Energy gaps in high-transitionerature cuprate superconductors

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 483-495

  Hashimoto, Makoto ^a   Vishik, Inna M ^b,c,d,e   He, Rui Hua ^b,c,d,f   Devereaux, Thomas P ^b,c   Shen, Zhi Xun ^b,c,d  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; GROUND STATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MOMENTUM; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SHEAR WAVES;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ANISOTROPIC D-WAVE; DENSITY WAVES; GAP STRUCTURES; QUANTUM MATTER; SPECTRAL ENERGY; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84903701291     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3009     Document Type: Review

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