2015 Joint UK-Japan Workshop on Physics and Applications of Superconductivity

2015年英日超导物理与应用联合研讨会

• 批准号: EP/M014703/1
• 负责人: David Cardwell
• 金额: $ 3.38万
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FM014703%2F1
• 关键词: 2015; Joint; UK; Japan; Workshop

2013 was the 400th anniversary of the opening of trade, scientific, cultural and diplomatic ties between the UK and Japan, and 2011 was the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. Both the UK and Japan have developed world-leading research groups in the fields of the physics and applications of superconductivity over a number of decades. However, it is only in recent years, for example, that long lengths of high-quality tape high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials, which show the most promise currently for meaning practical applications, have been available. There are also continuing developments in other areas of physics and materials science, too, which have led to the development in recent years of new superconductors, such as magnesium diboride (MgB2) and the iron pnictides.Fundamental research is still required because of the complexity of the materials, and applications research can benefit greatly from the discovery of new superconductors that offer improvements over existing materials. There is a close and complementary relationship between physics and engineering in this field, with many physicists now working in superconducting materials engineering and applied superconductivity. This is particularly true of the effort in superconductivity research in Japan over the past couple of decades, and makes this a natural theme for the workshop. Although a great number of developments have already taken place, there are still many unanswered questions regarding the underlying physical mechanisms of superconductivity - a complete theory is still proving elusive for high temperature superconductivity, for example.Applied research is also necessary to develop practical, real world applications of superconductivity. In the field of electrical engineering alone, for example, the expected improved performance and efficiency, as well as smaller size and weight, has seen much interest in using these materials in electric machines and other electric power applications such as transformers and cables. Superconductors are also being used in the field of quantum computing - for example, the only quantum computer currently on sale uses superconducting flux qubits and in quantum photonics as single photon detectors.The workshop will be comprised of longer contributed talks by senior academics and shorter contributed talks by early career researchers and students, and cover a wide range of themes, ranging from the underlying physics that explains superconductivity to the development and prediction of new superconducting materials to the design of practical and commercially viable superconducting devices. Bringing together a critical mass of world-leading researchers of the physics and applications of superconductivity from the UK and Japan will provide the perfect platform to encourage exchange of ideas and scientific discussions and allow the formation of formal and informal international collaborations between researchers. It is now the perfect time to bring together leading researchers from the two countries for a multidisciplinary workshop to discuss the current state-of-the-art and problems, and to help guide the future direction of research in these highly complementary fields.

2013年是英国和日本之间贸易，科学，文化和外交纽带的开业成立400周年，2011年是Heike Kamerlingh Onnes发现超导性超导性的100周年。英国和日本都在数十年来的物理和应用领域发展了世界领先的研究小组。但是，仅仅近年来，很长的高质量磁带高温超导（HTS）材料才显示出目前对实用性实用应用的最大希望。在其他物理和材料科学领域也有持续的发展，这导致了近年来新的超导体的发展，例如二吡啶镁（MGB2）和pnictides Iron pnictides。由于材料的复杂性和应用程序的复杂性，因此仍然需要研究材料的复杂性，因此可以从新的超级材料的发现中受益匪浅。该领域的物理与工程之间存在密切的互补关系，现在许多物理学家从事超导材料工程和应用超导性的工作。在过去的几十年中，日本超导研究的努力尤其如此，并使这是研讨会的自然主题。尽管已经发生了许多事态发展，但关于超导性的潜在物理机制仍然存在许多未解决的问题 - 例如，对于高温超导性而言，完整的理论仍然难以捉摸。例如，仅在电气工程领域，预期的提高的性能和效率以及较小的尺寸和重量就对在电机和其他电力应用中（例如变压器和电缆）中使用这些材料引起了极大的兴趣。超导体也用于量子计算领域 - 例如，当前正在销售的唯一量子计算机使用超导量量子和量子光子学作为单个光子检测器。该讲习班将由高级学术界的更长的贡献，并在早期的职业生涯的研究人员和学生范围内介绍了范围的范围，并涵盖了这些范围，并涵盖了范围的范围。开发和预测新的超导材料，以设计实用和商业可行的超导设备的设计。将英国和日本超导性的物理学和应用程序应用的世界领先的研究人员汇集在一起​​，将为鼓励思想和科学讨论的交流，并允许研究人员之间的正式和非正式的国际合作形成。现在，现在是将来自两国的领先研究人员聚集在一起进行多学科研讨会，讨论当前的最新和问题，并帮助指导这些高度互补的领域的研究方向。