Colloquium- “Superconductivity: there’s plenty of cream at the bottom” with Prof. Peter Hirschfeld
Physics Colloquium
September 27, 2023
3:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Location
2SES 238
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Download iCal FileSpeaker: Prof. Peter Hirschfeld, University of Florida – Gainesville
Title: Superconductivity: there's plenty of cream at the bottom
Abstract: In 1961, Brian Pippard gave a speech at IBM called "The Cat and the Cream", in which he declared that the superconductivity field was finished, at least for "young innocents who wish to break new ground": the cream was gone, and the bowl was empty. I show why the subsequent 6 decades proved him so dramatically wrong, how new materials and experimental techniques have continuously driven new theoretical understandings, such that the field has been constantly renewed, and is in fact a very good place for young researchers to make a career.
Date posted
Sep 21, 2023
Date updated
Sep 21, 2023