%0 Journal Article %T Stripes in cuprate superconductors: Excitations and dynamic dichotomy %A G. Seibold %A M. Grilli %A J. Lorenzana %J Physics %D 2012 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/j.physc.2012.03.072 %X We present a short account of the present experimental situation of stripes in cuprates followed by a review of our present understanding of their ground state and excited state properties. Collective modes, the dynamical structure factor, and the optical conductivity of stripes are computed using the time-dependent Gutzwiller approximation applied to realistic one band and three band Hubbard models, and are found to be in excellent agreement with experiment. On the other hand, experiments like angle-resolved photoemission and scanning tunneling microscopy show the coexistence of stripes at high energies with Fermi liquid quasiparticles at low energies. We show that a phenomenological model going beyond mean-field can reconcile this dynamic dichotomy. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.1615v1