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We provide compelling support for the key role played by polaron formation to the physics of cuprate superconductors, which is evidenced above the pseudogap temperature T *, is the origin of the pseudogap phase itself and persists in the superconducting phase. Experimental and theoretical results are compared and show convincing agreement with each other.
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Bussmann-Holder, A., Keller, H. Evidence for Polaron Formation in High-Temperature Superconducting Cuprates: Experiment and Theory. J Supercond Nov Magn 22, 123–129 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-008-0382-4
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