Ebook: Advances in Superconductivity
- Tags: Physics general
- Series: NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series
- Year: 1983
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The Advanced Study Institute on "Advances in Superconductivity" was held at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, Sicily, during July 3 to July 15, 1982. This Institute was the third course of the International School of Low Tempera ture Physics, which was established at the Centre in 1977 with the guidance and inspiration of T. Regge and A. Zichichi. The 1982 Course was centered on a topic which brought together fundamental basic research and the most recent promising technological applications. Accordingly, the participants represented a wide spectrum of industrial and government laboratories, as well as universities from various countries. The program of topics and speakers was developed with the advice of the Organizing Committee, composed of H. Frohlich, T. Regge, B. Stritzker, and L. Testardi. This Institute emphasized recent developments in the science and technology of superconductivity. A historical perspective was provided by H. Frohlich, whose lectures recall the earliest discoveries and theoretical attempts to understand superconductivity. Ironically, his early suggestion of the electron-phonon coupling as a key to superconductivity was met with initial widespread skepticism. Later, the development of field theory methods for solid state physics problems, and the evolution of the BCS theory has led to a seemingly unanimous concensus regarding the e1ectron phonon mechanism as the predominant source of superconductivity in known materials. Experimental studies of superconductivity exemplify the strong interplay of science and technology in many ways.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
History of the Theory of Superconductivity....Pages 1-11
Fundamental Limits on Squid Technology....Pages 13-50
Josephson Computer Technology....Pages 51-127
Organic Superconductivity....Pages 129-147
Solitons in Long Josephson Junctions....Pages 149-181
Josephson Effects: Basic Concepts....Pages 183-195
Investigations on The Josephson Effect by Photosensitive Tunnel Structures....Pages 197-205
The Problem of Geometrical Configuration in Josephson Junctions....Pages 207-224
Workshop on Organic Materials and Superconducting Fluctuations....Pages 225-240
Superconducting Tunnel Junctions in High Frequency Radiation Detectors....Pages 241-277
Coexistence of Superconductivity and Magnetism....Pages 279-346
Ion Implantation — A Promising Technique for the Production of New Superconducting Materials....Pages 347-386
Empirical Approach to Superconductivity....Pages 387-431
Kosterlitz-Thouless Transitions and Two-Dimensional Superconductors....Pages 433-474
Re-Entrant Superconductivity....Pages 475-514
Back Matter....Pages 515-529
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
History of the Theory of Superconductivity....Pages 1-11
Fundamental Limits on Squid Technology....Pages 13-50
Josephson Computer Technology....Pages 51-127
Organic Superconductivity....Pages 129-147
Solitons in Long Josephson Junctions....Pages 149-181
Josephson Effects: Basic Concepts....Pages 183-195
Investigations on The Josephson Effect by Photosensitive Tunnel Structures....Pages 197-205
The Problem of Geometrical Configuration in Josephson Junctions....Pages 207-224
Workshop on Organic Materials and Superconducting Fluctuations....Pages 225-240
Superconducting Tunnel Junctions in High Frequency Radiation Detectors....Pages 241-277
Coexistence of Superconductivity and Magnetism....Pages 279-346
Ion Implantation — A Promising Technique for the Production of New Superconducting Materials....Pages 347-386
Empirical Approach to Superconductivity....Pages 387-431
Kosterlitz-Thouless Transitions and Two-Dimensional Superconductors....Pages 433-474
Re-Entrant Superconductivity....Pages 475-514
Back Matter....Pages 515-529
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