Meissner effect

American  

[mahys-ner] / ˈmaɪs nər /

noun

Physics.

1. the loss of magnetism that a superconductor displays when cooled to its transition temperature in a magnetic field.

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Meissner effect British  

/ ˈmaɪsnə /

noun

1. physics the phenomenon in which magnetic flux is excluded from a substance when it is in a superconducting state, except for a thin layer at the surface

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Etymology

Origin of Meissner effect

After German physicist Fritz Walther Meissner (1882–1974), who contributed to a description of the effect in 1933

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Meissner effect

This so-called critical current behavior and the Meissner effect are the two key features of superconductors.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023

This measurement is important because it indicates one sign of a superconductor: the ability to expel a magnetic field, a phenomenon called the Meissner effect.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 10, 2023

B.C.S., he says, is in many ways, “a lie,” unable to explain the Meissner effect.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

The result: the first ever evidence of the Meissner effect in hydrides, which the team calls “unambiguous evidence” that superconductivity in hydrides is real.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 21, 2021

Since superconductors repel magnetic fields, a phenomenon called the Meissner effect, the magnet remains suspended in midair.

From Time Magazine Archive