Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2007 APS March Meeting
Volume 52, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2007; Denver, Colorado
Session G1: 50 Years of BCS Theory |
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Sponsoring Units: DCMP Chair: Charles Slichter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Adam's Mark Plaza Ballrooms A-B |
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:00PM - 8:36PM |
G1.00001: The Impact of the BCS Theory on Condensed Matter Physics Invited Speaker: Fifty years after the BCS theory revolutionized our understanding of superconductivity it is interesting to look at the broad impact it has had and continues to have on physics. Here, I have been asked to focus on the importance of this seminal work for the field of condensed matter physics. [Preview Abstract] |
Monday, March 5, 2007 8:36PM - 9:12PM |
G1.00002: The Impact of the BCS Theory on 50 years of Superconductivity and Condensed Matter Physics Invited Speaker: The existence of supercurrents and of an energy gap in superconductors, known before 1957, was explained by Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer by proposing that electrons were paired through an interaction with phonons of the lattice of the material. These central ideas, a supercurrent of pairs, and a pairing interaction creating an energy gap, quickly became pervasive in experimental research in superconductivity, and over time had impact much more broadly in condensed-matter physics and beyond. In this talk, I will attempt to illustrate the influence of these ideas, by choosing experiments that I was either involved in exploring, or that appeal to me because of their novelty. [Preview Abstract] |
Monday, March 5, 2007 9:12PM - 9:48PM |
G1.00003: BCS -- from Atoms and Nuclei to the Cosmos Invited Speaker: BCS theory has had a profound impact on physics well beyond laboratory superconductors and superfluids. This talk will describe the influence of the theory -- spanning more than 20 decades of energy scales -- from nuclear physics, neutron stars, and quark matter, to ultracold trapped atoms. [Preview Abstract] |
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