Theory of Superconductivity

From Weak to Strong Coupling

A. S. Alexandrov - Collection Series in Condensed Matter Physics

300 pages, parution le 06/01/2004

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Résumé

Theory of Superconductivity leads the reader from basic principles through detailed derivations to a description of the many interesting phenomena in conventional and high-temperature superconductors. Physical properties of novel superconductors, in particular the normal state, superconducting critical temperatures and critical fields, isotope effects, normal and superconducting gaps, tunnelling, angle-resolved photoemission, stripes and symmetries are described in a self-consistent fashion.

The book divides naturally into two parts. Part I introduces the phenomenology of superconductivity, the microscopic BCS theory and its extension to the intermediate coupling regime. The first three chapters of this part cover generally accepted themes in the conventional theory of superconductivity, and serve as a good introduction to the subject. Chapter 4 describes what happens to the conventional theory when the coupling between electrons becomes strong.

The second part of the book describes key physical properties of high-temperature superconductors and their theoretical interpretation. Alternative viewpoints are discussed, but the emphasis is placed on the bipolaron theory.

Published Reviews

"The book presents both a useful description of the fundamentals of the theory of supercondutivity and an example of the further evolution of the polaron concept."

Professor J T Devreese

Readership
Advanced students and researchers working on theoretical aspects of superconductivity

L'auteur - A. S. Alexandrov

Quantum Structures and Phase Transitions Group, Loughborough University, UK

Sommaire

Introduction
Part I - Theory
- Phenomenology
- Weak coupling theory
- Intermediate coupling theory
- Strong coupling theory
Part 2 - Applications to High-Tc superconductors
- Competing interactions in unconventional superconductors
- Normal state of cuprates
- Superconducting transition
- Superconducting state of cuprates

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Institute of Physics (IOP)
Auteur(s)	A. S. Alexandrov
Collection	Series in Condensed Matter Physics
Parution	06/01/2004
Nb. de pages	300
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	670g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750308366
ISBN13	978-0-7503-0836-6