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A new rare topological superconductor discovered
Tech Explorist ^ | 6/26/2021 | Pranjal Mehar

Posted on 06/26/2021 10:36:28 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

Superconductors are highly desirable, especially when it comes to reducing energy consumption. They show quantum properties on the scale of ordinary items. This makes them exciting candidates for building computers that use quantum physics.

However, qubits, the elementary units of quantum computers, are extremely sensitive. When contact electromagnetic fields, heat, and collisions with air molecules, qubits lose their quantum properties. The addition of more resilient qubits using topological superconductors can protect qubits from losing their properties.

In a new study, scientists led by Kent and the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have reported about the discovery of a new rare topological superconductor, LaPt3P. The superconductor was discovered through muon spin relaxation experiments and extensive theoretical analysis.

They are exceptionally rare and are of tremendous value to the future industry of quantum computing.

Dr. Sudeep Kumar Ghosh, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Kent’s School of Physical Sciences and Principal Investigator, said: “This discovery of the topological superconductor LaPt3P has tremendous potential in the field of quantum computing. Discovery of such a rare and desired component demonstrates the importance of muon research for the everyday world around us.”

(Excerpt) Read more at techexplorist.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; lapt3p; physics; science; stringtheory; superconductor; technology

1 posted on 06/26/2021 10:36:28 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

I’ll raise you seven qubits and call.


2 posted on 06/26/2021 12:02:11 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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3 posted on 06/26/2021 1:10:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

In before someone calls mumbo-jumbo on this malarkey bullshit.


4 posted on 06/26/2021 1:25:47 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Right Wing Vegan
Muons last 2 millionths of a second. How they get anything useful out of them is bizarre.
5 posted on 06/26/2021 1:44:53 PM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong..)
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To: Right Wing Vegan
Bill Cosby routine:

God: I want you to build an ark.
Noah: Right ... What's an ark?
God: Get some wood and build it 300 cubits by 80 cubits by 40 cubits.
Noah: Right ... What's a cubit?
God: Well never mind. Don't worry about that right now...

6 posted on 06/26/2021 2:14:50 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Nateman
"How they get anything useful out of them is bizarre."

Those huge tax paid research grants come in quite useful for furthering research in places like Hawaii, Tahiti, the Caribbean, Southern France and New Zealand.

7 posted on 06/26/2021 2:18:11 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

Those huge tax paid research grants come in quite useful for furthering research in places like Hawaii, Tahiti, the Caribbean, Southern France and New Zealand.

And Wuhan.


8 posted on 06/26/2021 2:27:29 PM PDT by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: fella
...research in places like Hawaii...

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is just a few miles up the road from me, it is no vacation destination.
Unless you like old WW2 airbases located in out-of-the-way places. :)

9 posted on 06/26/2021 3:02:03 PM PDT by moose07 (The Internet. Nuggets of useful stuff between layers of Trolls and Pizdets.)
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