Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

CHARGE DENSITY WAVES

Putting the gap on the map

The measurement of the charge density wave energy gap in high-temperature superconducting cuprates uncovers new links between competing states.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: Comparison of charge density wave and superconducting systems.

References

  1. Gruner, G. Density Waves in Solids (CRC Press, 1970).

  2. Loret, B. et al. Nat. Phys. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0509-5 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Keimer, B., Kivelson, S. A., Norman, M. R., Uchida, S. & Zaanen, J. Nature 518, 179–186 (2015).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Hashimoto, M., Vishik, I. M., He, R., Devereaux, T. P. & Shen, Z. Nat. Phys. 10, 483–495 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Le Tacon, M. et al. Nat. Phys. 2, 537–543 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Jiarui Li or Riccardo Comin.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Li, J., Comin, R. Putting the gap on the map. Nat. Phys. 15, 736–738 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0513-9

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0513-9

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing