News tagged with heavy fermions

Rice's 'quantum critical' theory gets experimental boost

New evidence this week supports a theory developed five years ago at Rice University to explain the electrical properties of several classes of materials -- including unconventional superconductors -- that ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

First images of heavy electrons in action (w/ Video)

Using a microscope designed to image the arrangement and interactions of electrons in crystals, scientists have captured the first images of electrons that appear to take on extraordinary mass under certain ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 91 | with audio podcast

Physicists observe kink in the dispersion of f-electrons

(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos researchers in collaboration with colleagues in US and Europe report on the observation of a kink in the dispersion of f-electrons in USb2.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0