Overclock.net › Forums › Industry News › Technology and Science News › [ARS] Quantum fluctuations may uncover a clue to high-temperature superconductivity
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

[ARS] Quantum fluctuations may uncover a clue to high-temperature superconductivity

post #1 of 12
Thread Starter 
Quote:
One of the enduring mysteries in physics is high critical-temperature superconductivity—or high-Tcsuperconductivity. All superconductors (materials that conduct electricity with no resistance) require very low temperatures compared with room temperature, but the high-Tc superconductors have transition temperatures that are higher than their conventional cousins—30° to 110° Celsius above absolute zero, compared to a few degrees. This slight bump in allowable temperatures makes high-Tcsuperconductors a bit more reachable experimentally, but exactly how they conduct electricity is still mysterious...

Pretty cool stuff here :)

 

Source


Edited by Lord Xeb - 6/21/12 at 5:09pm
Unobtainium
(21 items)
 
Brother's System
(14 items)
 
MacBook Pro 17"
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
3770k @ 4.5 1.312 load z77 Sabertooth GTX 670 FTW 1254/1700  Galaxy GTX 670 1254/1700 1.212 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Patriot Viper Xtreme D2 1600  RAID 5 (3x750GB) 2TB Baraccuda Samsung 830 128GB 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
1TB Caviar Green  <.< DVD drive H100 WIndows 8 Pro 64 bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Acer G235H Logitech thing Seasonic X 760W CM690 II Adv. 
MouseMouse PadAudioAudio
Logitech G400 Belkin AKG A701 JDS Labs Objective 2 
Audio
X-Fi Champion 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 750 @ Stock ASUS P7P55d-E Pro GTX 550 Ti SLI 8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Samsung 830 128GB 3x1TB RAID 5 Some DVD drive 7 Pro X64 
MonitorPowerCaseMouse
Some 17" TX 750 HAF 922 G500 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2D T7800 @ 2.6GHz Apple mobo w/ GM-965 chipset 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3 :/ 4GB 667 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Crucial M4 64GB SSD SuperDrive Stock OS X 10.8.2 
OSMonitorKeyboardMouse
Ubuntu 12.04 1920x1200 Built-in Trackpad 
Audio
Built-in 
  hide details  
Reply
Unobtainium
(21 items)
 
Brother's System
(14 items)
 
MacBook Pro 17"
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
3770k @ 4.5 1.312 load z77 Sabertooth GTX 670 FTW 1254/1700  Galaxy GTX 670 1254/1700 1.212 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Patriot Viper Xtreme D2 1600  RAID 5 (3x750GB) 2TB Baraccuda Samsung 830 128GB 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
1TB Caviar Green  <.< DVD drive H100 WIndows 8 Pro 64 bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Acer G235H Logitech thing Seasonic X 760W CM690 II Adv. 
MouseMouse PadAudioAudio
Logitech G400 Belkin AKG A701 JDS Labs Objective 2 
Audio
X-Fi Champion 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 750 @ Stock ASUS P7P55d-E Pro GTX 550 Ti SLI 8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Samsung 830 128GB 3x1TB RAID 5 Some DVD drive 7 Pro X64 
MonitorPowerCaseMouse
Some 17" TX 750 HAF 922 G500 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2D T7800 @ 2.6GHz Apple mobo w/ GM-965 chipset 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3 :/ 4GB 667 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Crucial M4 64GB SSD SuperDrive Stock OS X 10.8.2 
OSMonitorKeyboardMouse
Ubuntu 12.04 1920x1200 Built-in Trackpad 
Audio
Built-in 
  hide details  
Reply
post #2 of 12
The Box
(13 items)
 
  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
I7 920 D0 @ 3.8 GA-EX58-UD4P Radeon 4890 6G Patriot Viper + 12G Mushkin 
Hard DriveOSPower
Intel X-25E/Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB Windows 7 Corsair 650TX 
  hide details  
Reply
The Box
(13 items)
 
  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
I7 920 D0 @ 3.8 GA-EX58-UD4P Radeon 4890 6G Patriot Viper + 12G Mushkin 
Hard DriveOSPower
Intel X-25E/Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB Windows 7 Corsair 650TX 
  hide details  
Reply
post #3 of 12
Thread Starter 

Oh oops XD Thanks

Unobtainium
(21 items)
 
Brother's System
(14 items)
 
