Superconductivity : an introduction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mangin, Philippe
Otros Autores: Kahn, Rémi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.
Temas:
Engineering.
Ingénierie.
engineering.
Engineering
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE; CONTENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1
  • A history of women and men; 1.2
  • Experimental signs of superconductivity; 1.2.1
  • The discovery of superconductivity: the critical temperature; 1.2.2
  • The magnetic behavior of superconductors; 1.2.3
  • Critical current; 1.2.4
  • The isotope effect; 1.2.5
  • JOSEPHSON currents and flux quantization; 1.3
  • Phenomenological models; 1.3.1
  • LONDON theory; 1.3.2
  • The thermodynamic approach; 1.3.3
  • GINZBURG-LANDAU; 1.3.4
  • Vortices; 1.4
  • The microscopic BCS theory; 1.5
  • Tunnelling effects ; 1.6
  • A great diversity of superconducting materials.
  • 1.7
  • "Unconventional" superconductors1.8
  • Numerous spectacular applications; 1.9
  • Superconductivity in the history of mankind; 2 LONDON THEORY; 2.1
  • MAXWELL's equations; 2.2
  • The behavior expected for a perfect conductor; 2.2.1
  • Electrical conduction in a normal conductor; 2.2.2
  • Electrical conduction in a perfect conductor; 2.2.3
  • Magnetic fields in a perfect conductor; 2.3
  • Superconductor versus perfect conductor; 2.3.1
  • Cooling in zero field followed by application of a field; 2.3.2
  • Application of the magnetic field when T> Tc followed by cooling in the field.
  • 2.4
  • The LONDON equations2.4.1
  • "Superconducting electrons"; 2.4.2
  • First LONDON equation; 2.4.3
  • Second LONDON equation; 2.4.4
  • Superconducting slab in an applied magnetic field; 2.5
  • The LONDON penetration depth; 2.5.1
  • Experimental measurement of L; 2.5.2
  • Temperature dependence of the LONDON penetration depth; 2.6
  • Applications to superconducting wires; 2.6.1
  • A wire in magnetic field; 2.6.2
  • A current-carrying wire; 2.6.3
  • Thin current-carrying wire; 2.6.4
  • Generalized response of the wire; 2.7
  • The OCHSENFELD experiment; 2.8
  • Non-simply-connected superconductor.
  • 2.8.1
  • Sequence 1: cooling in zero field2.8.2
  • Sequence 2: field cooling; 2.8.3
  • Conclusion; 2.9
  • Analysis from the point of view of energy; 2.9.1
  • Energetic interpretation of the LONDON penetration depth; 2.9.2
  • The second LONDON equation by a variational method; 2.10
  • Description of superconductivity in fluid-mechanical terms; 2.11
  • The LONDON moment; 2.11.1
  • Intuitive approach; 2.11.2
  • Calculating the LONDON moment; 2.12
  • The LONDON equation in the LONDON gauge; 2.12.1
  • The concept of gauge; 2.12.2
  • The LONDON gauge; 2.12.3
  • The second LONDON equation in the LONDON gauge.
  • 2.12.4
  • Momentum p and the LONDON equation2.12.5
  • Non-simply-connected superconductors; 3 THE NON-LOCAL PIPPARD EQUATIONS; 3.1
  • Origin of the non-local equations; 3.2
  • Non-locality in pure superconductors; 3.3
  • Penetration depth of the magnetic field; 3.4
  • FOURIER analysis of the PIPPARD equations; 3.5
  • "Dirty" superconductors; 4 THERMODYNAMICS OF TYPE I SUPERCONDUCTORS; 4.1
  • Thermodynamic description; 4.2
  • The thermodynamic variables of superconductivity; 4.2.1
  • The relation between LONDON currents and magnetization; 4.2.2
  • Thermodynamic systems.
  • 4.2.3
  • Interpreting the levitation of type I superconductors.

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