M R Norman and C Pépin 2003 Rep. Prog. Phys. 66 1547 doi:10.1088/0034-4885/66/10/R01
M R Norman1,2 and C Pépin2
Show affiliationsWe review the field of high temperature cuprate superconductors, with emphasis on the nature of their electronic properties. After a general overview of experiment and theory, we concentrate on recent results obtained by angle resolved photoemission, inelastic neutron scattering, and optical conductivity, along with various proposed explanations for these results. We conclude by reviewing efforts which attempt to identify the energy savings involved in the formation of the superconducting ground state.
74.72.-h Cuprate superconductors (high-Tc and insulating parent compounds)
79.60.-i Photoemission and photoelectron spectra
74.25.Dw Superconductivity phase diagrams
Issue 10 (October 2003)
Received 18 February 2003, in final form 16 July 2003
Published 4 September 2003
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