MacBook Pro 17"
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
3770k @ 4.5 1.312 load z77 Sabertooth GTX 670 FTW 1254/1700  Galaxy GTX 670 1254/1700 1.212 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Patriot Viper Xtreme D2 1600  RAID 5 (3x750GB) 2TB Baraccuda Samsung 830 128GB 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
1TB Caviar Green  <.< DVD drive H100 WIndows 8 Pro 64 bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Acer G235H Logitech thing Seasonic X 760W CM690 II Adv. 
MouseMouse PadAudioAudio
Logitech G400 Belkin AKG A701 JDS Labs Objective 2 
Audio
X-Fi Champion 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 750 @ Stock ASUS P7P55d-E Pro GTX 550 Ti SLI 8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Samsung 830 128GB 3x1TB RAID 5 Some DVD drive 7 Pro X64 
MonitorPowerCaseMouse
Some 17" TX 750 HAF 922 G500 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2D T7800 @ 2.6GHz Apple mobo w/ GM-965 chipset 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3 :/ 4GB 667 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Crucial M4 64GB SSD SuperDrive Stock OS X 10.8.2 
OSMonitorKeyboardMouse
Ubuntu 12.04 1920x1200 Built-in Trackpad 
Audio
Built-in 
  hide details  
Reply
Unobtainium
(21 items)
 
Brother's System
(14 items)
 
MacBook Pro 17"
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
3770k @ 4.5 1.312 load z77 Sabertooth GTX 670 FTW 1254/1700  Galaxy GTX 670 1254/1700 1.212 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Patriot Viper Xtreme D2 1600  RAID 5 (3x750GB) 2TB Baraccuda Samsung 830 128GB 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
1TB Caviar Green  <.< DVD drive H100 WIndows 8 Pro 64 bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Acer G235H Logitech thing Seasonic X 760W CM690 II Adv. 
MouseMouse PadAudioAudio
Logitech G400 Belkin AKG A701 JDS Labs Objective 2 
Audio
X-Fi Champion 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 750 @ Stock ASUS P7P55d-E Pro GTX 550 Ti SLI 8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Samsung 830 128GB 3x1TB RAID 5 Some DVD drive 7 Pro X64 
MonitorPowerCaseMouse
Some 17" TX 750 HAF 922 G500 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2D T7800 @ 2.6GHz Apple mobo w/ GM-965 chipset 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3 :/ 4GB 667 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Crucial M4 64GB SSD SuperDrive Stock OS X 10.8.2 
OSMonitorKeyboardMouse
Ubuntu 12.04 1920x1200 Built-in Trackpad 
Audio
Built-in 
  hide details  
Reply
post #4 of 12
so if there is such a phase as quantum critical point!this would mean we have another phase added to the:
liquid,gas ,solid,quantum critcal point!

nice!
post #5 of 12
Wow. Maybe anti-gravity propulsion will be easier to pull of now.
Blue
(23 items)
 
Dirty 6
(11 items)
 
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
3770k @ 5.0ghz HT  MSI z77 gd 65  Asus DirectCU 7970 @ 1300/1775 16gb Gskill 2400 @ 10-12-11-30  
Hard DriveOptical DriveOptical DriveCooling
2xCorsair Gt 120gb Raid 0 2tb HDD (2x1tb [ Raid 0 ]64mb cache) 500gb HDD Custom Watercooling Loop 
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
XSPC 750 XSPC Raystorm 240mm Radiator Stealth 120mm Radiator 
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
140mm Radiator HyperX Dual Ram Fan Cooler 7 x Artic F12 Case Fans Custom Sleeved in White... Xigamatek 4-in-3 HDD 5.25 to 3.5 bay. 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Win 7 64bit 3 x 21.5in Led 1080p Eyefinity Corsair K90  750 Evo Blue 
CaseMouse
Haf 932 Ikari Laser & Rat 7 & Deathadder & Laichesis 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 1100t x6@3.8ghz Stock voltage MSI 890GXM-gd65 Crossfire 6870's @ 1000/1125 16gb Gskill DDR3 1600@ 8-8-8-24 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
750gb Western Digital None Sycthe Big Shuriken 2 Modded Titan TTC-HDC4 HDD 
OSPowerCase
Window 7 64bit  750w Evo Blue Modular PSU White Silverstone Sugo sg02 
  hide details  
Reply
Blue
(23 items)
 
Dirty 6
(11 items)
 
