The Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC) was created in 2002 by the University of Maryland with the Distinguished University Professor Sankar Das Sarma as its permanent Director. The support for CMTC comes from the University of Maryland and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS). Professor Sankar Das Sarma and the center have been making slams of the quality of Physics done by the others but say they expect they (or an authority that they know) will deliver clarity by this Monday. If Condensed Matter Theory Center just come up with an approval of what the “rushed travesty of physics” has already put out, then that will be pretty lame. They are claiming they will have higher quality physics on Monday. Ok. Show us what real physics looks like. Superior science or physics should hold up over time. If what they assert on Monday does not hold up for its main points for longer than the prior work, then their claims to superior physics will be hollow.
Exceptionally balanced informative reporting on the LK99 saga by @kchangnyt in NYT just dropped– a good summary of the public excitement/frenzy and scientific caution/skepticism– huge claims require huge evidence– CMTC expects clarity by this Monday!!!!https://t.co/YjRQpfyJiE
— Condensed Matter Theory Center (@condensed_the) August 3, 2023
"Physics" being presented in these unrefereed preprints is a travesty. The original paper has no obvious SC transition and the T<T_c resistivity is 100 times that of Cu. Southeast also has no transition, just instrumental artifacts. What is the goal here? No one can fool nature
— Condensed Matter Theory Center (@condensed_the) August 3, 2023
Very helpful @QM_phys_kyoto (thans) points out that Southeast may have drawn their figure misleadingly. On a linear scale, there seems to be no transition, very disappointing and not a good sign since the artifact also looms large
CMTC has high standards and we are exhausted https://t.co/VphW6mHpEF pic.twitter.com/pjXZbod2Ea
— Condensed Matter Theory Center (@condensed_the) August 3, 2023
Hyun-Tak Kim (author of the 6 author LK-99 superconductor paper) has given a new interview to a korean outlet here: https://t.co/wFgHdKhCFe
He reasserts claims made: "When I look at the data, I think the verification has already been completed"
We also got a new photo of him pic.twitter.com/l5JxegcUDD
— Floates0x (@floates0x) August 3, 2023
in my humble opinion this is v strong evidence that there is something; it’s not like people come up with high temperature super conductors randomly, hard to fake. finding a superconducting effect at any temp in an insulator is a strong sign, but, making it high quality enough to… https://t.co/sh9cf6KMx6
— Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️ (@DanielleFong) August 2, 2023
2/4 🔬 The scientific community is buzzing with excitement over the recently reported arxiv on the RT-SC. The paper is not peer-reviewed yet and the results need to be verified by independent groups. Labs worldwide are taking up the challenge to replicate the synthesis. pic.twitter.com/0dZjbGOus3
— Department of Condensed Matter Physics || MFF UK (@CondMatfyz) August 3, 2023
Eric Berger is Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. Likes rockets. Author of the acclaimed book LIFTOFF, on the origins of Space. The chatter I’m hearing on the room temperature superconductor discovery has gone from mostly negative to cautiously optimistic over the last 24-48 hours. If this is really real, it’s huge. Amazing for the planet.
The chatter I’m hearing on the room temperature superconductor discovery has gone from mostly negative to cautiously optimistic over the last 24-48 hours. If this is really real, it’s huge. Amazing for the planet.
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) August 2, 2023
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✅ Done! Equipment (furances, vac, torches)
✅ Done! Reaction 1 (Lanarkite) batch 1
✅ Done! Reaction 1 (Lanarkite) batch 2
🟡 Thurs morning ETA – Cu3P (phosphide) Poland batch
🟡 Thurs morning ETA – Cu3P (phosphide) 3rd party lab
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