Theory of the quantum critical fluctuations in cuprate superconductors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Aji, Vivek ^a   Varma, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

QUANTUM CRITICAL FLUCTUATIONS; QUANTUM GENERALIZATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 34547857386     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.067003     Document Type: Article

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