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The explanation of the nature of superconducting gap in high temperature superconductors (HTSC) is a fundamental task which solution can lead to the understanding of superconducting mechanism. However, it has not been fully solved yet. From…
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Superfluids and superconductors are ordinary matter that show a very surprising behavior at low temperatures. As their temperature is reduced, materials of both kinds can abruptly fall into a state in which they will support a persistent,…
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For more than a century, physics has known of a puzzling conflict between the T-asymmetry of thermodynamic phenomena and the T-symmetry of the underlying microphysics on which these phenomena depend. This paper provides a guide to the…
The goal of this research is the study of the thermomagnetic consequences in isotropic type-II superconductors, subjected to multi-component magnetic fields $\mathbf{H}_a = H_{ay}\hat{y}+H_{az}\hat{z}$, because the instability field…
Several surprises are beginning to emerge from studies of nanostructures: whereas increased resistance with decreased thickness has been expected, the exact opposite in several instances has been found. It is beginning to seem we are in the…
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The Casimir effect and superconductivity are foundational quantum phenomena whose interplay is an open question in physics, with significant implications for electron physics, quantum gravity, and high-temperature superconductivity.…
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