5 papers
E=mc^2, ΔH = D(H-H)$, and the end of civilization
J. E. Hirsch
100 years ago Einstein discovered , the secret energy stored in ordinary mass. is the chemical energy released in chemical bond formation between two H atoms.…
Quasiparticle undressing: a new route to collective effects in solids
J. E. Hirsch
The carriers of electric current in a metal are quasiparticles dressed by electron-electron interactions, which have a larger effective mass and a smaller quasiparticle weigh…
The True Colors of Cuprates
J. E. Hirsch
Optical experiments by Molegraaf et al reveal that the superconducting condensation energy of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+δ} originates in lowering of kinetic energy of the carriers. A pers…
Comment on "Discovery of microscopic electronic inhomogeneity in the high- superconductor ", cond-mat/0107347
J. E. Hirsch
The paper by Pan et al, cond-mat/0107347, reports the discovery of 'electronic inhomogeneity' and 'spatial variations in the local density of states' in high cuprates. In my…
Hole Superconductivity in MgB_2, Cuprates, and Other Materials
J. E. Hirsch
The theory of hole superconductivity proposes that MgB_2, and the high Tc cuprates, and the 'conventional superconductors', and all other superconductors, are driven by the same ph…