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| March 29, 2007 | FWN-Building 5111.0080, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen |
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Speaker:
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Prof. dr. Jan Zaanen |
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Affiliation:
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Leiden University: Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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Title:
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Twenty years of high Tc superconductivity |
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Date:
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29-03-2007 |
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Start:
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16.00 |
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Location:
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FWN-Building 5111.0080 |
Abstract
The subject of high Tc superconductivity was born in an un-precedented hype in the late 1980's. Despite this bad start it has evolved into what is seen by many as the most profound mystery in quantum condensed matter physics. I will try to get across the obsessive powers of this problem, emphasizing aspects which are particularly dear to my person: the quantum stripe liquid at low dopings (see figure); the unreasonable simplicity of the metallic state at optimal doping showing the remarkable Planckian dissipation; why this should be rooted in fermionic quantum criticality, and why there are reasons to believe in quantum number fractionalization.
| Last modified: | March 15, 2007 10:52 |
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