Nematicity in the Pseudogap Phase of the Cuprates

Journal club talk by Christoph M. Puetter on August 12, 2010

Reference:
M. Lawler et al., Nature 466, 347, (2010)
(http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7304/full/nature09169.html)

Christoph chose this paper, written by the founder of this Journal Club, for an interesting discussion this week. There were broad discussions on the Cuprate phase diagram, nematicity and STM measurements. A lively debate ensued about the key finding of the paper that the nematic order tracks the pseudogap.