A Surprisingly Sharp Transition (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A Surprisingly Sharp Transition

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An illustration shows how the normal state of a superconducting cuprate abruptly changes when the density of free-flowing electrons is tweaked in a process known as doping. Particle-like excitations that are characteristic of a conventional metal (right) disappear as the 'strange metallic' state (left) takes over.

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(Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

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