In-plane magnetoresistance obeys Kohler's rule in the pseudogap phase of cuprate superconductors.
We report in-plane resistivity (ρ) and transverse magnetoresistance (MR) measurements for underdoped HgBa(2)CuO(4+δ) (Hg1201). Contrary to the long-standing view that Kohler's rule is strongly violated in underdoped cuprates, we find that it is in fact satisfied in the pseudogap phase of Hg1201. The transverse MR shows a quadratic field dependence, δρ/ρ(0)=aH(2), with a(T)∝T(-4). In combination with the observed ρ∝T(2) dependence, this is consistent with a single Fermi-liquid quasiparticle scattering rate. We show that this behavior is typically masked in cuprates with lower structural symmetry or strong disorder effects.
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA and AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA and State Key Lab of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA and Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, CEA-DSM-IRAMIS, F 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France and Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, 1040 Vienna, Austria.
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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