Henry Sheehy

Originally from Belgium, Henry Sheehy obtained an MSci Hons in Theoretical Physics with Mathematics from Lancaster University, where he fell spellbound by conductors. Not satiated with them, Henry decided to delve deeper, and today, he researches superconductors under the supervision of Dr Jorge Quintanilla, a world specialist in unconventional superconductors. With his supervisor's encouragement, Henry wrote a software to simulate unconventional superconductors, with which he hopes to make a contribution to the exciting developments in physics today, in the study of topological matter.

Henry is interested in unconventional superconductors which break time-reversal symmetry, in particular, he is searching for topological superconductors, and the effects of magnetic fields and impurities on such states. He has written a software to simulate the most general n-dimensional multiorbital Hubbard model on a lattice, exact in the mean-field limit. The technology takes theorists' candidate unconventional Hubbard models, and outputs experimental observables, such as scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) spectra, local density of states, quasiparticle imaging, and so on, as well as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and magnetic fields for superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and spin-resolved STM.

Supervisor: Dr Jorge Quintanilla 

Supervisor: Dr Jorge Quintanilla