title: Projected wave functions and high temperature superconductivity.
abstract: We study the Hubbard model with parameters relevant to cuprates using variational Monte Carlo for projected d-wave states. For doping 0<x approximately less than or equal to 0.35 we obtain a superconductor whose order parameter Phi(x) tracks the observed nonmonotonic T(c)(x). The variational parameter Delta(var)(x) scales with the (pi,0) "hump" and T* seen in photoemission. Projection leads to incoherence in the spectral function and from the singular behavior of its moments we obtain the nodal quasiparticle weight Z approximately x though the Fermi velocity remains finite as x-->0. The Drude weight D(low) and superfluid density are consistent with experiment and D(low) approximately Z.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005 India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paramekanti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Randeria
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trivedi