title: Pseudogap phase in high- T(c) superconductors
abstract: We describe the approach of the superconducting state as a sequence of crossover phenomena. As the temperature is decreased, uncorrelated pairing of the electrons leads to the opening of a pseudogap at T(*)(F). Upon further lowering the temperature those electron pairs acquire well behaved itinerant features at T(*)(B), leading to partial Meissner screening and Drude-type behavior of the optical conductivity. Further decrease of the temperature leads to their condensation and superconductivity at T(c). The analysis is done on the basis of the boson-fermion model in the crossover regime between 2D and 3D.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Physique Theorique de Marseille, C.P.T. Case 907, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France.
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devillard
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ranninger