Speaker: T. Senthil, MIT


Title: Algebraic charge liquids and the underdoped cuprates

Abstract: We describe a possible theoretical route for the evolution
with doping of an antiferromagnetic Mott insulator into a gapless
d-wave superconductor. Central to the description are "algebraic
charge liquids" with power law correlations of gapless, spinless,
charge e fermions. Based on this understanding we propose a specific
theory of the underdoped cuprates that naturally explains a number of
puzzling phenomena including the doping and temperature dependence of
the superfluid density, the photoemission spectra, and Shubnikov-de
Haas oscillations. Experiments to test the theory are suggested.