Scaling theory of the cuprate strange metals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2015, Pages

  Hartnoll, Sean A ^a   Karch, Andreas ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84929093836     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.155126     Document Type: Article

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