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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300528303321

Autore

Van Dyke John S

Titolo

Electronic and Magnetic Excitations in Correlated and Topological Materials / / by John S. Van Dyke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-89938-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 102 p. 72 illus., 69 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530.41

Soggetti

Superconductivity

Superconductors

Nanoscale science

Nanoscience

Nanostructures

Spectroscopy

Microscopy

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity

Nanoscale Science and Technology

Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Superconducting Gap in CeCoIn5 -- Pairing Mechanism in CeCoIn5 -- Real and Momentum Space Probes in CeCoIn5: Defect States in Differential Conductance and Neutron Scattering Spin Resonance -- Transport in Nanoscale Kondo Lattices -- Charge and Spin Currents in Nanoscale Topological Insulators -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Keldysh Formalism for Transport.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis reports a major breakthrough in discovering the superconducting mechanism in CeCoIn5, the “hydrogen atom” among



heavy fermion compounds. By developing a novel theoretical formalism, the study described herein succeeded in extracting the crucial missing element of superconducting pairing interaction from scanning tunneling spectroscopy experiments. This breakthrough provides a theoretical explanation for a series of puzzling experimental observations, demonstrating that strong magnetic interactions provide the quantum glue for unconventional superconductivity. Additional insight into the complex properties of strongly correlated and topological materials was provided by investigating their non-equilibrium charge and spin transport properties. The findings demonstrate that the interplay of magnetism and disorder with strong correlations or topology leads to complex and novel behavior that can be exploited to create the next generation of spin electronics and quantum computing devices.