Profile for W.J.L. Buyers by Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Graduation Ceremony Honorary D.Sc. Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen November 28 2008
(613) 584-3311 (Ext. 44532)
Research Interests: Quantum magnetism, superconductivity, excitations, novel materials, multilayers
Recent Talks:
Spins in cuprates near the edge of the superconducting phase - incoherent pairing, fluctuations on all timescales and observation of pseudogap energies.
American Physical Society, March 13, 2008Recent Papers:
Magnetic field resonantly enhanced free spins in heavily underdoped YBa2Cu3O6+x
C. Stock, W. J. L. Buyers, K. C. Rule, J.- H. Chung, R. Liang, D. Bonn, and W. N. Hardy
Phys. Rev. B 79, 184514 (2009) arXiv:0903.3172
Itinerant spin excitations near the hidden order transition in URu2Si2
JA Janik, HD Zhou, Y-J Jo, L Balicas, GJ MacDougall, GM Luke, JD Garrett, KJ McClellan, ED Bauer, JL Sarrao, Y Qiu, JRD Copley, Z Yamani,
WJL Buyers and CR Wiebe
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 (2009) 192202 Fast Track Communication arXiv:0806.3137
Spin dynamics near the critical doping in weakly superconducting underdoped YBa2Cu3O6.35 (Tc=18 K)
C.Stock, W.J.L. Buyers, Z. Yamani, Z. Tun, R. J. Birgeneau, R. Liang , D. Bonn, and W. N. Hardy Phys. Rev. B 77, 104513 (2008)
Stock_Buyers_Y33thermal_PRB77p104513_2008
Evidence for decay of spin waves above the pseudogap of underdoped YBa2Cu3O6.35
C. Stock, R.A. Cowley, W.J.L. Buyers, R. Coldea, C.L. Broholm, C.D. Frost, R.J. Birgeneau, R. Liang, D. Bonn and W.N. Hardy
Physical Review B 75, 172510 (2007)
DecayPseudogapY35_StockPRB75p172510_2007 arXiv:0704.2739
Gapped itinerant spin excitations account for missing entropy in the hidden order state of URu2Si2,
C. R. Wiebe, J. A. Janik, G. J. MacDougall, G. M. Luke, J. D. Garrett, H. D. Zhou, Y.-J. Jo, L. Balicas, Y. Qiu, J. R. D. Copley, Z. Yamani and W. J. L. Buyers, Nature Physics 3,96 (2007)
Nature Physics 3p96_2007 arXiv:0710.0896
Quantum phase transitions in magnetism and superconductivity: Emergent spin topology seen with neutrons, W.J.L. Buyers, C. Stock, Z. Yamani, R.J. Birgeneau, R. Liang, D. Bonn, W.N. Hardy, C. Broholm, R.A. Cowley, R. Coldea, Physica B 385–386 (2006) 11 Buyers_etal_ICNS_PhysicaB385p11_2006
Central mode and spin confinement near the boundary of the superconducting phase in YBa2Cu3O6.353 (Tc=18 K), C. Stock, W. J. L. Buyers, Z. Yamani, C. Broholm, J.-H. Chung, Z. Tun, R. Liang, D. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, R. J. Birgeneau Phys. Rev. B 73, 100504(R) (2006) CentralModeYBCO635_PRB73p100504R_2006
C. Stock, W. J. L. Buyers, R. A. Cowley, P. S. Clegg, R. Coldea, C. D. Frost, R. Liang, D. Peets, D. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, R. J. Birgeneau, Phys Rev B 71, 024522 (2005) 18 pages
Quantum Magnetism and Superconductivity William J.L. Buyers and Zahra Yamani, Physics in Canada, Vol 62 No 5, pp 257-264 Sep/Oct (2006) Sept06-offprint-Buyers and cond-mat/0702024
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Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 200210buyers
A personal history: ResponseToAward by Canadian Association of Physicists 2001
Curriculum vitae CV6WJLBuyers
Personal interests: music, tennis, hiking.