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Macroscopic superconducting phenomena : an interactive guide /
A number of macroscopic manifestations of superconducting phenomena (such as zero electrical resistance, the expulsion of magnetic fields and the Josephson effect) have resulted in a proliferation of applications in engineering and electronics. This book takes a practical, pedagogical approach to un...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2021]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 21.
IOP ebooks. 2021 collection. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- part I. Physical facts : theory and experiments. 1. Elements of electromagnetic theory
- 1.1. Low frequency electrodynamics : fundamentals
- 1.2. The MQS regime
- 1.3. Review exercises
- 2. Basic superconductivity : observations and theories
- 2.1. Basic phenomenology
- 2.2. The London equations
- 2.3. From classical to quantum
- 2.4. Wave functions : the Ginzburg-Landau theory
- 2.5. The characteristic lengths
- 2.6. Flux vortices
- 2.7. Representative superconducting materials
- 2.8. Review exercises
- 3. Idealised models and equations : examples
- 3.1. Flux expulsion : Meissner state of a sphere
- 3.2. The resistive transition : fundamentals
- 3.3. The critical state
- 3.4. Josephson junctions
- 4. Some revealing experiments with superconductors
- 4.1. Transport measurements
- 4.2. Inductive measurements
- 4.3. Magneto-optics
- 4.4. Force measurements
- part II. Mathematical tools and computation. 5. Some useful mathematical resources
- 5.1. Variational calculus
- 5.2. Discrete formulation
- 6. Introduction to computational methods
- 6.1. MATLAB : some basics
- 6.2. GNU Octave
- part III. Applications and utilities. 7. The resistive transition
- 7.1. The broadening of the resistive transition
- 7.2. Evaluation of resistance and activation energies
- 7.3. Extensions
- 7.4. Review exercises and challenges
- 8. Flux transport in type-II superconductors
- 8.1. The penetration of magnetic fields in superconductors
- 8.2. The critical state model : transport problem
- 8.3. The critical state problem : magnetisation
- 8.4. Response to non-uniform magnetic fields
- 8.5. Finite resistivity : piece-wise approximation
- 8.6. Finite resistivity : power-law approximation
- 8.7. Review exercises and challenges
- 9. Shape effects : demagnetising fields
- 9.1. Statement of the problem
- 9.2. The Meissner state in finite samples : ellipsoids and cylinders
- 9.3. The critical state in finite samples
- 9.4. Review exercises and challenges
- 10. Thin superconductors : the stream function method
- 10.1. Statement of the problem
- 10.2. Response to applied magnetic fields
- 10.3. Description of the numerical resources
- 10.4. Review exercises and challenges
- 11. Magneto-optical imaging of superconductors
- 11.1. Magneto-optics in the Meissner state
- 11.2. Magneto-optics in the critical state
- 11.3. Review exercises and challenges
- 12. Interaction with magnets : force microscopies
- 12.1. Forward problem : prediction of the force
- 12.2. Inverse problem : prediction of [lambda]L
- 12.3. Review exercises and challenges
- 13. Interaction with magnets : levitation
- 13.1. Levitation in the Meissner state
- 13.2. Levitation in the critical state
- 13.3. Review exercises and challenges
- 14. Superconductors and magnets : cloaking devices
- 14.1. Pre-cloaking : magnetic shielding
- 14.2. Cloaking bilayers : magnets and superconductors
- 14.3. Review exercises and challenges
- 15. Intermediate Josephson junctions
- 15.1. Critical currents in planar Josephson junctions
- 15.2. Resistive transitions in the shunted model
- 15.3. Review exercises and challenges
- part IV. Source codes
- part V. Notation.