Physicists use offshoot of string theory to describe puzzling behavior of superconductors

Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 15:07 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists have now used the connection between quantum and gravitational mechanics, known as gauge/gravity duality to describe a specific physical phenomenon -- the behavior of a type of high-temperature superconductor, or a material that conducts electricity with no resistance.

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