Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 097003 (2008) [4 pages]Temperature Dependence of the Gap Size near the Brillouin-Zone Nodes of HgBa2CuO4+δ SuperconductorsReceived 21 February 2008; published 27 August 2008 Although more than 20 years have passed, the identification of the superconducting order parameter in cuprates is still under debate. Here, we show that the gap size near the nodes is a good candidate for the order parameter: it scales with the critical temperature Tc over a wide doping range and displays a significant temperature dependence below Tc in both the underdoped and the overdoped regimes. In contrast, the gap size at the antinodes does not scale with Tc in the underdoped regime and appears to be controlled by the pseudogap which persists below Tc. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.097003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.097003
PACS:
74.25.Dw, 74.72.−h, 78.30.−j
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