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arXiv:1012.1861 · doi:10.1038/nphys1881
Abstract
Precisely what are the electrons in a high-temperature superconductor doing before they superconduct? Strong electronic correlations may give rise to composite rather than fractionalized excitations, as is typical in other strongly coupled systems such as quark matter.
Invited Perspective for Nat. Phys
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