Abstract
The presence of stripes and the effect of adding non-magnetic impurities (NMI), such as Zn or Li, to high-Tc cuprates is studied applying Monte Carlo techniques to a spin-fermion model. It is observed that adding Li is qualitatively similar to diping with equa percentages of Sr and Zn. The mobile holes (MH) are trapped by the NMI and the system remains insulating and commensurate with antiferromagnetic (AF) correlations. This behavior persists in the region % NMI >% MH . On the other hand, when % NMI <% MH magnetic and charge incommensurabilities are observed. The vertical or horizontal holerich stripes, present when % NMI =0 upon hole doping, are pinned by the impurities and tend to become diagonal, surrounding finite AF domains. The % MH -% NMI plane is investigated. Good agreement with experimental results is found in the small portion of this diagram where experimental data are available. Predictions about the expected behavior in the remaining regions are made.
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