ISBN: 3540438831-c
TITLE: Handbook of Superconductivity
AUTHOR: Bennemann, Ketterson
TOC:

Preface V
List of Contributors XIII
Handbook of SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Conventional, High-Transition Temperature, and Novel Superconductors
Volume I
1 History of Superconductivity: Conventional-, High-Transition Temperature and Novel Superconductors
K.H.Bennemann,J.B.Ketterson 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 High-Transition Temperature Superconductivity and Novel Superconductors 9
1.3 Summary 20
2 Theoretical Foundation: Phenomenology and Microscopic Theory
L.Pitaevskii 23
2.1 Off-diagonal Long Range Order and Superfluidity 23
2.2 Off-diagonal Long Range Order in Superconductors 30
2.3 London Equation 33
2.4 Thermodynamics of Superconductors in a Magnetic Field 37
2.5 The Intermediate State of Superconductors 39
2.6 The Ginzburg-Landau Theory 41
2.7 Surface Energy at the Boundary between Normal and Superconducting Phases 47
2.8 Superconductors of the Second Kind 52
2.9 Quantized Vortex Lines 53
2.10 Vortex-Vortex Interactions 59
2.11 Cooper-Pairing 63
2.12 Energy Spectrum of a Superconductor 67
2.13 Thermodynamic Properties of Superconductors 72
2.14 Elements of the Theory of Green's Functions 79
2.15 Green's Function of a Superconductor 85
2.16 Temperature Green's Functions 89
2.17 Temperature Green's Functions For a Superconductor 92
3 Fluctuation Phenomena in Superconductors
A.I.Larkin,A.A.Varlamov 95
3.1 Introduction 96
3.2 Ginzburg-Landau Formalism: Thermodynamics 101
3.3 Fluctuations Below the Critical Temperature 127
3.4 Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Fluctuations in Transport Phenomena 136
3.5 Fluctuations Near Superconductor-Insulator Transition 151
3.6 Microscopic Derivation of the Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Equation 159
3.7 Microscopic Theory of Fluctuation Conductivity of Layered Superconductor 170
3.8 Manifestation of Fluctuations in Various Properties 188
3.9 Conclusions 222
3.10 Acknowledgments 224
4 Electron-Phonon Superconductivity
J.P.Carbotte, F.Marsiglio 233
4.1 Introduction 234
4.2 The Electron-Phonon Interaction: Overview 235
4.3 The Phonons 261
4.4 The Critical Temperature and the Energy Gap 276
4.5 Thermodynamics and Critical Magnetic Fields 293
4.6 Response Functions 298
4.7 Summary 322
4.8 Appendix: Microscopic Developments 326
5 Theory of Superconducting Alloys
L.P.Gor'kov 347
5.1 Introduction 347
5.2 Averages of Green's Functions Over Impurities 349
5.3 Superconducting Alloys with a Small Gap 358
5.4 Paramagnetic Alloys and Gapless Superconductivity 370
5.5 Eilenberger Equations 374
5.6 Final Remark 382
6 High-T_c Superconductivity
H.R.Ott 385
6.1 Introduction 385
6.2 Typical Structural Characteristics 388
6.3 Occurrence of Superconductivit 399
6.4 Physical Properties of Copper Oxides 406
6.5 Physical Properties of Non-Cuprate High-T_c Superconductors 466
6.6 Final Remarks 481
7 A Spin Fluctuation Model for d-Wave Superconductivity
A.V.Chubukov,D.Pines,J.Schmalian 495
7.1 Introduction and Overview 495
7.2 Spin-Fermion Model 509
7.3 Summary of Strong-Coupling Theory for Electron-Phonon Pairing 517
7.4 Strong-Coupling Approach to Spin-Fermion Interaction 521
7.5 Fingerprints of Spin Fermion Pairing 539
7.6 Comparison with the Experiments on Cuprates 557
7.7 Conclusions 579
7.8 Acknowledgments 582
8 Tunneling Spectroscopy of Conventional and Unconventional Superconductors
J.Zasadzinski 591
8.1 Introduction 591
8.2 Basic Tunneling Phenomenology 594
8.3 Tunneling and Strong-Coupling Effects:Microscopic Picture 603
8.4 Tunneling Spectroscopy of Conventional Superconductors 608
8.5 Tunneling in High-Temperature Superconductors 614
8.6 Heavy Fermion Superconductors 637
8.7 Organic Superconductors 639
8.8 Other Materials 640
8.9 Conclusions 641
8.10 Acknowledgements 643
9 Pairing Symmetry in Cuprate Superconductors: Phase-Sensitive Tests
C.C.Tsuei,J.R.Kirtley 647
9.1 Introduction 648
9.2 Phase-Sensitive Tests: Theoretical Background 654
9.3 Phase-Sensitive Tests: Experiments 664
9.4 Universality of the d-Wave Pair State 697
9.5 Implications of d-Wave Pairing Symmetry 704
9.6 Conclusions 711
10 Vortex Matter
G.Blatter,V.B.Geshkenbein 725
10.1 Introduction 726
10.2 Ginzburg-Landau- and London Theories 735
10.3 Vortex Lines 739
10.4 Vortex Lattice 750
10.5 Layered Materials 760
10.6 Anisotropic Scaling Theory 781
10.7 Statistical Mechanics 789
10.8 Quenched Disorder: Pinning and Creep 831
10.9 Uncorrelated Disorder: Collective Pinning and Creep 844
10.10 Correlated Disorder 890
10.11 Surface- and Geometrical Barriers 897
10.12 Vortex Glasses 903
10.13 Concluding Remarks 913
10.14 Acknowledgments 919
Author Index 937
Subject Index 943
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