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Equation 11 · Part 1 · From Origins to Frontier: A History of Quantum and Condensed-Matter Systems

Symbol omega_D

ωD\omega_D
ωD\omega_D

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…for looking at hydrogen-rich compounds under extreme pressure is sound and traces to a real prediction: hydrogen, compressed enough, should behave like a light, strongly-bonded lattice with a very high phonon frequency ωD\omega_D — precisely the quantity that the BCS formula above says should raise TcT_c . Superconductivity near 203 kelvin was confirmed in compressed hydrogen sulfide in 2015 and above 250 kelvin in a lanthanum hydride in 2019, both under pressures around 150–200 gigapascals — genuine, independently…

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