Nearly Perfect Fluidity in a High Temperature Superconductor

Rameau, J. D.; Reber, T. J.; Yang, H. -B.; Akhanjee, S.; Gu, G. D.; Johnson, P. D.; Campbell, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134509

Nearly Perfect Fluidity in a High Temperature Superconductor

Journal Article · Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134509· OSTI ID:1169023

Rameau, J. D. ^[1]; Reber, T. J. ^[1]; Yang, H. -B. ^[1]; Akhanjee, S. ^[1]; Gu, G. D. ^[1]; Johnson, P. D. ^[1]; Campbell, S. ^[2]

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Iowa State University, Ames, IA (United States)

Perfect fluids are characterized as having the smallest ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density, η/s, consistent with quantum uncertainty and causality. So far, nearly perfect fluids have only been observed in the quark-gluon plasma and in unitary atomic Fermi gases, exotic systems that are amongst the hottest and coldest objects in the known universe, respectively. We use angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy to measure the temperature dependence of an electronic analog of η/s in an optimally doped cuprate high-temperature superconductor, finding it too is a nearly perfect fluid around, and above, its superconducting transition temperature T_c.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI ID:: 1169023

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1181634
OSTI ID: 1182477

Report Number(s):: BNL--106294-2014-JA; KC0202020

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 90; ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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