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The Rocky Road to High Temperature Superconductivity

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Novel Superconductivity

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The story of high temperature superconductivity has its genesis in the stars, particularly in one star, our sun. In the 1860’s, unusual spectral lines were observed from the emitted light of the hot incandescent gases in the chromosphere of the sun. These spectral lines appeared unrelated to any then known substance on earth. The gas was given the name “helium” deriving from the Greek word “helios” — sun. At the turn of the century, helium was discovered on earth, and in 1908, the Dutch scientist, Kamerlingh Qnnes, succeeded in liquifying helium gas at a temperature a few degrees above absolute zero. This set the stage for the discovery of superconductivity.

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Edelsack, E.A., Gubser, D.U., Wolf, S.A. (1987). The Rocky Road to High Temperature Superconductivity. In: Wolf, S.A., Kresin, V.Z. (eds) Novel Superconductivity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1937-5_1

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