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• Brown University
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The BCS Theory of
Superconductivity

Sean Ling
Prof of Physics
Brown University

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Lecture
"Peak Effect and Bragg Glass Superconductivity"

Abstract
In this talk, I'll discuss the quest for an understanding of a peculiar property of type-II superconductors that the critical current peaks just before the superconductivity disappears. The drive to understand this peak effect anomaly has led to a much deeper understanding of condensed matter physics in general, most importantly the possible existence of a new state of true superconducting matter, Bragg Glass.