Present status of the theory of the high-Tc cuprates

• Published in: Физика низких температур
• Date: 2006
• Main Author: Anderson, P.W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 2006
• Subjects: General Aspects
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/120154
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Present status of the theory of the high-Tc cuprates / P.W. Anderson // Физика низких температур. — 2006. — Т. 32, № 4-5. — С. 381–390. — Бібліогр.: 32 назв. — англ.

The Gutzwiller projected mean-field theory, also called plain vanilla or renormalized meanfield theory, is explained and its successes and possible extensions in describing the phenomenology of the cuprate superconductors are discussed. Throughout, we emphasize that while this is a Hartree—Fock b...