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Kinetics of excitations on the Fermi arcs in underdoped cuprates at low temperature

The Fermi-liquid-like (FL) resistivity recently observed in clean HgBa2CuO4 below the pseudogap temperature was related to carriers at the nodal points on the Fermi surface [4]. We show that this necessitates important implications for the electronic spectrum of underdoped (UD) cuprates in whole. Photoemission experiments picture the spectrum as of metallic arcs separated from each other by regions with large energy gaps. We solved the kinetic equation in such model rigorously. The Fermi arcs carriers contribute to FL resistivity, if scattering between the opposite nodal points admits the Umklapp processes. The Hall coefficient defines the effective number of carriers on arcs and has the positive sign. For clean materials the expression is applicable only at weak magnetic fields. We discuss the Fermi arcs concept further in light of recent experimental findings and argue that the idea of reconstructed FS in UD cuprates is not consistent with the FL-like resistivity.