The origin of the pseudogap behavior, found in many high-
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- Award ID(s):
- 2239171
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10474578
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer-Nature
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- Journal Name:
- Nature Physics
- ISSN:
- 1745-2473
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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