Unconventional Superconductors Experimental Investigation of the Order-Parameter Symmetry of Unconventional Superconductors /

• Main Author: Goll, Gernot (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 214
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Condensed matter.; Solid state physics.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

This book offers a comprehensive summary of experiments that are especially suited to reveal the order-parameter symmetry of unconventional superconductors. It briefly introduces readers to the basic theoretical concepts and terms of unconventional superconductivity, followed by a detailed overview...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Introduction to Unconventional Superconductivity: A Brief Overview
• Basic Theoretical Concepts
• Part II: Experimental Methods: Probing the Nodal Structure
• Probing the Parity and Spin State
• Probing the Energy Gap
• Probing the Phase
• Probing the Vortices: Lattice Symmetry and Internal Structure
• Part III: Possible Unconventional Superconductors: Ce-based Heavy-Fermion Superconductors
• U-based Heavy-Fermion Superconductors
• Metal-Oxide Superconductors
• Appendix.