In:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, The Royal Society, Vol. 369, No. 1941 ( 2011-04-28), p. 1626-1639
Abstract:
From analysis of the in-plane resistivity ρ ab ( T ) of La 2− x Sr x CuO 4 , we show that normal state transport in overdoped cuprates can be delineated into two regimes in which the electrical resistivity varies approximately linearly with temperature. In the low-temperature limit, the T -linear resistivity extends over a very wide doping range, in marked contrast to expectations from conventional quantum critical scenarios. The coefficient of this T -linear resistivity scales with the superconducting transition temperature T c , implying that the interaction causing this anomalous scattering is also associated with the superconducting pairing mechanism. At high temperatures, the coefficient of the T -linear resistivity is essentially doping independent beyond a critical doping p crit =0.19 at which the ratio of the two coefficients is maximal. Taking our cue from earlier thermodynamic and photoemission measurements, we conclude that the opening of the normal-state pseudogap at p crit is driven by the loss of coherence of anti-nodal quasi-particles at low temperatures.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1364-503X
,
1471-2962
DOI:
10.1098/rsta.2010.0196
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Royal Society
Publication Date:
2011
detail.hit.zdb_id:
208381-4
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1462626-3
SSG:
11
SSG:
5,1
SSG:
5,21
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