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U nco nve ntio na l su perconductiv ity cast ini ro n RayOsborn Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL60439, USA Wednesday, 4 May- 8:45 a.m, It is now 100 years sincethe discovery of superconductivity by H. Kamerlingh Onnes and over 50 years since the publication by Bardeen. Cooper and Schrieffer (BCS) ofthe first microscopic theory to exp lainit, butthefieldisasvigorous as ever. both experimentally and theoretically. In conventional BCS superconductors, latticevibrations create an attractive potential that binds the electron pairs (Cooper pairs)that carry the supercurrent, but pairformation is disrupted bymagnetic impurities. However, there isa growing family of unco nventional superconductors ,whose Cooper pairs form in the presence ofstrong magnetic correlations andsometimes coexist withlong-range magnetic order. These include the copper -oxide-based high-temperature superconductors, cerium-heavy fermion compounds , and organic charge transfer salts. In2008, a new group of iron-based pnictideandchalcogenide superconductors was added to thislist.Inspiteof superconducting critical temperatures (T c ) that differ by over twoorders of magnitude, there are striking similarities between these materials. In all of them, supe rconduct ivity emerges when magnetic order hasbeen suppressed either bychem ical substi tution orbyapp lying pressure; withinthe superconducting state, there is ev idence that the superconducting energy gap hasunusual symmetry inconsistent with BCStheory; and the electronic transport above T c differs from the behaviour of norma l metals. Allof these observa tionshave suggested theroleof magnetic fluctuations, rather thanlatticevibrations, in pairformation . Inthistalk, I will discuss recent results onthe new iron-based superconductors andhow similarities to the copper-oxide and othersuperconductors mask significant differences in their underlying electronic structure andthe strength oftheir electron corre lations, making a un iversa l theory of unconventional superconductivity an elusive prospect.

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Unconventional superconductivitycast in ironRayOsbornMaterials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory,Argonne IL60439, USA

Wednesday, 4 May- 8:45 a.m,

It is now 100 years sincethediscovery ofsuperconductivity byH. Kamerlingh Onnes andover50 years since thepublication byBardeen. Cooper and Schrieffer (BCS) ofthe firstmicroscopic theoryto explainit, butthefield isasvigorous asever. both experimentally and theoretically. In conventionalBCS superconductors, latticevibrations create anattractive potential thatbinds theelectron pairs(Cooper pairs)thatcarry thesupercurrent, butpairformation isdisrupted bymagnetic impurities.

However, there isa growing family ofunconventionalsuperconductors,whose Cooper pairs form in thepresence ofstrong magnetic correlations andsometimes coexist withlong-rangemagnetic order. Theseinclude thecopper-oxide-based high-temperature superconductors, cerium-heavy fermion compounds,andorganic charge transfer salts. In2008,a new group of iron-based pnictideandchalcogenidesuperconductors was added to thislist. Inspiteofsuperconducting critical temperatures (Tc) thatdifferbyover twoorders ofmagnitude, there are striking similarities between these materials. Inall ofthem,superconductivity emerges when magneticorder hasbeen suppressed either bychemicalsubstitutionorbyapplying pressure; withinthesuperconducting state, there isevidence that thesuperconductingenergy gap hasunusual symmetry inconsistent withBCStheory; and theelectronic transportaboveT

cdiffers from thebehaviour ofnormal metals. Allofthese observationshave suggested theroleof

magnetic fluctuations, rather thanlatticevibrations, inpairformation.

Inthis talk, Iwill discuss recent results onthenew iron-based superconductors andhow similarities tothecopper-oxide andothersuperconductors mask significant differences in theirunderlying electronicstructure andthestrength oftheirelectron correlations, making a universal theory ofunconventionalsuperconductivity anelusive prospect.

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Unconventional SuperconductivityCast in Iron

Leiden – April 8, 1911Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Gilles Holst, Gerrit Flim

Dirk van Delft and Peter Kes, Physics Today (Sept. 2010)

“Kwik nagenoeg nul”

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Superconductivity and the Holy Grail

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Superconductivity The Limits of Conventional Behaviour

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Ba1-xKxFe2As2A Typically Unconventional Superconductor

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Phase Diagram of Ba1-xKxFe2As2

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Resonant Spin ExcitationsA New Probe of Fermi Surface Nesting

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Itinerant Theories of the Resonance

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Fermi Surface Nesting vs Hole Doping

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SDW vs Superconductivity

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