Focus Session: Novel Superconductors:Miscellaneous Materials

Presentations

• Recent progress in applications of the superconducting density functional theory

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 7, 2007, 9:15 AM – March 7, 2007, 9:51 AM

  Authors

  • Sandro Massidda

    • Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Cagliari, Italy

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• First-Principles Investigation of Superconductivity in Transition Metal Carbides

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 9:51 AM – March 7, 2007, 10:03 AM

  Authors

  • Jesse Noffsinger

    • UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Feliciano Giustino

    • UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Steven Louie

    • Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley
    • Dept of Physics UC Berkeley, The Molecular Foundry LBNL, Mat Sci Div LBNL
    • Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
    • UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California at Berkeley
    • University of California, Berkeley \& Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Marvin Cohen

    • Dept of Physics UC Berkeley, Mat Sci Div LBNL
    • Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
    • UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • UC Berkeley \& LBNL
    • UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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• Strong Electron-Phonon Coupling in Elemental Metals Under Pressure

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 10:03 AM – March 7, 2007, 10:15 AM

  Authors

  • Zhiping Yin

    • Physics Department, UC Davis

  • Warren E. Pickett

    • University of California, Davis
    • UC Davis
    • Univ. of California, Davis
    • Physics Department, UC Davis

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• Calculations of Superconducting Properties in Yttrium and Calcium under High Pressure

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 10:15 AM – March 7, 2007, 10:27 AM

  Authors

  • Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos

    • Department of Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax VA
    • George Mason University

  • Lei Shi

    • Department of Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax VA

  • Michael Mehl

    • Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

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• Assessment of the importance of correlation effects in Li$_x$NbO$_2$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 10:27 AM – March 7, 2007, 10:39 AM

  Authors

  • Kwan-woo Lee

    • Univ. of California, Davis
    • UC Davis

  • R. T. Scalettar

    • Univ. of California, Davis

  • Warren E. Pickett

    • University of California, Davis
    • UC Davis
    • Univ. of California, Davis
    • Physics Department, UC Davis

  • J. Kunes

    • Univ. of Augsburg

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• Nearly-free electron superconductor Ag$_5$Pb$_2$O$_6$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 10:39 AM – March 7, 2007, 10:51 AM

  Authors

  • Shingo Yonezawa

    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan

  • Mike Sutherland

    • Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Peter D. A. Mann

    • Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Christoph Bergemann

    • Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Yoshiteru Maeno

    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan

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• Electron-phonon interaction in the polymeric superconductor, polysulfur nitride, (SN)$_{x}$.

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 10:51 AM – March 7, 2007, 11:03 AM

  Authors

  • Paul M. Grant

    • W2AGZ Technologies

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• Microscopic theories for Cubic and Tetrahedral Superconductors

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 11:03 AM – March 7, 2007, 11:15 AM

  Authors

  • Shantanu Mukherjee

    • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • D. F. Agterberg

    • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    • University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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• Density of states, specific heat and nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 11:15 AM – March 7, 2007, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Tayseer Abu Alrub

    • Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland

  • Stephanie Curnoe

    • Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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• Multiband superconductivity and penetration depth in PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 11:27 AM – March 7, 2007, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • D.E. MacLaughlin

    • Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
    • U. Calif., Riverside

  • Lei Shu

    • U. Calif., Riverside

  • R.H. Heffner

    • JAEA, Tokai, Japan

  • J.E. Sonier

    • Simon Fraser U., Vancouver,Canada

  • F.D. Callaghan

    • Simon Fraser U., Vancouver, Canada

  • G.D. Morris

    • TRIUMF, Vancouver

  • O.O. Bernal

    • Calif. State U., Los Angeles

  • W.M. Yuhasz

    • U. Calif., San Diego

  • N.A. Frederick

    • U. Calif., San Diego

  • M.B. Maple

    • U. Calif., San Diego

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• Fully gapped $s$-wave superconductivity in KOs$_2$O$_6$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 11:39 AM – March 7, 2007, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • I. Bonalde

    • Centro de F\'{\i}sica, IVIC, Apartado 21874, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela

  • R. Ribeiro

    • Centro de F\'{\i}sica, IVIC, Apartado 21874, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela

  • W. Bramer-Escamilla

    • Centro de F\'{\i}sica, IVIC, Apartado 21874, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela

  • Z. Hiroi

    • Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokio, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan

  • Y. Yamaura

    • Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokio, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan

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• Muon spin relaxation and hyperfine-enhanced $^{141}$Pr nuclear spin dynamics in (Pr,La)Os$\rm{_4}$Sb$\rm{_{12}}$ and Pr(Os,Ru)$\rm{_{4}}$Sb$\rm{_{12}}$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 11:51 AM – March 7, 2007, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • R.H. Heffner

    • JAEA, Tokai, Japan

  • Lei Shu

    • U. Calif., Riverside

  • D.E. MacLaughlin

    • U. Calif., Riverside

  • W. Higemoto

    • JAEA, Tokai, Japan

  • K. Ohishi

    • JAEA, Tokai, Japan

  • T.U. Ito

    • JAEA, Tokai, Japan

  • Y. Aoki

    • TMU, Tokyo, Japan

  • Y. Tunashima

    • TMU, Tokyo, Japan

  • Y. Yonezawa

    • TMU, Tokyo, Japan

  • S. Sanada

    • TMU, Tokyo, Japan

  • D. Kikuchi

    • TMU, Tokyo, Japan

  • H. Sato

    • TMU, Tokyo, Japan

  • K. Ishida

    • Kyoto U., Kyoto, Japan

  • R. Kadono

    • KEK, Ibaraki, Japan

  • A. Koda

    • KEK, Ibaraki, Japan

  • O.O. Bernal

    • Calif. State U., Los Angeles

  • H. Sugawara

    • U., Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

  • N.A. Frederick

    • U. Calif., San Diego

  • W.M. Yuhasz

    • U. Calif., San Diego

  • T.A. Sayles

    • U. Calif., San Diego

  • T. Yanagisawa

    • U. Calif., San Diego

  • M.B. Maple

    • U. Calif., San Diego

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• Andreev Spectroscopy Study of the Heavy-Fermion Superconductor PrOs$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 12:03 PM – March 7, 2007, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • C.S. Turel

    • University of Toronto

  • I. Fridman

    • University of Toronto

  • J.Y.T. Wei

    • University of Toronto

  • W.M. Yuhasz

    • University of California at San Diego

  • M.B. Maple

    • University of California at San Diego

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