Speaker:
Ming Yi
Institution:
UC Berkeley
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Date:
Monday, February 26, 2018
Time:
11:00 am
Location:
RH 142
Abstract:
High temperature superconductivity (HTSC) remains one of the most long-standing enigmatic challenges in condensed matter physics. In contrast to conventional superconductivity, HTSC emerges amidst a wide range of exotic competing electronic phases, whose fluctuations serve as potential candidates for inducing or enhancing superconductivity. In this talk, I will introduce the rich family of the iron-based high temperature superconductors and illustrate the range of fantastic electronic orders that have been found in proximity to HTSC, including an orbital-selective Mott phase, electronic nematic phase, and the spin density wave order. In a comparison to the cuprate high temperature superconductors, we come to appreciate the spectacularly bustling landscape of electronic phases out of which the enigmatic phenomenon of HTSC arises.
High temperature superconductivity (HTSC) remains one of the most long-standing enigmatic challenges in condensed matter physics. In contrast to conventional superconductivity, HTSC emerges amidst a wide range of exotic competing electronic phases, whose fluctuations serve as potential candidates for inducing or enhancing superconductivity. In this talk, I will introduce the rich family of the iron-based high temperature superconductors and illustrate the range of fantastic electronic orders that have been found in proximity to HTSC, including an orbital-selective Mott phase, electronic nematic phase, and the spin density wave order. In a comparison to the cuprate high temperature superconductors, we come to appreciate the spectacularly bustling landscape of electronic phases out of which the enigmatic phenomenon of HTSC arises.
Host:
Ilya Krivorotov