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Mechanism of High-Temperature Superconductivity

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In cuprates and related materials, superconductivity survives to $T_c > 130\,\text{K}$, far above the BCS phonon-mediated ceiling.

What is the pairing mechanism that binds electrons into Cooper pairs at such high temperatures? A predictive microscopic theory of the strongly correlated normal state and the pseudogap remains missing.

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