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Well known for its accessibility to graduate students and experimental physicists, this volume emphasizes physical arguments and minimizes theoretical formalism. The second edition of this classic text features revisions by the author that improve its user-friendly qualities, and an introductory survey of latter-day developments in classic superconductivity enhances the volumes value as a reference for researchers. Starting with a historical overview, the text proceeds with an introduction to the electrodynamics of superconductors and presents expositions of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory and the Ginzburg-Landau theory. Additional subjects include magnetic properties of classic type II superconductors; the Josephson effect (both in terms of basic phenomena and applications and of the phenomena unique to small junctions); fluctuation effects in classic superconductors; the high-temperature superconductors; special topics (such as the Bogoliubov method, magnetic perturbations and gapless superconductivity, and time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory); and nonequilibrium superconductivity.

Superconductivity. --- supergeleiding --- thermodynamics --- Supraconductivité --- Supraconductivité --- elektrodynamica --- thermodynamica --- Thermal properties of solids --- Thermodynamics --- Superconductivity

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The 6th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity Conference focuses on the role of superconductivity in bridging various aspects of research with a variety of advanced applications. This text includes discussions of different applications which can strongly benefit from the use of superconductivity, such as energy transportation, large magnet systems, biomedical instrumentation, digital electronics, wireless communications, and quantum computing. These proceedings are addressed to physicists, electrotechnical and electronic engineers, material scientists and chemists interested in the most recent and exciting advances in the field of applied superconductivity.

Applied superconductivity. --- EUCAS. --- High temperature superconductors --- Superconductors --- Thin film devices

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What is superconductivity? How was it discovered? What are the properties of superconductors, how are they applied now, and how are they likely to become widely used in the near future? These are just some of the questions which this important book sets out to answer. Starting with the discovery of superconductivity over ninety years ago, the book guides the readers through the many years of subsequent exploration, right up to the latest sensational findings. Written in a lively, nontechnical style, this book makes ideal background reading for any school or college level study of superconducti

Superconductivity. --- Electric conductivity. --- Conductivity, Electric --- Free electron theory of metals --- Transport theory --- Electric conductivity --- Critical currents --- Superfluidity

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Since the discovery of high Tc superconductivity, the role of electron correlation on superconductivity has been an important issue in condensed matter physics. Here the role of electron correlation in metals is explained in detail on the basis of the Fermi liquid theory. The book, originally published in 2004, discusses the following issues: enhancements of electronic specific heat and magnetic susceptibility, effects of electron correlation on transport phenomena such as electric resistivity and Hall coefficient, magnetism, Mott transition and unconventional superconductivity. These originate commonly from the Coulomb repulsion between electrons. In particular, superconductivity in strongly correlated electron systems is discussed with a unified point of view. This book is written to explain interesting physics in metals for undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics.

Free electron theory of metals. --- Superconductivity. --- Electron configuration. --- Configuration, Electron --- Electron correlation --- Atomic orbitals --- Electrons --- Electric conductivity --- Critical currents --- Superfluidity --- Energy-band theory of solids --- Metals

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Alkali-doped fullerides have attracted strong interest since their production became possible about fifteen years ago. This book presents recent work which may solve intriguing problems arising from a variety of remarkable properties. For example, these solids are superconductors with high transition temperatures, although the similarity between the electronic and phonon energy scales should suppress superconductivity. Moreover, the Ioffe-Regel condition for electrical conductivity is strongly violated. The book shows why superconductivity is nevertheless possible, owing to a local pairing mechanism. The Ioffe-Regel condition is derived quantum-mechanically, and it is explained why the underlying assumptions are violated for fullerides and high-Tc cuprates, for example. The book treats electronic and transport properties, reviewing theoretical and experimental results. It focuses on superconductivity, electrical conductivity and metal-insulator transitions, emphasizing the electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions as well as the Jahn-Teller effect.

Superconductors. --- Superconductivity. --- Electric conductivity. --- Metal-insulator transitions. --- Electron-electron interactions. --- Electron-phonon interactions. --- Jahn-Teller effect. --- Interactions, Electron-electron --- Electrons --- Lepton interactions --- Teller-Jahn effect --- Coupled mode theory --- Crystal field theory --- Energy levels (Quantum mechanics) --- Interactions, Electron-phonon --- Electromagnetic interactions --- Transitions, Metal-insulator --- Anderson model --- Electric insulators and insulation --- Free electron theory of metals --- Phase transformations (Statistical physics) --- Transition metals --- Conductivity, Electric --- Transport theory --- Electric conductivity --- Critical currents --- Superfluidity --- Superconducting materials --- Superconductive devices --- Cryoelectronics --- Electronics --- Solid state electronics --- Materials --- Superconductors --- Superconductivity --- Metal-insulator transitions --- Electron-electron interactions --- Electron-phonon interactions --- Jahn-Teller effect --- Supraconducteurs --- Supraconductivité --- Conduction électrique --- Transitions métal-isolant --- Interactions électron-électron --- Interactions électron-phonon --- Jahn-Teller, Effet