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Quantum Phase Transition in the Magnetic-Field-Induced Normal State of Optimum-Doped High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors at Low Temperatures

F. F. Balakirev, J. B. Betts, A. Migliori, I. Tsukada, Yoichi Ando, G. S. Boebinger

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.017004 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

A 60 T magnetic field suppresses the superconducting transition temperature Tc in La2−pSrpCuO4 to reveal a Hall number anomaly, which develops only at temperatures below zero-field Tc and peaks at the exact location of p that maximizes Tc. The anomaly bears a striking resemblance to observations in Bi2Sr2−xLaxCuO6+δ, suggesting a normal-state phenomenology common to the cuprates that underlies the high-temperature superconducting phase. The peak is ascribed to a Fermi surface reconstruction at a quantum phase transition near optimum doping that is coincident with the collapse of the pseudogap state.

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La2-pSrpCuO4

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19.4Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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31Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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24Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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28.9Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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28.3Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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30.2Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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28.3Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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27.5Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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24.6Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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17.9Pressure not reportedonset
La2-pSrpCuO4

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13.6Pressure not reportedonset
La1.86Sr0.14CuO4

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Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+δ

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
YBa2Cu3O6.5

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
YBa2Cu4O8

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
Tl2Ba2CuO6+δ

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—Pressure not reportedunknown

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