Superconductivity: Physics and Applications

Acknowledgements.

I: BASIC TOPICS.

1. What is superconductivity? A brief overview.

2. Superconducting materials.

3. Fermi-liquids and attractive interactions.

4.The superconducting state.  An electronic condensate.

5. Weak Links and Josephson Effects.

6. London Approximation to Ginzburg-Landau Theory (constant).

7. Applications of Ginzburg- Landau Theory (spatially varying).

8. More on the Flux-line System.

II: ADVANCED TOPICS.

9. Two-dimensional superconductivity. Vortex-paired unbinding.

10. Dual description of the superconducting phase transition.

III: SELECTED APPLICATIONS.

11. Small scale applications.

12. Superconducting Wire and Cable Technology.

IV: TOPICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

13. Topical Contributions.

V: HISTORICAL NOTES.

Historical notes on supeconductivity: the Nobel Laureates.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.