Download or read book Interplay of Superconductivity, Magnetism, and Density Waves in Rare-earth Tritellurides and Iron-based Superconducting Materials written by Diego Andrés Zocco and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superconductivity, charge- and spin-density waves are collective electronic phenomena that originate from electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions, and the concept of Fermi surface competition between these collective states is one of the most fundamental problems of condensed matter physics. High pressures provide a clean method to tune the electronic properties that determine the superconducting, magnetic or charge-ordered ground states of complex materials. The charge-density wave, magnetic and superconducting ordered states of the rare-earth tritellurides system, and the interplay between the spin-density wave, localized magnetism and superconductivity in the recently discovered Fe-based high-temperature superconductors, have been investigated under extreme conditions of pressure, magnetic field and low temperatures.