Stripe order and quasiparticle Nernst effect in cuprate superconductors
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After a brief review of current ideas on stripe order in cuprate high-temperature superconductors, we discuss the quasiparticle Nernst effect in cuprates, with focus on its evolution in non-superconducting stripe and related nematic states. In general, we find the Nernst signal to be strongly enhanced by nearby van-Hove singularities and Lifshitz transitions in the band structure, implying that phases with translation symmetry breaking often lead to a large quasiparticle Nernst effect due to the presence of multiple small Fermi pockets. Open orbits may contribute to the Nernst signal as well, but in a strongly anisotropic fashion. We discuss our results in the light of recent proposals for a specific Lifshitz transition in underdoped YBa2Cu3Oy and make predictions for the doping dependence of the Nernst signal. 3 Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed. New Journal of Physics 12 (2010) 105011 1367-2630/10/105011+17$30.00 © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
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