Superconductivity, nematicity, and charge density wave in high-Tc cuprates: A common thread

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To address the issues of superconducting and charge properties in high-T$_c$ cuprates, we perform a quantum Monte Carlo study of an extended three-band Emery model, which explicitly includes attractive interaction $V_{OO}$ between oxygen orbitals.

• In the physically relevant parameter range, we find that $V_{OO}$ acts to strongly enhance the long-range part of d-wave pairing correlation, with a clear tendency to form long-range superconducting order in the thermodynamic limit.
• Simultaneously, increasing $|V_{OO}|$ renders a rapid increase of the nematic charge structure factor at most of wavevectors, especially near $\textbf{q}=(0,0)$, indicating a dramatic enhancement of nematicity and charge density waves.
• Our findings suggest that the attraction between oxygen orbitals in high-T$_c$ cuprates is a common thread linking their superconducting and charge properties.