Nernst effect from fluctuating pairs in the pseudogap phase of the cuprates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Levchenko, Alex ^a   Norman, M R ^a   Varlamov, A A ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 79551617639     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.020506     Document Type: Article

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