Fermi-liquid breakdown in the paramagnetic phase of a pure metal

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6958, 2003, Pages 595-599

  Doiron Leyraud, N ^a   Walker, I R ^a   Taillefer, L ^b   Steiner, M J ^a   Julian, S R ^a   Lonzarich, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM CRITICAL POINT;

FERMI LEVEL;

MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; METAL; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

METAL; PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; LIQUID; MAGNETISM; MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY;

EID: 0142092663     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01968     Document Type: Article

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