Chiral symmetry breaking and phase fluctuations: A (formula presented) theory of the pseudogap state in cuprate superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1-4

  Tesanovic Z ^a   Vafek, O ^a   Franz, M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 85038322689     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.180511     Document Type: Article

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