Abstract
The infinite- three-band Hubbard model is considered in order to describe the planes of the high-temperature superconducting cuprates. The charge instabilities are investigated when the model is extended with a nearest-neighbor repulsion between holes on copper and oxygen orbitals and in the presence of a long-range Coulombic repulsion. It is found that a first-order valence instability line ending with a critical point is present as in the previously investigated model without long-range forces. However, the dominant critical instability is the formation of incommensurate charge-density waves, which always occur before the valence-instability critical point is reached. An effective singular attraction arises in the proximity of the charge-density wave instability, accounting for both a strong pairing mechanism and for the anomalous normal-state properties.
- Received 11 July 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.4382
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