Linear-T resistivity and change in Fermi surface at the pseudogap critical point of a high-Tc superconductor

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2008-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/0806.2881v2

Nature Physics 5, 31 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

24 pages, 6 figures. Published in Nature Physics. Online at http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys1109.h

Scientific paper

10.1038/nphys1109

A fundamental question of high-temperature superconductors is the nature of the pseudogap phase which lies between the Mott insulator at zero doping and the Fermi liquid at high doping p. Here we report on the behaviour of charge carriers near the zero-temperature onset of that phase, namely at the critical doping p* where the pseudogap temperature T* goes to zero, accessed by investigating a material in which superconductivity can be fully suppressed by a steady magnetic field. Just below p*, the normal-state resistivity and Hall coefficient of La1.6-xNd0.4SrxCuO4 are found to rise simultaneously as the temperature drops below T*, revealing a change in the Fermi surface with a large associated drop in conductivity. At p*, the resistivity shows a linear temperature dependence as T goes to zero, a typical signature of a quantum critical point. These findings impose new constraints on the mechanisms responsible for inelastic scattering and Fermi surface transformation in theories of the pseudogap phase.

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