Hyperconductor

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A superconductor that also has infinite thermal conductivity (at zero temperature)

    "In this paper, we compute the low-temperature DC and AC electrical and thermal conductivities in a one-dimensional hyperconductor, studied previously by the present authors, in the presence of both disorder and umklapp scattering."

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"In this paper, we compute the low-temperature DC and AC electrical and thermal conductivities in a one-dimensional hyperconductor, studied previously by the present authors, in the presence of both disorder and umklapp scattering."

Etymology

From hyper- + conductor.

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