[eufisica] Theory for a new kind of Superconductivity

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Physicists unveil a theory for a new kind of superconductivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- In this 100th anniversary year of the discovery of superconductivity, physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology have published a fully self-consistent theory of the new kind of superconducting behavior, Type 1.5, this month in the journal Physical Review B.

For years, most physicists believed that superconductors must be either Type I or Type II. Now three new papers provide a theoretical framework to allow scientists to calculate conditions necessary for the appearance of Type 1.5 superconductivity, which exhibits characteristics of Types I and II previously thought to be antagonistic. (adapted from PhysOrg.com)

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Posted By JAAG to eufisica at 10/24/2011 05:36:00 PM