Emergent symmetry in a low-dimensional superconductor on the edge of Mottness

Authors: P. Chudzinski, M. Berben, Xiaofeng Xu, N. Wakeham, B. Bernáth, C. Duffy, R. D. H. Hinlopen, Yu-Te Hsu, S. Wiedmann, P. Tinnemans, Rongying Jin, M. Greenblatt, N. E. Hussey

Published: 2023-11-16

DOI: 10.1126/science.abp8948

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Abstract

Upon cooling, condensed-matter systems typically transition into states of lower symmetry. The converse—i.e., the emergence of higher symmetry at lower temperatures—is extremely rare. In this work, we show how an unusually isotropic magnetoresistance in the highly anisotropic, one-dimensional conductor Li