Unconventional superconductors: from 1 mK to 90 K to 10/sup 10/ K

Conference · Sun Dec 25 04:00:00 EST 1988 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6165394

Pines, D

Unconventional superfluids and superconductors are fermion systems in which the phonon-induced interaction between particles does not play an essential role, and in which the pairs of BCS theory may be found in higher angular momentum states. These are reviewed in the historical order in which their superfluidity was discovered: nuclei, neutron stars, liquid /sup 3/He, and heavy electron metals. Some key experimental results on the copper oxide superconductors are reviewed, and the possibility that these are part of the heavy electron family, with a spin-fluctuation-induced interaction between quasi-particles being responsible for their superconductivity, is examined.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
• OSTI ID: 6165394
• Report Number(s): CONF-8705337-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 180:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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656100* -- Condensed Matter Physics-- Superconductivity
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BARIUM OXIDES
BARYONS
BCS THEORY
CHALCOGENIDES
COOPER PAIRS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
COULOMB FIELD
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HELIUM 3
HELIUM ISOTOPES
INTERACTIONS
ISOTOPES
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM OXIDES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LOW TEMPERATURE
NEUTRON STARS
NEUTRONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON-NUCLEON POTENTIAL
NUCLEONS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PAIRING INTERACTIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POTENTIALS
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
REVIEWS
STABLE ISOTOPES
STARS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SUPERCONDUCTORS
SUPERFLUIDITY
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE
VERY LOW TEMPERATURE
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM OXIDES