New mechanism for superconductivity discovered in iron-based superconductors

Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 15:01 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team at RIKEN, Japan`s flagship research organisation has experimentally determined the mechanism underlying the formation of electron pairs in iron-based high-temperature superconductors. The landmark finding, reported in the April 23rd issue of Science, establishes a key role for magnetism in superconductivity.

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