Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Consistency of Photoemission and Quantum Oscillations for Surface States of SmB6. Authors: J. D. Denlinger, Sooyoung Jang, G. Li, L. Chen, B. J. Lawson, T. Asaba, C. Tinsman, F. Yu, Kai Sun, J. W. Allen, C. Kurdak, Dae-Jong Kim, Z. Fisk, Lu Li. arXiv:1601.07408 2. Low-temperature conducting state in two candidate topological Kondo insulators: […]

1. High-Pressure Hydrogen Sulfide from First Principles: A Strongly Anharmonic Phonon-Mediated Superconductor. Authors: Ion Errea, Matteo Calandra, Chris J. Pickard, Joseph Nelson, Richard J. Needs, Yinwei Li, Hanyu Liu, Yunwei Zhang, Yanming Ma and Francesco Mauri. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 157004 (2015) 2. Perspective: Role of Structure Prediction in Materials Discovery and Design. Authors: Richard […]

Conventional superconductivity at 190 K at high pressures. Authors: A.P. Drozdov, M. I. Eremets, and I. A. Troyan. arXiv:1412.0460 Recommended with a commentary by Zachary Fisk, UC Irvine and J. D. Thompson, Los Alamos National Laboratory |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2014_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2014_01

1. Discovery of the First Topological Kondo Insulator: SmB6. Authors: S. Wolgast, C. Kurdak, K. Sun, J. W. Allen, D-J. Kim and Z. Fisk. ArXiv.org/1211.5104. 2. Robust Surface Hall Effect and Non-local Transport in SmB6: Indication for an ideal Topological Insulator. Authors: J. Botimer, D-J. Kim, S. Thomas, T. Grant, Z. Fisk and X. Jia. […]

About two articles per day in the last month on arXiv.org on the subject of Fe-pnictide Superconductors, some of them referred in the text of the commentary below. Recommended with a Commentary by Zachary Fisk, University of California, Irvine. | View Commentary (pdf) |

Authors: L. D. Pham, T. Park, S. Maquilon, J. D. Thompson and Z. Fisk. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 056404 (2006). http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611654 Recommended with a commentary by H. v. Löhneysen, Universität Karlsruhe, Physikalisches Institut and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Germany | View PDF | JCCM_November06_03

Authors: G. Knebel, D. Aoki, D. Braithwaite, B. Salce and J. Flouquet http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0512078 Recommended with a Commentary by Zachary Fisk, University of California, Davis. | View Commentary (pdf) | (JCCM_Jan06_02)

Authors: S. Paschen, T. Luhmann, S. Wirth, P. Gegenwart, O. Trovarelli, C. Geibel, F. Steglich, P. Coleman, and Qimiao Si http://ArXiv.org/cond-mat/0411074 Recommended and Commentary by Zachary Fisk, University of California, Davis. | View Commentary (pdf) | (JCCM_Mar05_03)

Authors: E. A. Ekimov, V. A. Sidorov, E. D. Bauer, N. N. Mel’nik, N. J. Curro, J. D. Thompson, S. M. Stishov http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0404156 Nature 428, 542 (2004) Recommended and Commentary by Zachary Fisk, University of California, Davis. | View Commentary (pdf) | (JCCM_Jun04_02)

Authors: J. D. Jorgensen, M. Avdeev, D. G. Hinks, J. C. Burley, S. Short http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0307627 Recommended and a Commentary by Zachary Fisk, University of Florida, Tallahassee | View Commentary (pdf) | (JCCM_oct03_04)