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A New Model of Pseudogap Physics in the Cuprates

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We discuss a short-range order mechanism for understanding pseudogap physics of cuprates in which the competition between a variety of magnetic orders frustrates the development of the long-range order. We show in particular that the competition between the effects of Van Hove singularity nesting and conventional Fermi surface nesting leads to a material-dependent transition between Mott and Slater physics, and the emergence of a spin-frustrated state in the crossover region.

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Part of this work was carried out while RSM was on sabbatical at the Advanced Light Source in Berkeley and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he benefitted from many discussions.

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    R. S. Markiewicz, I. G. Buda, P. Mistark, C. Lane & A. Bansil

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This work is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences grant number DE-FG02-07ER46352, and benefited from Northeastern University’s Advanced Scientific Computation Center (ASCC) and the allocation of supercomputer time at NERSC through grant number DE-AC02-05CH11231.

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Markiewicz, R.S., Buda, I.G., Mistark, P. et al. A New Model of Pseudogap Physics in the Cuprates. J Supercond Nov Magn 31, 651–655 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-017-4361-5

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