The Relationship Between Charge Density Waves and Superconductivity? It's Complicated.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 12:40
in Physics & Chemistry
For a long time, physicists have tried to understand the relationship between a periodic pattern of conduction electrons called a charge density wave (CDW), and another quantum order, superconductivity, or zero electrical resistance, in the same material. Do they compete? Co-exist? Co-operate? Do they go their separate ways?