Metallic stripes in high-temperature superconductors

Journal of Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-406

  Salkola, M I ^a,d   Emery, V J ^b   Kivelson, S A ^c,e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuations; High temperature superconductors; Stripes

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); FERMI LEVEL; FERMI SURFACE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOEMISSION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIPHASE SPIN DOMAINS; DISORDERED CHARGE STRIPES; FLUCTUATING STRIPE PHASE; METALLIC STRIPES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE PARTICLE PROPERTIES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0030219579     PISSN: 08961107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00727286     Document Type: Article

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