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
3770k @ 5.0ghz HT  MSI z77 gd 65  Asus DirectCU 7970 @ 1300/1775 16gb Gskill 2400 @ 10-12-11-30  
Hard DriveOptical DriveOptical DriveCooling
2xCorsair Gt 120gb Raid 0 2tb HDD (2x1tb [ Raid 0 ]64mb cache) 500gb HDD Custom Watercooling Loop 
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
XSPC 750 XSPC Raystorm 240mm Radiator Stealth 120mm Radiator 
CoolingCoolingCoolingCooling
140mm Radiator HyperX Dual Ram Fan Cooler 7 x Artic F12 Case Fans Custom Sleeved in White... Xigamatek 4-in-3 HDD 5.25 to 3.5 bay. 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Win 7 64bit 3 x 21.5in Led 1080p Eyefinity Corsair K90  750 Evo Blue 
CaseMouse
Haf 932 Ikari Laser & Rat 7 & Deathadder & Laichesis 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Amd 1100t x6@3.8ghz Stock voltage MSI 890GXM-gd65 Crossfire 6870's @ 1000/1125 16gb Gskill DDR3 1600@ 8-8-8-24 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingCooling
750gb Western Digital None Sycthe Big Shuriken 2 Modded Titan TTC-HDC4 HDD 
OSPowerCase
Window 7 64bit  750w Evo Blue Modular PSU White Silverstone Sugo sg02 
  hide details  
Reply
post #6 of 12
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by drbaltazar View Post

so if there is such a phase as quantum critical point!this would mean we have another phase added to the:
liquid,gas ,solid,quantum critcal point!
nice!

Actually there are 4 states of matter:

 

Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma (a cross between a liquid and a gas). If this is true, COULD be kinda like a 5th state.

Unobtainium
(21 items)
 
Brother's System
(14 items)
 
MacBook Pro 17"
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
3770k @ 4.5 1.312 load z77 Sabertooth GTX 670 FTW 1254/1700  Galaxy GTX 670 1254/1700 1.212 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Patriot Viper Xtreme D2 1600  RAID 5 (3x750GB) 2TB Baraccuda Samsung 830 128GB 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
1TB Caviar Green  <.< DVD drive H100 WIndows 8 Pro 64 bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Acer G235H Logitech thing Seasonic X 760W CM690 II Adv. 
MouseMouse PadAudioAudio
Logitech G400 Belkin AKG A701 JDS Labs Objective 2 
Audio
X-Fi Champion 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 750 @ Stock ASUS P7P55d-E Pro GTX 550 Ti SLI 8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Samsung 830 128GB 3x1TB RAID 5 Some DVD drive 7 Pro X64 
MonitorPowerCaseMouse
Some 17" TX 750 HAF 922 G500 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2D T7800 @ 2.6GHz Apple mobo w/ GM-965 chipset 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3 :/ 4GB 667 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Crucial M4 64GB SSD SuperDrive Stock OS X 10.8.2 
OSMonitorKeyboardMouse
Ubuntu 12.04 1920x1200 Built-in Trackpad 
Audio
Built-in 
  hide details  
Reply
Unobtainium
(21 items)
 
Brother's System
(14 items)
 
MacBook Pro 17"
(13 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
3770k @ 4.5 1.312 load z77 Sabertooth GTX 670 FTW 1254/1700  Galaxy GTX 670 1254/1700 1.212 
RAMHard DriveHard DriveHard Drive
Patriot Viper Xtreme D2 1600  RAID 5 (3x750GB) 2TB Baraccuda Samsung 830 128GB 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
1TB Caviar Green  <.< DVD drive H100 WIndows 8 Pro 64 bit 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
Acer G235H Logitech thing Seasonic X 760W CM690 II Adv. 
MouseMouse PadAudioAudio
Logitech G400 Belkin AKG A701 JDS Labs Objective 2 
Audio
X-Fi Champion 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Core i5 750 @ Stock ASUS P7P55d-E Pro GTX 550 Ti SLI 8GB (4x2GB) G.Skill DDR3 1600 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveOS
Samsung 830 128GB 3x1TB RAID 5 Some DVD drive 7 Pro X64 
MonitorPowerCaseMouse
Some 17" TX 750 HAF 922 G500 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
C2D T7800 @ 2.6GHz Apple mobo w/ GM-965 chipset 8600M GT 256MB GDDR3 :/ 4GB 667 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Crucial M4 64GB SSD SuperDrive Stock OS X 10.8.2 
OSMonitorKeyboardMouse
Ubuntu 12.04 1920x1200 Built-in Trackpad 
Audio
Built-in 
  hide details  
Reply
post #7 of 12
woot science!
AMD Transplant
(11 items)
 
To be a NAS
(13 items)
 
