Brookhaven National Laboratory: Electrons Break Rotational Symmetry in Exotic Low-Temp Superconductor
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
UPTON, New York, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Scientists have discovered that the transport of electronic charge in a metallic superconductor containing strontium, ruthenium, and oxygen breaks the rotational symmetry of the underlying crystal lattice. The strontium ruthenate crystal has fourfold rotational symmetry like a square, meaning that it looks identical when turned by 90 degrees (four times to equ . . .
Scientists have discovered that the transport of electronic charge in a metallic superconductor containing strontium, ruthenium, and oxygen breaks the rotational symmetry of the underlying crystal lattice. The strontium ruthenate crystal has fourfold rotational symmetry like a square, meaning that it looks identical when turned by 90 degrees (four times to equ . . .