Solid-state physicist
Gilbert "Gil" George Lonzarich (born 1945) is a solid-state physicist and Emeritus Professor of the University of Cambridge. He is particularly noted for his work on superconducting and magnetic materials carried out at the Cavendish Laboratory .
Life
Lonzarich received his BA degree from University of California, Berkeley (1967), his M.S. from the University of Minnesota (1970) and his Ph.D. degree from University of British Columbia (1973). Starting as a postdoc, he has held positions at the University of Cambridge. Since 1997 he is a professor at the Cavendish Laboratory, where he heads the quantum matter group.
Research
The research of Lonzarich focuses on solids where the interaction between electrons can lead to unconventional states of matter. His work has addressed different material classes, including itinerant magnets (such as MnSi), heavy-fermion materials, and ferroelectrics. One groundbreaking result for the field of unconventional superconductivity was the demonstration that the suppression of antiferromagnetic order in heavy-fermion materials, i.e. a quantum-critical point, can induce superconductivity.
Important aspects of the experiments of Lonzarich's group are crystal growth, ultra-low temperatures (mK temperatures), high-pressure experiments, and quantum oscillations (continuing the work of David Shoenberg).
Notable former students in the group of Lonzarich include Piers Coleman, Louis Taillefer, Andrew MacKenzie, and Christian Pfleiderer.
Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1989)
- EPS Europhysics Prize (1989)
- Max Born Prize (1991)
- Guthrie Medal (2007)
- Rumford Medal (2010)
- Kamerlingh Onnes Prize (2015)
References
- ^ "Preisverleihungen 1991". Phys. Bl. 47: 230. 1991. doi:10.1002/phbl.19910470317.
- ^ "Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory". University of Cambridge, Department of Physics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Pfleiderer, C.; McMullan, G.J.; Julian, S.R.; Lonzarich, G.G. (1997). "Magnetic quantum phase transition in MnSi under hydrostatic pressure". Phys. Rev. B. 55 (13): 8330–8338. Bibcode:1997PhRvB..55.8330P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.55.8330.
- ^ Mathur, N.D.; Grosche, F.M.; Julian, S.R.; Walker, I.R.; Freye, D.M.; Haselwimmer, R.K.W.; Lonzarich, G.G. (1998). "Magnetically mediated superconductivity in heavy fermion compounds". Nature. 394 (6688): 39–43. Bibcode:1998Natur.394...39M. doi:10.1038/27838. S2CID 52837444.
- ^ Taillefer, L.; Lonzarich, G.G. (1988). "Heavy-fermion quasiparticles in UPt3". Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 (15): 1570–1573. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..60.1570T. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.1570. PMID 10038074.
- Rowley, S.E.; Spalek, L.J.; Smith, R.P.; Dean, M.P.M.; Itoh, M.; Scott, J.F.; Lonzarich, G.G.; Saxena, S.S. (2014). "Ferroelectric quantum criticality". Nature Physics. 10 (5): 367–372. arXiv:0903.1445. Bibcode:2014NatPh..10..367R. doi:10.1038/nphys2924. S2CID 120096268.
- ^ Gibney, E. (2017). "A quantum pioneer unlocks matter's hidden secrets". Nature. 549 (7673): 448–450. Bibcode:2017Natur.549..448G. doi:10.1038/549448a.
- "Kamerlingh Onnes Prize". M2S Conference 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2017.