I. Chang et al., Phase transition between d-wave and anisotropic s-wave gaps in high-temperature oxides superconductors, EUROPH LETT, 50(6), 2000, pp. 782-788
We numerically study models for superconductivity with two interactions: V-
> due to antiferromagnetic (AF) fluctuations and V-< due to phonons, in a w
eak coupling approach to the high-temperature superconductivity. The nature
of the two interactions is considerably different: V-> is positive and sha
rply peaked at (+/-pi,+/-pi) while V-< is negative and peaked at (0, 0) due
to weak phonon screening. The superconductivity is mainly induced LS V-<.
The positive interaction V-> (AF) is not effective in superconductivity, bu
t important to give d-wave superconductivity. The gap order parameter Delta
(k) is constant (s-wave) at an extremely overdoped region and it becomes an
isotropic as doping is reduced. Then there exists a first-order phase trans
ition between anisotropic 8-wave and d-wave gaps as doping is reduced furth
er. These results are qualitatively in agreement with preceding works; they
should be modified in the strongly underdoped region by the presence of an
tiferromagnetic pseudogap due to the fluctuations.