that the gap observed
in ARPES is associated with superconductivity.