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Yu-Te Hsu1, Máté Hartstein1, Alexander J Davies1, Alexander J Hickey1, Mun K Chan2, Juan Porras3, Toshinao Loew3, Sofia V Taylor1, Hsu Liu1, Alexander G Eaton1, Matthieu Le Tacon3,4, Huakun Zuo5, Jinhua Wang5, Zengwei Zhu5, Gilbert G Lonzarich1, Bernhard Keimer3, Neil Harrison6, Suchitra E Sebastian7.
Abstract
A central question in the underdoped cuprates pertains to the nature of the pseudogap ground state. A conventional metallic ground state of the pseudogap region has been argued to host quantum oscillations upon destruction of the superconducting order parameter by modest magnetic fields. Here, we use low applied measurement currents and millikelvin temperatures on ultrapure single crystals of underdoped [Formula: see text] to unearth an unconventional quantum vortex matter ground state characterized by vanishing electrical resistivity, magnetic hysteresis, and nonohmic electrical transport characteristics beyond the highest laboratory-accessible static fields. A model of the pseudogap ground state is now required to explain quantum oscillations that are hosted by the bulk quantum vortex matter state without experiencing sizable additional damping in the presence of a large maximum superconducting gap; possibilities include a pair density wave.Keywords: cuprate pseudogap; high magnetic fields; high-Tc superconductivity; quantum oscillations; quantum vortex matter
Year: 2021 PMID: 33563764 PMCID: PMC7896296 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021216118
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205