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Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Wei Ku, "Universal low-temperature fluctuation of unconventional superconductors revealed"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Physics - The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory
Location
ESB 190
Date
Mar 25, 2025   2:00 pm  
Originating Calendar
Physics - The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar

Abstract: Low-temperature thermal fluctuations offer an essential window in characterizing the true nature of a quantum state of matter, a quintessential example being Fermi liquid theory. In the long-standing pursuit toward a fundamental understanding of unconventional superconductivity, the most essential low-temperature thermal fluctuation of superfluidity has unfortunately been greatly overlooked. Here, we examine the leading thermal fluctuation of the superfluid density across numerous families ranging from relatively conventional to highly unconventional superconductors (MgB$_2$, bismuthates, doped buckyballs, heavy fermions, UTe$_2$, doped SrTiO$_3$, Chevrel clusters, intermetallics, $\kappa$-organics, transition metal dichalcogenides, ruthenates, iron-pnictides, cuprates, and kagome metals). Amazingly, in all of them an unprecedented universal $T^3$ depletion materializes in the low-temperature superfluid density, even in the believed-to-be-conventional MgB$_2$. This reveals a new quantum superfluid state of matter and requires a necessary change of paradigm in describing modern superconductors. We demonstrate that such unorthodox yet generic behavior can be described by a Galilean invariant theory of bosonic superfluidity hosting a long-lived `true condensate'.

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