40 years of cuprate high-Tc superconductors: a perspective on theories

@misc{bathinda2026years,
  title = {{40 years of cuprate high-Tc superconductors: a perspective on theories}},
  author = {Navinder Singh Bathinda},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.29249},
  eprint = {2606.29249},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.29249},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - 40 years of cuprate high-Tc superconductors: a perspective on theories
AU  - Navinder Singh Bathinda
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/13
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.29249
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.29249
AB  - An attempt is made to give a brief but coherent account of the situation of the theoretical ideas in addressing the mechanism of superconductivity in cuprate high-Tc superconductors. Specifically, the idea of superconductivity from repulsive interactions is discussed as it is gaining ground since the `consensus' paper was written in 2015\cite{kei}. The challenges it faces is also discussed. Three main schools of thought are presented, and an experimental result of 2022 pertaining to Anderson's super-exchange mechanism is also discussed. An updated list of Anderson's ``dogmas" is also presented, as after year 2000, many other universally applicable experimental facts has been discovered. The ``dogmas" are universal facts which are distilled from a variety of complex experimental results, and highlights the key findings that seems to be central to the mechanism of superconductivity in cuprates. These are discussed as a commemoration of 40 years of high-Tc cuprate research.
ER  -