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Charge density wave
About: Charge density wave is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5060 publications have been published within this topic receiving 84559 citations. The topic is also known as: charge-density wave.
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TL;DR: The universal anomalies in the normal state of Cu-O high-temperature superconductors follow from a single hypothesis: There exist charge- and spin-density excitations with the absorptive part of the polarizability at low frequencies proportional to T, where T is the temperature, and constant otherwise.
Abstract: The universal anomalies in the normal state of Cu-O high-temperature superconductors follow from a single hypothesis: There exist charge- and spin-density excitations with the absorptive part of the polarizability at low frequencies \ensuremath{\omega} proportional to \ensuremath{\omega}/T, where T is the temperature, and constant otherwise. The behavior in such a situation may be characterized as that of a marginal Fermi liquid. The consequences of this hypothesis are worked out for a variety of physical properties including superconductivity.
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TL;DR: The concept that superconductivity competes with other orders in cuprate superconductors has become increasingly apparent, but obtaining direct evidence with bulk-sensitive probes is challenging as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The concept that superconductivity competes with other orders in cuprate superconductors has become increasingly apparent, but obtaining direct evidence with bulk-sensitive probes is challenging We have used resonant soft x-ray scattering to identify two-dimensional charge fluctuations with an incommensurate periodicity of ~32 lattice units in the copper-oxide planes of the superconductors (Y,Nd)Ba(2)Cu(3)O(6+)(x), with hole concentrations of 009 to 013 per planar Cu ion The intensity and correlation length of the fluctuation signal increase strongly upon cooling down to the superconducting transition temperature (T(c)); further cooling below T(c) abruptly reverses the divergence of the charge correlations In combination with earlier observations of a large gap in the spin excitation spectrum, these data indicate an incipient charge density wave instability that competes with superconductivity
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the many-body localization transition through the relaxation dynamics of an initially-prepared charge density wave, and connect this dependence to the ubiquitous logarithmic growth of entanglement entropy characterizing the generic manybody localized phase.
Abstract: We experimentally observe many-body localization of interacting fermions in a one-dimensional quasi-random optical lattice. We identify the many-body localization transition through the relaxation dynamics of an initially-prepared charge density wave. For sufficiently weak disorder the time evolution appears ergodic and thermalizing, erasing all remnants of the initial order. In contrast, above a critical disorder strength a significant portion of the initial ordering persists, thereby serving as an effective order parameter for localization. The stationary density wave order and the critical disorder value show a distinctive dependence on the interaction strength, in agreement with numerical simulations. We connect this dependence to the ubiquitous logarithmic growth of entanglement entropy characterizing the generic many-body localized phase.
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TL;DR: X-ray diffraction experiments reveal that spatial charge ordering occurs in the pseudogap state of YBa2Cu3O6.67 as discussed by the authors, which competes with high-temperature superconductivity, and their relative strengths can be tuned using a magnetic field.
Abstract: X-ray diffraction experiments reveal that spatial charge ordering occurs in the pseudogap state of YBa2Cu3O6.67. Moreover, this charge ordered state competes with high-temperature superconductivity, and their relative strengths can be tuned using a magnetic field.
830 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the lock-in phase transition is interpreted as a defect melting transition with a finite density of discommensurations in the incommensurate state of the charge density wave (CDW).
Abstract: The lowest-energy state of the incommensurate charge density wave (CDW) near the lock-in transition is found to be a distorted plane wave. An exact solution is found in the weak-coupling limit and the lock-in phase transition is continuous. A new defect is found in the commensurate CDW, a discommensuration, in which the phase of the CDW slips by $\frac{2\ensuremath{\pi}}{3}$ relative to the perfectly locked in CDW. The lock-in phase transition is interpreted as a defect melting transition with a finite density of discommensurations in the incommensurate state.
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