Lf. Mattheiss et Dr. Hamann, ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF THE HIGH T(C) SUPERCONDUCTOR BA2YCU3O6.9 (REPRINTED FROM SOLID-STATE COMMUN, VOL 63, PG 395-399, 1987), Solid state communications, 88(11-12), 1993, pp. 857-861
The electronic structure of Ba2YCu3O6.9 has been calculated using the
linear augmented-plane-wave method. The results show strongly 2-dimens
ional and 1-dimensional features in the energy bands. These give rise
to competing charge density wave instabilities. We argue that the prox
imity of these instabilities and the large electron-phonon matrix elem
ents of the Fermi-level electrons make important contributions to the
high T(C) of this material.