Supraconducteur

What happens inside a metal for it to carry electrical current without resistance and without energy loss? To find out, Hugues Pothier invites us on a journey into quantum matter. Amidst nitrogen vapors and levitating metals, come meet these electrons that have not chosen between here and elsewhere.

Hugues Pothier is a quantum physics researcher within the Quantronics Group, Condensed Matter Physics Service (SPEC) at CEA-Paris-Saclay.

Supraconducteur is a Scientific Impromptu

Les Impromptus scientifiques are spectacular discourses featuring a researcher whose serious work is playfully disrupted by Groupe n+1. They attempt to bring together scientific discourse and a poetic approach.

The Impromptus aim to convey a researcher’s work in a sensitive, embodied way. They are neither lectures nor formal presentations: each researcher is paired with an artist from Groupe n+1 to invent a playful format tailored to the topic they are eager to present.

The Impromptus are deliberately interdisciplinary, with a particular penchant for mathematics and neuroscience. They can take place in various public spaces (theater, café, bookstore...). They are always followed by a discussion and Q&A with the audience.