Heavy fermions get nuclear boost on way to superconductivity

Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 18:32 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists have made a surprising discovery that the arrangement of atomic nuclei spins helps bring about superconductivity in ytterbium dirhodium disilicide, one of the most-studied materials in a class of quantum critical compounds known as 'heavy fermions.'

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