Superconductivity: Physics and ApplicationsISBN: 978-0-470-84452-6
Hardcover
442 pages
June 2004
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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.