Observation of a D-wave nodal liquid in highly underdoped Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+δ

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Chatterjee, U ^a,b   Shi, M ^c   Ai, D ^a,b   Zhao, J ^a,b   Kanigel, A ^d   Rosenkranz, S ^b   Raffy, H ^e   Li, Z Z ^e   Kadowaki, K ^f   Hinks, D G ^b   Xu, Z J ^g   Wen, J S ^g   Gu, G ^g   Lin, C T ^h   Claus, H ^b   Norman, M R ^b   Randeria, M ⁱ   Campuzano, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; D-WAVE SUPERCONDUCTORS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; SUPERCONDUCTOR TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT RESISTIVITY;

MOTT INSULATORS;

EID: 76549126644     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1456     Document Type: Article

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