On the Characteristics of the Pseudogapped Metallic State of High-Tc Superconductors

The pseudogapped metallic state (PS) in high-T c superconductors (HTS) has distinctive characteristics in comparison with the metallic state in tranditional solid state physics. Through careful analyses of experimental data and theoretical calculations, we have correlated the pseudogap in the density of states with the two-component characteristics in the HTS. We propose seven points as a model description for PS.