Linking the pseudogap in the cuprates with local symmetry breaking: A commentary [Physics]

In the last 2 decades, increasingly precise measurements have established that the cuprate high-temperature superconductors exhibit numerous ordering tendencies. In addition to the “big 2”—Néel antiferromagnetism (AF) and d-wave superconductivity (SC)—a variety of other orders have been observed, especially in the enigmatic “pseudogap” regime of the phase diagram. The term...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 15, 2019 Category: Science Authors: S. A. Kivelson, Samuel Lederer Tags: Commentaries Source Type: research