Using a material called yttrium barium copper oxide arrayed with tiny holes, researchers have discovered “strange metal”
behavior in a type of system where charge carriers are bosons, something that’s never been seen before.
Posted on 01/16/2022 7:30:37 PM PST by BraveMan
A new discovery could help scientists to understand “strange metals,” a class of materials that are related to high-temperature superconductors and share fundamental quantum attributes with black holes.
Scientists understand quite well how temperature affects electrical conductance in most everyday metals like copper or silver. But in recent years, researchers have turned their attention to a class of materials that do not seem to follow the traditional electrical rules. Understanding these so-called “strange metals” could provide fundamental insights into the quantum world, and potentially help scientists understand strange phenomena like high-temperature superconductivity.
Now, a research team co-led by a Brown University physicist has added a new discovery to the strange metal mix. In research published in the journal Nature, the team found strange metal behavior in a material in which electrical charge is carried not by electrons, but by more “wave-like” entities called Cooper pairs.
While electrons belong to a class of particles called fermions, Cooper pairs act as bosons, which follow very different rules from fermions. This is the first time strange metal behavior has been seen in a bosonic system, and researchers are hopeful that the discovery might be helpful in finding an explanation for how strange metals work — something that has eluded scientists for decades.
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Unobtanium.
Upsidaisyum from Rocky and Bulwinkle.
I need to get some superconducting speaker wires made from this stuff.
Just think of the transparency.
: “Signatures of a strange metal in a bosonic system” by Chao Yang, Haiwen Liu, Yi Liu, Jiandong Wang, Dong Qiu, Sishuang Wang, Yang Wang, Qianmei He, Xiuli Li, Peng Li, Yue Tang, Jian Wang, X. C. Xie, James M. Valles Jr, Jie Xiong and Yanrong Li
“the team found strange metal behavior in a material in which electrical charge is carried not by electrons, but by more “wave-like” entities called Cooper pairs.”
I wonder if there are any mathematical similarities between these phenomena and depolarization waves in neurons and other cells.
Don’t let Fauci know about this strange metal, he’ll put it into a little vial and make a mandatory vaccine out of it.
“Cooper Pairs”. (?)
Is that Sheldon Cooper?
Folks, if it aint here; it aint...
Mithril. The dwarves were right.
“I need to get some superconducting speaker wires made from this stuff.”
Speaker wires are already the most transparent parr of your system.
Bob Lazar was right all along!
Still haven’t discovered transparent aluminum, I see.
Sapphire. Aluminum Oxide.
‘Black hole’
That’s racist!
What does a Pirate say when they see a hooker?
Land Hoe!
👍🏼
It was discovered in Roswell, NM in 1947.
So, a couple of guys who drive clown-sized cars run around pretending to pipe people aboard their ships ... which only exist in theory!?
They probably ought to be locked up in a black hole.
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