Effect of the pseudogap on the transition temperature in the cuprates and implications for its origin

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 357-360

  Mishra, Vivek ^a   Chatterjee, U ^b   Campuzano, J C ^a,c   Norman, M R ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS;

ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; LIFETIME BROADENING; LOGARITHMIC SINGULARITY; ORBITAL CURRENT; RESONATING-VALENCE-BOND THEORY; SPECTRAL FUNCTION; SYMMETRY-BREAKING;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84899938347     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2926     Document Type: Article

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