Electron fractionalization and cuprate superconductivity

Details Electron fractionalization and cuprate superconductivity Electron fractionalization and cuprate superconductivity

2001-05-04

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0105104v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

18 pages, 2 figures. Review-type article to appear in special 75'th anniversary issue of the Indian Journal of Physics

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We discuss the possibility that the electron may be fractionalized in some quantum phases of matter in two or higher dimensions. We review the theory of such phases, and show that their effective theory is a $Z_2$ gauge theory. These phases may be characterized theoretically through the notion of topological order. We discuss the appeal of fractionalization ideas for building theories of the cuprates, and possible ways of testing these ideas.

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