Gilbert Lonzarich

Gilbert George "Gil" Lonzarich (* 1945 ) is a physicist at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory .

Lonzarich acquired in 1967 at the University of California, Berkeley a Bachelor , 1970 at the University of Minnesota a master and 1973 at the University of British Columbia a Ph.D. in physics. Before joining the University of Cambridge in 1978, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow for the National Research Council of Canada and for the British Science and Engineering Research Council , first as an assistant, then as a lecturer, and since 1997 as a professor.

“The work of Lonzarich - his scientific discoveries, his innovations in material quality and experimental technique - has transformed our thinking about strongly correlated electron systems. Among his many profound contributions, the most important is perhaps his discovery that superconductivity occurs ubiquitously on the border of what was considered one of the harshest environments for superconductivity: magnetism. Indeed the theme of a superconducting dome induced by the suppression of density wave order is now widespread and familiar in contemporary condensed matter physics, and it is fair to say that it is the work of Lonzarich and collaborators that established this fundamental idea. The tour de force experimental program of Lonzarich simultaneously shattered experimental limitations on sample quality, signal detection sensitivity, high magnetic fields, high applied pressures, and low temperatures, and led to the discovery of unconventional superconductivity under applied pressure in a series of magnetic materials. ”

“Lonzarich's work - his scientific discoveries, his innovations in material quality and experimental technology - have revolutionized ideas about strongly correlated electron systems. He is particularly known for his discovery that superconductivity occurs more frequently than expected at the borderline to magnetism, which is normally considered to be contrary to superconductivity (note: superconductors usually displace magnetic fields from their interior). The model of a “superconducting dome”, which is caused by the suppression of the degree of order of the density waves, has found widespread use in contemporary solid-state physics . Lonzarich's experimental masterpiece lies in the simultaneous overcoming of the experimental limitations resulting from the quality of the sample material, from the measurement sensitivity, the strong magnetic fields, the high pressure and the low temperatures applied. It led to the discovery of "unconventional superconductivity" under high pressure in a number of magnetic materials. "

- The Cavendish Laboratory

Lozarich has been a member of the Royal Society since 1989 . In 1989 he received the CMD Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society , in 1991 the Max Born Prize of the German Physical Society and Institute of Physics , in 2007 the Guthrie Medal of the Institute of Physics, in 2010 the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society and in 2015 the Kamerlingh Onnes Prize of the International Conference on the Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity .

Web links

• Gilbert Lonzarich at the University of Cambridge (cam.ac.uk)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Malcolm Longair : Maxwell's Enduring Legacy . Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-107-08369-1 , pp. 646 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
2. ↑ English: "superconducting dome"; an area in the phase diagram in which superconducting properties still occur when the material properties vary (such as doping in the chemical composition) with a maximum value of the superconductor transition temperature at a certain value of the parameters that were varied.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Professor Gilbert Lonzarich to be awarded the 2015 Kamerlingh Onnes prize. In: phy.cam.ac.uk. June 23, 2015, accessed March 31, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Gilbert Lonzarich. In: royalsociety.org. February 1, 2027, accessed March 31, 2018 . 
5. ↑ EPS Condensed Matter Division Europhysics Prize - Award recipients (PDF, 327 kB); accessed on March 31, 2018.
6. ^ Born medal recipients. In: iop.org. Retrieved March 31, 2018 . 
7. ^ Faraday medal recipients. In: iop.org. Retrieved March 31, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Kamerlingh Onnes Prize. In: kamerlingh-onnes-prize.ch. Retrieved March 31, 2018 .