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Nature Physics 5, 625 - 627 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nphys1388

Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Materials physics

Heavy electrons: The gathering storm of data

P. Chandra1 & P. Coleman1

  1. P. Chandra and P. Coleman are at the Center for Materials Theory, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
    e-mail: pchandra@physics.rutgers.edu; e-mail: coleman@physics.rutgers.edu


The nature of the 'hidden order' in URu2Si2 has resisted characterization for the past twenty-five years. Recent photoemission results report the observation of a narrow heavy-fermion band that sharpens below the mysterious transition and provides new clues about its origins.

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