Numerous experiments on cuprate materials suggest that a zero-temperature phase transition is hidden beneath the superconducting dome. Is it the key to understanding high-temperature superconductivity, and can it explain the anomalous normal state properties?
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Broun, D. What lies beneath the dome?. Nature Phys 4, 170–172 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys909
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