Statistical Mechanics of Superconductivity

This book provides a theoretical, step-by-step comprehensive explanation of superconductivity for undergraduate and graduate students who have completed elementary courses on thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. To this end, it adopts the unique approach of starting with the statistical mechanics o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kita, Takafumi (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Graduate Texts in Physics,
Subjects:
Superconductivity.
Superconductors.
System theory.
Mathematical physics.
Complex Systems.
Mathematical Physics.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Review of Thermodynamics
  • Basics of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
  • Quantum Mechanics of Identical Particles
  • Statistical Mechanics of Ideal Gases
  • Density Matrices and Two-Particle Correlations
  • Hartree-Fock Equations and Landau's Fermi-liquid theory
  • Attractive Interaction and Bound States
  • Mean-Field Equations of Superconductivity
  • BCS Theory
  • Superfluidity, Meissner Effect and Flux Quantization
  • Responses to External Perturbations
  • Tunneling, Density of States and Josephson Effect
  • P-Wave Superfluidity
  • Gor'kov, Eilenberger and Ginzburg-Landau Equations
  • Abrikosov's Flux-Line Lattice
  • Surfaces and Vortex Cores
  • Solutions to Problems.

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