Recent high-resolution photoemission results on high-T-c superconductors and other low-dimensional systems solve some critical issues but also open new fundamental questions. A recent breakthrough enabled us to clarify the interplay of conflicting periodicities in photoemission data. thus legitimizing the photoemission analysis of crystals with super-periodicities. On the other hand, results on the role of doping and of intentional disorder in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x single crystals raise questions about the origin of the pseudogap. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Klaus Kern, Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Fernando Pablo Cometto, Bart Willem Stel, Daniel Eduardo Hurtado Salinas