Quantum Theory of Conducting Matter

Superconductivity
2009
ISBN: 978-0-387-88205-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1250 g

Major superconducting properties including zero resistance, Meissner effect, sharp phase change, flux quantization, excitation energy gap, Josephson effects are covered and microscopically explained, using quantum statistical mechanical calculations. First treated are the 2D superconductivity and then the quantum Hall effects. Included are exercise-type problems for each section. Readers can grasp the concepts covered in the book by following the worked-through problems. Bibliographies are included in each chapter and a glossary and list of symbols are given in the beginning of the book.

The book is based on the materials taught by S. Fujita for several courses in Quantum Theory of Solids, Advanced Topics in Modern Physics, and Quantum Statistical Mechanics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fujita, Shigeji

Ito, Kei

Godoy, Salvador

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Statistische Physik, Dynamische Systeme
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Halbleiter- und Supraleiterphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Superconductors–Introduction.- Electron–Phonon Interaction.- The BCS Ground State.- The Energy Gap Equations.- Quantum Statistics of Composites.- Quantum Statistical Theory.- Quantum Tunneling.- Compound Superconductors.- Supercurrents and Flux Quantization.- Ginzburg-Landau Theory.- Josephson Effects.- High Temperature Superconductors.- Doping Dependence of T c.- The Susceptibility in Cuprates.- d-Wave Cooper Pair.- Transport Properties Above T c.- Other Theories.- Summary and Remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Shigeji Fujita is Professor of Physics at State University of New York at Buffalo and has published 3 books with the Springer family since 1996.  His areas of expertise include statistical physics, solid and liquid state physics, superconductivity and Quantum Hall Effect theory. 

Kei Ito is in the research division of the National Center for University Entrance Examinations in Tokyo, Japan.