Strong correlations make high-temperature superconductors robust against disorder

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 762-765

  Garg, Arti ^a,b   Randeria, Mohit ^c   Trivedi, Nandini ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONS; GROUND STATE;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC STATE; CHARACTERISTIC SIGNATURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; MOBILE CHARGE CARRIERS; NODAL QUASIPARTICLES; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 53349089553     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1026     Document Type: Article

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