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Quantum Critical Point in Electron-Doped Cuprates

C. Kusko, R. S. Markiewicz, M. Lindroos, A. Bansil

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0201117

Abstract

We analyze doping dependent spectral intensities and Fermi surface maps obtained recently in Nd2-xCexCuO4δ (NCCO) via high resolution ARPES measurements, and show that the behavior of this electron-doped compound can be understood as the closing of a Mott (pseudo) gap, leading to a quantum critical point just above optimal doping. The doping dependence of the effective Hubbard U adduced by comparing theoretical and experimental spectra is in resonable accord with various estimates and a simple screening calculation.

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