Superconductivity in the two-dimensional t-J model

We study the t-J model in one and two dimensions. It is shown that superconducting correlations at large distances are enhanced at doping 〈n〉=1/2, and near the region of phase separation. Including a nearest-neighbor density-density repulsion term of strength V, and working at large V/t and J/t, our results can be explained using a previously discussed variational state where electrons are paired in singlets without cluster formation, in analogy to the attractive Hubbard model. We argue that the physics of the t-J-V model is basically independent of the dimension and that a smooth connection exists between small and large V/t. Then, we conjecture that the two-dimensional t-J model should also present strong superconducting correlations near the region of phase separation, at 〈n〉∼1/2. Numerical results both in one and two dimensions support our claims.