La2-xSrxCu1-yZnyO4: Tc and ns/m* correlations seen with muon spin rotation

We report the muon spin rotation experiments on Zn substituted La_1-x Sr_x CuO₄, for four zinc concentrations y=0.0,0.0025,0.005,0.01, at strontium concentrations x=0.15,0.20. We find that T_ c in the optimally doped (x=0.15) and overdoped (x=0.20) 2:1:4 decreases linearly with increasing zinc concentration. Plotted against the planar zinc concentration, the T_c’s of both series seem to fall on the same line. The superconducting carrier density/effective mass ratio, n_ s/m^*, at first decreases linearly, rising above this line for higher zinc concentrations. This behavior may result from the localization of carriers in an area \xi_ab around each zinc atom. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.