Two energy scales in the spin excitations of the high-temperature superconductor La 2-x Sr x CuO 4

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Vignolle, B ^a   Hayden, S M ^a   McMorrow, D F ^b,c   Ronnow H M ^d   Lake, B ^e   Frost, C D ^c   Perring, T G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOEMISSION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

COLLECTIVE SPIN; ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; LOW-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; QUASIPARTICLES; SPECTRAL WEIGHT; SPIN EXCITATION; TWO-COMPONENT STRUCTURES;

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33847345563     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys546     Document Type: Article

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