Electrodynamics of Quantum-Critical Conductors and Superconductors

• Main Author: Pracht, Uwe Santiago (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Mathematical physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

This thesis presents and discusses recent optical low-temperature experiments on disordered NbN, granular Al thin-films, and the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5, offering a unified picture of quantum-critical superconductivity. It provides a concise introduction to the respective theoretical models e...