Laser pulses help scientists tease apart complex electron interactions
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 05:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists studying high temperature superconductors-materials that carry electric current with no energy loss when cooled below a certain temperature-have been searching for ways to study in detail the electron interactions thought to drive this promising property. One big challenge is disentangling the many different types of interactions-for example, separating the effects of electrons interacting with one another from those caused by their interactions with the atoms of the material.