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The theory of hole superconductivity proposes that the fundamental asymmetry between electrons and holes in solids is responsible for superconductivity. Here we point out a remarkable consequence of this theory: a tendency for negative…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 J. E. Hirsch

It is shown that a non-magnetic metallic band in the presence of an antiferromagnetic background coupled only by the exchange interaction develops a superconducting instability similar to the one described by BCS theory plus additional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-09-03 Fernando A. Reboredo

We give a brief review of superconductivity at ambient pressure in elements, alloys, and simple three-dimensional compounds. Historically these were the first superconducting materials studied, and based on the experimental knowledge gained…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-25 G. W. Webb , F. Marsiglio , J. E. Hirsch

After three decades of enormous scientific inquiry, the emergence of superconductivity in the cuprates remains an unsolved puzzle. One major challenge has been to arrive at a satisfactory understanding of the unusual metallic normal state…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-02-28 Yangmu Li , W. Tabis , Y. Tang , G. Yu , J. Jaroszynski , N. Barišić , M. Greven

In arXiv:0803.3295 [hep-th] a holographic black hole solution is discussed which exhibits a superconductor like transition. In the superconducting phase the black holes show infinite DC conductivity. This gives rise to the possibility of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-06-09 Pallab Basu , Anindya Mukherjee , Hsien-Hang Shieh

A pivotal step toward understanding unconventional superconductors would be to decipher how superconductivity emerges from the unusual normal state upon cooling. In the cuprates, traces of superconducting pairing appear above the…

A holographic superconductor is constructed in the background of a massive gravity theory. In the normal state without condensation, the conductivity exhibits a Drude peak that approaches a delta function in the massless gravity limit as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Hua Bi Zeng , Jian-Pin Wu

The symmetry properties and the general overview of the superconductivity theory in the itinerant ferromagnets and in materials without space parity are presented. The basic notions of unconventional superconductivity are introduced in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 V. P. Mineev

The theory of hole superconductivity predicts that in superconductors the charged superfluid is about a million times more rigid than the normal electron fluid. We point out that this physics should give rise to large changes in the bulk…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-04-24 J. E. Hirsch

A superconductor is a material that conducts electric current with no resistance. Superconductivity and magnetism are known to be antagonistic phenomena: superconductors expel weak external magnetic field (the Meissner effect) while a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-04-25 M. N. Chernodub

For half a century after the discovery of superconductivity, materials exploration for better superconductors proceeded without knowledge of the underlying mechanism. The 1957 BCS theory cleared that up: the superconducting state occurs due…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-04-19 Warren E. Pickett

Physical explanation of hyperconductivity and thermal superconductivity existence is done in given article on the basis of inherent atomic nuclei oscillations in atoms of materials which are connected with electrons and phonons and in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-01-29 V. A. Vdovenkov

This paper introduces the physics and philosophy of strange metals, which are characterized by unusual electrical and thermal properties that deviate from conventional metallic behaviour. The anomalous strange-metal behaviour discussed here…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Enrico Cinti , Sebastian De Haro , Mark Golden , Umut Gürsoy , Henk T. C. Stoof

We have recently proposed that superconductivity may be understood as driven by the undressing of quasiparticles as the superconducting state develops. Similarly we propose here that ferromagnetism in metals may be understood as driven by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 J. E. Hirsch

It is generally believed that superconductivity can occur in materials irrespective of whether the charge carriers in the material are electrons or holes. Here we point out that Josephson tunneling would not occur between superconductors…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-04-08 J. E. Hirsch

On a microscopic scale, resistivity during electric conduction is caused by collisions of the free conduction electrons with the obstructing atoms or molecules of the conductor material, resulting in heat production. Based on this…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-02-03 Bao Ting Zhu

A type I superconductor expels a magnetic field from its interior to a surface layer of thickness $\lambda_L$, the London penetration depth. $\lambda_L$ is a function of temperature, becoming smaller as the temperature decreases. Here we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-13 J. E. Hirsch

The mechanism of superconductivity caused by the electron-vibrational centres and their inherent oscillations in crystals and solid-state structures near room temperature and at higher temperatures - hyperconductivity is discussed and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 V. A. Vdovenkov

The theory of hole superconductivity proposes that superconductivity is driven by lowering of quantum kinetic energy and is associated with expansion of electronic orbits and expulsion of negative charge from the interior to the surface of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-10-11 J. E. Hirsch

It was recently pointed out that so-called "superhydrides", hydrogen-rich materials that appear to become superconducting at high temperatures and pressures, exhibit physical properties that are different from both conventional and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-06-24 J. E. Hirsch , F. Marsiglio