High Temperature Superconductivity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Survey of Superconductivity

   • Jeffrey W. Lynn

   Pages 1-28

3. Theory of Type-II Superconductivity

   • Dietrich Belitz

   Pages 29-59

4. The Josephson Effect

   • Richard A. Ferrell

   Pages 60-83

5. Crystallography

   • Anthony Santoro

   Pages 84-121

6. Electronic Structure, Lattice Dynamics, and Magnetic Interactions

   • Ching-ping S. Wang

   Pages 122-167

7. Synthesis and Diamagnetic Properties

   • Robert N. Shelton

   Pages 168-202

8. Thermal and Transport Properties

   • Jack E. Crow, Nai-Phuan Ong

   Pages 203-267

9. Magnetic Properties

   • Jeffrey W. Lynn

   Pages 268-302

10. Electron Pairing: How and Why?

    • Philip B. Allen

    Pages 303-342

11. Superconducting Devices

    • Fernand D. Bedard

    Pages 343-386

12. Back Matter

    Pages 387-403

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One of the most exciting developments in modern physics has been the discovery of the new class of oxide materials with high superconducting transition temperature. Systems with Tc well above liquid nitrogen temperature are already a reality and higher Tc's are anticipated. Indeed, the idea of a room-temperature superconductor, which just a short time ago was considered science fiction, appears to be a distinctly possible outcome of materials research. To address the need to train students and scientists for research in this exciting field, Jeffrey W. Lynn and colleagues at the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as other superconductivity experts from around the U.S., taught a graduate-level course in the fall of 1987, from which the chapters in this book were drawn. Subjects included are: Survey of superconductivity (J. Lynn).- The theory of type-II superconductivity (D. Belitz).- The Josephson effect (P. Ferrell).- Crystallography (A. Santoro).- Electronic structure (C.P.Wang).- Magnetic properties and interactions (J. Lynn).- Synthesis and diamagnetic properties (R. Shelton).- Electron pairing (P. Allen).- Superconducting devices (F. Bedard).- Superconducting properties (J. Crow, N.-P. Ong).

• BCS theory
• Cooper pair
• Exciton
• Josephson effect
• SQUID
• Superconductor
• crystallography

• Center for Superconductivity Research Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

  Jeffrey W. Lynn

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