Nearly frozen Coulomb Liquids

We show that very long range repulsive interactions of a generalized Coulomb-like form $V(R)\sim R^{-α}$, with $α<d$ ($d$-dimensionality), typically introduce very strong frustration, resulting in extreme fragility of the charge-ordered state. An \textquotedbl{}almost frozen\textquotedbl{} liquid then survives in a broad dynamical range above the (very low) melting temperature $T_{c}$ which is proportional to $α$. This \textquotedbl{}pseudogap\textquotedbl{} phase is characterized by unusual insulating-like, but very weakly temperature dependent transport, similar to experimental findings in certain low carrier density systems.

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