Dec 14 2015
Pippard prizewinner Professor Tony Carrington gave a lecture on his recent research at the winter meeting of the Institute of Physics Superconductivity Group.
Professor Tony Carrington (right) was awarded the Brian Pippard Prize at the IOP Superconductivity Group meeting.
On Monday 7 December the Institute of Physics Superconductivity Group held its Winter Science meeting, bringing together researchers in applied and fundamental aspects of superconductivity, at University College London.
Professor Antony Carrington gave the annual Brian Pippard prize lecture and received the prize award. The lecture, entitled 'Superconductivity near a quantum critical point', described recent research into the behaviour of a high temperature superconductor, both iron-based and copper oxide based, close to the compositions where a maximum superconducting transition temperature (Tc) is found.
In particular, it addressed the question of whether quantum critical fluctuations drive the high Tc in these materials.
The citation for the Pippard prize awards reads: Awarded for his many seminal contributions to our understanding of the superconducting cuprates and pnictides over the past 20 years.
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