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Nature Physics 2, 441 - 442 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys355
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Materials physics
Superconductivity: Death of a Fermi surface
Kyle McElroy1
- Kyle McElroy is in the Materials Sciences Division, Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. e-mail: kpmcelroy@lbl.gov
Abstract
Every metal, semimetal and doped semiconductor has a Fermi surface that determines its physical properties. A new state of matter within the 'pseudogap' state of a high-temperature superconductor destroys the Fermi surface, the process of which provides information about the new state.
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