Death Kühler
(14 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
965BE GA-78LMT-S2P MSI TFIII 7950 Corsair Vengence 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Samsung 830 Noctua NH-D14 Win7 Pro FX2490HD 
PowerCaseMouse
Seasonic X660 Antec Three Hundred Saitek Rat 7 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Gateway GM5072 AMD HD5550 2.0 Gb 
Hard DriveMonitorKeyboardPower
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb Samsung FX2490 MS Keyboard 3000 300w generic 
Mouse
MS Intellipoint 3000 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
2500k GigaByte Z68M-D2H-B3 MSI 560 Ti TFIII Corsair Vengance 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Samsung 830 Antec Khuler 920 Win7 HP Samsung FX2490 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Microsoft Keyboard 3000 Seasonic X-660 Antec Three Hundred Microsoft Mouse 3000 
Mouse PadAudio
None - Blue Track baby Senn HD428 
  hide details  
Reply
AMD Transplant
(11 items)
 
To be a NAS
(13 items)
 
Death Kühler
(14 items)
 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
965BE GA-78LMT-S2P MSI TFIII 7950 Corsair Vengence 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Samsung 830 Noctua NH-D14 Win7 Pro FX2490HD 
PowerCaseMouse
Seasonic X660 Antec Three Hundred Saitek Rat 7 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Gateway GM5072 AMD HD5550 2.0 Gb 
Hard DriveMonitorKeyboardPower
Seagate Barracuda 500Gb Samsung FX2490 MS Keyboard 3000 300w generic 
Mouse
MS Intellipoint 3000 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
2500k GigaByte Z68M-D2H-B3 MSI 560 Ti TFIII Corsair Vengance 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Samsung 830 Antec Khuler 920 Win7 HP Samsung FX2490 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Microsoft Keyboard 3000 Seasonic X-660 Antec Three Hundred Microsoft Mouse 3000 
Mouse PadAudio
None - Blue Track baby Senn HD428 
  hide details  
Reply
post #8 of 12
Science never fails to amaze me.
    
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD A10-5800K Biostar Hi-Fi A85W APU Integrated Graphics G.Skill 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1600MHz CL9 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial M4 64GB Western Digital WD Blue 500GB Lite-On iHAS124 CD/DVD Burner Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (Pull Configuration) 
OSMonitorMonitorKeyboard
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit NEC MultiSync LCD1970VX NEC MultiSync LCD1970VX Filco Majestouch Black w/ Cherry MX Blue (JIS l... 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Corsair CX430 NZXT Source 220 Logitech Click! Mouse Makeshift mouse pad 
AudioAudioOther
Sony SRS-T10PC USB Portable Speaker Realtek Onboard Audio Intel Centrino Desktop Wireless 
  hide details  
Reply
    
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD A10-5800K Biostar Hi-Fi A85W APU Integrated Graphics G.Skill 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1600MHz CL9 
Hard DriveHard DriveOptical DriveCooling
Crucial M4 64GB Western Digital WD Blue 500GB Lite-On iHAS124 CD/DVD Burner Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (Pull Configuration) 
OSMonitorMonitorKeyboard
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit NEC MultiSync LCD1970VX NEC MultiSync LCD1970VX Filco Majestouch Black w/ Cherry MX Blue (JIS l... 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
Corsair CX430 NZXT Source 220 Logitech Click! Mouse Makeshift mouse pad 
AudioAudioOther
Sony SRS-T10PC USB Portable Speaker Realtek Onboard Audio Intel Centrino Desktop Wireless 
  hide details  
Reply
post #9 of 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Xeb View Post

Actually there are 4 states of matter:

Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma (a cross between a liquid and a gas). If this is true, COULD be kinda like a 5th state.

Sorry!ty for the update.
post #10 of 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Xeb View Post

Actually there are 4 states of matter:

Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma (a cross between a liquid and a gas). If this is true, COULD be kinda like a 5th state.

It's not as simple as that.

Edit: also a critical point is not, but is related to, a state of matter.
Edited by The Bartender Paradox - 6/21/12 at 8:18pm
½
(13 items)
 
  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD A64 3500+ Winchester DFI nF4 SLi-DR EVGA 7800GT OCZ 4000VX 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
Maxtor 300Gb 16Mb Buffer Spinney one XP Pro SOYO LCD 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Broken Somewhat OCZ PowerStream 520W None Old 
Mouse Pad
Pad? AHAAHAHAH 
  hide details  
Reply
½
(13 items)
 
  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
AMD A64 3500+ Winchester DFI nF4 SLi-DR EVGA 7800GT OCZ 4000VX 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
Maxtor 300Gb 16Mb Buffer Spinney one XP Pro SOYO LCD 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Broken Somewhat OCZ PowerStream 520W None Old 
Mouse Pad
Pad? AHAAHAHAH 
  hide details  
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Technology and Science News
Overclock.net › Forums › Industry News › Technology and Science News › [ARS] Quantum fluctuations may uncover a clue to high-temperature superconductivity