Two-gap model for underdoped cuprate superconductors

Various properties of underdoped superconducting cuprates, including the mo mentum-dependent pseudogap opening, indicate a behavior which is neither BC S- nor Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC)- like. To explain this issue we int roduce a two-gap model. This model assumes an anisotropic pairing interacti on among two kinds of fermions with small and large Fermi velocities repres enting the quasiparticles near the M and the nodal points of the Fermi surf ace, respectively. We find that a gap forms near the M points resulting in incoherent pairing due to strong fluctuations. Instead, the pairing near th e nodal points sets in with phase coherence at lower temperature. By tuning the momentum-dependent interaction, the model allows for a continuous evol ution from a pure BCS pairing (in the overdoped and optimally doped regime) to a mixed boson-fermion picture (in the strongly underdoped regime).