Quantum Statistical Theory of Superconductivity

• Main Authors: Fujita, Shigeji (Author), Godoy, Salvador (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Selected Topics in Superconductivity
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Solid state physics.; Crystallography.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electrical engineering.; Materials science.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Electrical Engineering.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

In this text, Shigeji Fujita and Salvador Godoy guide first and second-year graduate students through the essential aspects of superconductivity. The authors open with five preparatory chapters thoroughly reviewing a number of advanced physical concepts-such as free-electron model of a metal, theory...

Table of Contents:

• Free-Electron Model for a Metal
• Lattice Vibrations
• Liquid Helium
• Bloch Electrons; Band Structures
• Second Quantization; Equation-of-Motion Method
• Interparticle Interaction; Perturbation Methods
• Superconductors at 0 K
• Bose-Einstein Condensation of Pairons
• Superconductors below Tc
• Supercurrents, Flux Quantization, and Josephson Effects
• Compound Superconductors
• High-Tc Superconductors
• Summary and Remarks.