Diagonal nematicity in the pseudogap phase of HgBa2CuO4+δ

H. Murayama; Y. Sato; R. Kurihara; S. Kasahara; Y. Mizukami; Y. Kasahara; H. Uchiyama; A. Yamamoto; E.-G. Moon; J. Cai; J. Freyermuth; M. Greven; T. Shibauchi; Y. Matsuda

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11200-1

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Diagonal nematicity in the pseudogap phase of HgBa2CuO4+δ

H. Murayama,
Y. Sato,
R. Kurihara,
S. Kasahara,
Y. Mizukami,
Y. Kasahara,
H. Uchiyama,
A. Yamamoto,
E.-G. Moon,
J. Cai,
J. Freyermuth,
M. Greven,
T. Shibauchi,
Y. Matsuda

Affiliations

H. Murayama: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
Y. Sato: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
R. Kurihara: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
S. Kasahara: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
Y. Mizukami: Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo
Y. Kasahara: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
H. Uchiyama: Materials Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center
A. Yamamoto: Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology
E.-G. Moon: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
J. Cai: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
J. Freyermuth: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
M. Greven: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota
T. Shibauchi: Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo
Y. Matsuda: Department of Physics, Kyoto University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11200-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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One of the proposed explanations for the unusual pseudogap behaviour of cuprate superconductors is the formation of an electron nematic phase. Murayama et al. find magnetic anisotropy in the pseudogap regime of HgBa2CuO4+δ, providing evidence for anomalous nematic ordering.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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