News tagged with quantum critical

Ultrafast laser pulses shed light on elusive superconducting mechanism

An international team that includes University of British Columbia physicists has used ultra-fast laser pulses to identify the microscopic interactions that drive high-temperature superconductivity.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Quantum criticality': Ultracold experiments heat up quantum research

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Chicago physicists have experimentally demonstrated for the first time that atoms chilled to temperatures near absolute zero may behave like seemingly unrelated natural systems ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A chemical detour to quantum criticality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists and chemists use different techniques to study essentially the same thing — the nature and behavior of matter. Usually the particular path is of little consequence, because ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Resolving the high pressure phases of calcium

(PhysOrg.com) -- Significant experimental and theoretical work has been devoted to the electronic, structural and superconducting properties of calcium (Ca) at high pressure.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Quantum fractals at the border of magnetism

U.S., German and Austrian physicists studying the perplexing class of materials that includes high-temperature superconductors are reporting this week the unexpected discovery of a simple "scaling" behavior in the electronic ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 5 | with audio podcast