Pseudogap temperature as a Widom line in doped Mott insulators

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sordi, G ^a   Semon P ^b   Haule, K ^c   Tremblay, A M S ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

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EID: 84864839568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00547     Document Type: Article

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