# Cuprates as doped U(1) spin liquids

@article{Senthil2005CupratesAD,
title={Cuprates as doped U(1) spin liquids},
author={T. Senthil and Patrick A. Lee},
journal={Physical Review B},
year={2005},
volume={71},
pages={174515}
}
• Published 2005
• Physics
• Physical Review B
We explore theoretically the notion that the underdoped cuprates may be viewed as doped $U(1)$ spin liquid Mott insulators. We pursue a conceptually clear version of this idea that naturally incorporates several aspects of the phenomenology of the cuprates. We argue that the low-doping region may be fruitfully discussed in terms of the universal physics associated with a chemical-potential-tuned Mott transition between a $U(1)$ spin liquid insulator and a $d$-wave superconductor. A precise… Expand
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