Wednesday, May 02, 2007

The Impact of BCS Theory of Superconductivity

I wrote earlier about the 50th Anniversary of the publication of the landmark BCS Theory of Superconductivity. I think most people, and certainly those not within the condensed matter community, do not realize the wide-ranging impact this theory has, not just within condensed matter itself, but in physics in general.

At the last APS March Meeting this year (2007), John Rowell gave an invited talk on this very subject. Titled "The Impact of the BCS Theory on 50 years of Superconductivity and Condensed Matter Physics". Another talk, given by Gordon Baym, was titled ""BCS -- from Atoms and Nuclei to the Cosmos" shows how the theory transcends beyond just the boundary of condensed matter.

You can get the exact viewgraphs that were used during the presentation by following the links above.

Zz.

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