Quantum critical behaviour in a high-Tc superconductor

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6955, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Van der Marel, D ^a,c   Molegraaf, H J A ^a,c   Zaanen, J ^b   Nussinov, Z ^b,d   Carbone, F ^a,c   Damascelli, A ^e   Eisaki, H ^f   Greven, M ^g   Kes, P H ^b   Li, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FERMIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0141493487     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01978     Document Type: Article

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