Disentangling Cooper-pair formation above the transition temperature from the pseudogap state in the cuprates

By T. Kondo, Yoichiro Hamaya, A. Palczewski, T. Takeuchi, J. Wen, Z. Xu, G. Gu, J. Schmalian, A. Kaminski. 2010

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The pseudogap state in the cuprate superconductors shows signs of electronic pair formation above the superconducting temperature. Is it just a ‘precursor’ state or a separate (and competing) state? In fact, both interpretations seem to be correct.

Subfields: Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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