Abstract
We investigate the extended four-band Hubbard model for the planes of high-temperature superconductors. We consider the limit of U=∞ and we include the nearest-neighbor (n-n) Coulombic repulsion between the holes on 2,2 orbitals on oxygen and the holes on - or - orbitals on copper ( and , respectively, with >). As in the three-band version of this model, a phase-separation instability is induced by nearest-neighbor repulsions. The presence of holes of - character experiencing a smaller n-n repulsion than the - holes leads to a reduction of the overall n-n repulsion. This reduces the intermediate-doping region of instability with respect to the three-band case. Nevertheless, the interplay between the - and the - occupations introduces a new phase-separation instability in the region of large differences between the copper and oxygen atomic levels. Both instabilities are driven by p-d charge fluctuations which provide an effective attractive interaction leading to superconductivity.
- Received 27 April 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.6880
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