Kolloquien
Sommersemester 2024
URL zum ICS-Kalender dieses Seminars
Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Otto-Haxel-Hörsaal
freitags 17:15
Vorträge
1.2.2019 17:00
KIP, INF 227, Otto-Haxel-Hörsaal
Gemeinsames Kolloquium mit dem KIT
Superconductivity
is one
of the
most
fascinating
quantum
states
of matter.
Almost
half
a
century
passed
between
the
discovery
of superconductivity
by Kamerlingh
Onnes
and
the
theoretical
explanation
of the
phenomenon
by Bardeen,
Cooper
and
Schrieffer
(BCS).
During
the
intervening
years
the
brightest
minds
in theoretical
physics
tried
and
failed
to
develop
a microscopic
understanding
of the
effect.
A summary
of some
of those
unsuccessful
attempts
to understand
superconductivity
not
only
demonstrates
the
extraordinary
achievement
made
by formulating
the
BCS
theory,
but
also
illustrates
that
mistakes
are
a natural
and
healthy
part
of scientific
discourse,
and
that
inapplicable,
even
incorrect
theories
can
turn
out to be interesting
and
inspiring.