This text is on the modern theory of superconductivity. It deals with the behaviour of superconductors in external fields varying in time, and with transport phenomena in superconductors. The book starts with the fundamentals of the first-principle, microscopic theory of superconductivity, and guides the reader through the modern theoretical analysis directly to applications of the theory to practical problems. The reader of this book will learn about the methodsof quantum field theory applied to nonstationary superconductivity in their most advanced formulation, namely about the so-called semi-classical version ofthe real-time Green's function technique applied to the celebrated Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer model of superconductivity. A considerable part of the book is devoted to vortex dynamics, dealing with the behaviour of superconductors in the most practical situation when they carry electric currents in the presence of a magnetic field. ÍNDICE: PART I: GREEN'S FUNCTIONS IN THE BCS THEORY; 1. Introduction; 2. Green's Functions; 3. The BCS Model; 4. Superconducting Alloys; PART II: THE QUASICLASSICAL METHOD; 5. General Principles of the Quasiclassical Approximation; 6. Quasiclassical Methods in Stationary Problems; 7. Quasiclassical Methods for Layered Superconductors; PART III: NONEQUILIBRIUM SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; 8. Nonstationary Theory; 9. Quasiclassical Methods for Nonstationary Phenomena; 10.Kinetic Equations; 11. The Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Theory; PART IV: VORTEX DYNAMICS; 12. Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Analysis; 13. Vortex Dynamics in Dirty Superconductors; 14. Vortex Dynamics in Clean Superconductors; 15. Boltzmann's Kinetic Equation; References; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-956642-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 07/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés