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STRIPE FORMATION: A QUANTUM CRITICAL POINT FOR CUPRATE SUPERCONDUCTORS

, , and . Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 59 (10-12): 1694--1698 (October 1998)
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3697(98)00085-7

Abstract

We discuss the effects of a quantum critical point located nearby optimum doping and related to local charge segregation (stripe phase). The fluctuations in the critical region produce at the same time a strong pairing mechanism and a non-Fermi liquid behavior in the normal phase above the superconducting critical temperature. Superconductivity is a stabilizing mechanism against charge ordering, i.e. the incommensurate charge density wave quantum critical point is unstable with respect to superconductivity. A complete scenario for the cuprates is presented.

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