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Nature Physics 4, 163 - 164 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphys901

Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Materials physics

Superconductors: The electron shatters

Nandini Trivedi1

  1. Nandini Trivedi is in the Department of Physics, Ohio State University, 191 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
    e-mail: trivedi.15@osu.edu


The electron is responsible for charge and spin transport in conventional metals. In contrast, the existence of well-defined electronic excitations in the metallic state of high-temperature superconductors is highly debated.

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