CM Seminar: Theoretical Description of superconductivity in 2018: a personal assessment

Event Date:
2018-11-16T10:00:00
2018-11-16T11:00:00
Event Location:
BRIM 311
Speaker:
Frank Marsiglio; Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta
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Superconductivity is more than 100 years old, and the established theory of conventional superconductors is more than half as old. But how established is it, and how conventional are the 'old' superconductors? This talk will provide a brief summary of the “state-of-the-art” of superconductivity, and discuss one aspect of pairing that has received some attention lately — “kinetic-energy-induced” pairing. A parable that describes the chemistry of the Helium atom will be used to explain this idea, and how this concept ties in to possible experimental signatures.

Add to Calendar 2018-11-16T10:00:00 2018-11-16T11:00:00 CM Seminar: Theoretical Description of superconductivity in 2018: a personal assessment Event Information: Superconductivity is more than 100 years old, and the established theory of conventional superconductors is more than half as old. But how established is it, and how conventional are the 'old' superconductors? This talk will provide a brief summary of the “state-of-the-art” of superconductivity, and discuss one aspect of pairing that has received some attention lately — “kinetic-energy-induced” pairing. A parable that describes the chemistry of the Helium atom will be used to explain this idea, and how this concept ties in to possible experimental signatures. Event Location: BRIM 311