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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McElroy, K. Death of a Fermi surface. Nature Phys 2, 441–442 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys355
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