Lecturer: Prof. Steven Kivelson
Affiliation: Department of Physics,
Stanford University
Abstract:
The study of high temperature
superconductivity has been a
central pillar of theoretical and
experimental inquiry in condensed
matter physics for the past three
decades. While authors who seek
publication in glossy journals
frequently highlight the lack of
“understanding” after all that
effort, I will argue that much of the
essential physics is well
understood – including central
principles of a general theory of
the mechanism of unconventional
superconductivity.