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We welcome this summers REU student Joe Hlevyack to the group. Joe have started his REU project early to participate
in a neutron experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
May 15, 2012
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Morten Eskildsen will present talks on MgB2 and CeCoIn5 at the 2012 International Conference on Superconductivity and
Magnetism in Istanbul, Turkey.
April 29 - May 4, 2012
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Chris Steiner have been awarded the Diane and Bryant Hichwa Summer Research Fellowship.
The Hichwa Fellowship is awarded by the ND Dept. of Physics and will support Chris as he works in
our research group this summer. Congratulations Chris!
Featured by the ND Department of Physics.
April 24, 2012
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Pinaki Das won second place in the poster competition in the Notre Dame Graduate Physics (GPS) Students Spring Conference.
Cathy Rastovski was a member of the organizing GPS Conference Committee.
Featured by the ND Department of Physics.
April 24, 2012
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Pinaki Das, Cornelius Griggs, Cathy Rastovski, Bill Gannon and Morten Eskildsen will all give talks at
the APS March meeting in Boston.
February 27 - March 2, 2012
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Our latest studies of the superconducting vortex lattice in CeCoIn5 were published in
Physical Review Letters.
The results were obtained in collaboration with colleagues at University of Birmingham (UK), the Paul Scherrer Institute
(Switzerland), University of Montreal (Canada), Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos.
Featured by the ND College of Science.
February 23, 2012
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Morten Eskildsen presented a CMSC Colloquium at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
January 11, 2012
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Ted Zinzer joined our group. Welcome!
January 2012
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Morten Eskildsen published a review paper discussing small-angle neutron scattering studies of vortex lattices in
Frontiers of Physics.
October 31, 2011
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Philip Zeiss and Chris Steiner have joined our group. Welcome!
October 2011
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Morten Eskildsen gave a popular talk entitled "Resistance is Pointless - the First 100 Years of Superconductivity" at the
Saturday Science Exploration Series organized by the ND
College of Science.
October 8, 2011
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Carlos Chaparro passed his candidacy exam - congratulations!
October 5, 2011
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A review paper discussing vortex studies in the iron-based superconductors was published in
Reports of Progress in Physics.
The paper was written with co-authors from the University of Birmingham (UK) and Ochanomizu University (Japan).
September 19, 2011
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Morten Eskildsen gave a series of seminars at McMaster University, the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
September 12-14, 2011
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Pinaki Das presented results of SANS studies of the vortex lattice in CeCoIn5 at the 7th International Conference on Vortex Matter in Nanostructured Superconductors (VORTEX VII) in Rhodes, Greece.
September 10-17, 2011
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Morten Eskildsen presented SANS results on CeCoIn5 at the 26th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT26) in Beijing, China.
August 10-17, 2011
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Pinaki Das and Morten Eskildsen presented SANS results on CeCoIn5 (poster) and MgB2 (invited talk)
respectively at the 13th International Workshop on Vortex Matter in Superconductors in Chicago.
July 31 - August 5, 2011
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We welcome Anna Czerepak and Kevin Wu to the group. Anna is a REU student from Urbana-Champaign and Kevin is a high school student from St. Joseph, Michigan.
June 2011
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Kim Schlesinger has won the Outstanding Physics Major Award and will graduate with a B. S. in physics and a B. A. in
English. In the fall Kim will begin her graduate studies in physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Congratulations and good luck!
Featured by the ND Department of Physics.
May 19, 2011
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Pinaki Das passed his candidacy exam - congratulations!
April 14, 2011
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Pinaki Das, Cathy Rastovski and Morten Eskildsen presented results of SANS studies on CeCoIn5, MgB2
and TmNi2B2C respectively at the APS March meeting in Dallas.
March 21-25, 2011
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Morten Eskildsen presented a seminar at Northwestern University.
March 17, 2011
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Matt Anthony have joined the group. Welcome!
Spring 2011
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Morten Eskildsen presented a Linneaus Colloquium at Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
October 23, 2010
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Our latest studies of the antiferromagnetic superconducting phase in CeCoIn5 were published in
Physical Review Letters.
The results were obtained in collaboration with colleagues at University of Birmingham (UK), the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) and
at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
October 27, 2010
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Morten Eskildsen presented a seminar at Virginia Tech.
October 8, 2010
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Our groups research on metastable vortex lattices is now funded by a
3 year grant from the Department of Energy. This work is being done
in collaboration with Prof. Bill Halperin from Northwestern University.
Featured by the ND College of Science.
September 17, 2010
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Tommy O'Brien received his B. S. in Physics and won the Department of Physics Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. In the fall Tommy will begin his graduate
studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Congratulations and good luck!
May 14, 2010
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Morten Eskildsen presented a seminar at Michigan State University.
April 19, 2010
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Cornelius Griggs just passed his candidacy exam. Congratulations Neil!
April 16, 2010
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Pinaki Das and Morten Eskildsen presented results of SANS studies on Be(Fe,Co)2As2 and MgB2
respectively at the APS March meeting.
March 18, 2010
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Morten Eskildsen presented a seminar at the Low Energy Neutron Source, Indiana University.
February 22, 2010
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Our latest results showing strong Pauli paramagnetic effects on the vortex lattice in CeCoIn5 were published in
the New Journal of Physics.
February 12, 2010
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Morten Eskildsen presented a seminar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
February 12, 2010
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Morten Eskildsen is featured on WGN TV commenting on James Cameron's blockbuster movie Avatar, and explains how the
fictitous mineral "Unobtainium" display the properties expected of a room temperature superconductor.
January 26, 2010
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Three new members have joined the group: Cathy Rastovski, Carlos Chaparro and Kim Schlesinger. Welcome!
Spring 2010
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