'Mottness' or a reconstructed Fermi surface? Nodes and arcs, or pockets? Both approaches to the pseudogap state of cuprate superconductors receive some support from specific heat data obtained up to 45 T. Can the two be reconciled?
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Tesanovic, Z. The mystery and the mystique. Nature Phys 7, 283–284 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1973
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