A systematic neutron-scattering study of large near-optimally doped single crystals of the cuprate superconductor, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, indicates that its magnetic properties are governed by localized magnetic moments, and not by itinerant quasiparticles, as widely expected.
- Guangyong Xu
- G. D. Gu
- J. M. Tranquada