Metallic Hydrogen

Fri., Mar. 10, 2017 12:00 p.m. - Fri., Mar. 10, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Location: LB 239

Contact: Anezka Kolaceke

The paper I selected for the next journal club reports the first observation of metallic hydrogen, which was theoretically predicted in 1935. This material is of interest, among other reasons, for the possibility of being a high-temperature superconductor. The full paper can be found here:

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6326/715

However, many researchers are not convinced of the results presented, as can be seen in the following article from Nature:

http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-doubt-bold-report-of-metallic-hydrogen-1.21379