The Science and Technology of Superconductivity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-1

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2. Introduction and Background

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Fundamentals of Superconductivity

      • E. A. Edelsack

      Pages 5-24

   3. Phenomenological Theories of Superconductivity

      • W. D. Gregory

      Pages 25-70

   4. Elements of the Theory of Superconductivity

      • W. N. Mathews Jr.

      Pages 71-148

   5. Josephson Effect in a Superconducting Ring

      • F. Bloch

      Pages 149-161

   6. Time-Dependent Superconductivity

      • D. J. Scalapino

      Pages 163-183

   7. Refrigeration for Superconducting Devices

      • Robert W. Stuart

      Pages 185-205

3. Superconducting Materials

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Experimental Aspects of Superconductivity: Editors’ Note

      • W. D. Gregory, W. N. Mathews Jr., E. A. Edelsack

      Pages 209-209

   3. Superconductivity in Very Pure Metals

      • W. D. Gregory

      Pages 211-261

   4. Tc’s -- The High and Low of it

      • Bernd T. Matthias

      Pages 263-288

   5. The Metallurgy of Superconductors

      • Robert M. Rose

      Pages 289-332

   6. Superconducting Intermetallic Compounds — The A15 Story

      • Robert A. Hein

      Pages 333-372

   7. Theory of Superconducting Semiconductors

      • C. S. Koonce

      Pages 373-387

   8. Enhancement Effects: Theory

      • C. S. Koonce

      Pages 389-403

   9. Enhancement Effects

      • J. F. Schooley

      Pages 405-428

4. Back Matter

   Pages 429-466

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Since the discovery of superconductivity in 1911 by H. Kamerlingh Onnes, of the order of half a billion dollars has been spent on research directed toward understanding and utiliz­ ing this phenomenon. This investment has gained us fundamental understanding in the form of a microscopic theory of superconduc­ tivity. Moreover, superconductivity has been transformed from a laboratory curiosity to the basis of some of the most sensitive and accurate measuring devices known, a whole host of other elec­ tronic devices, a soon-to-be new international standard for the volt, a prototype generation of superconducting motors and gener­ ators, and magnets producing the highest continuous magnetic fields yet produced by man. The promise of more efficient means of power transmission and mass transportation, a new generation of superconducting motors and generators, and computers and other electronic devices with superconducting circuit elements is all too clear. The realization of controlled thermonuclear fusion is perhaps totally dependent upon the creation of enormous magnetic fields over large volumes by some future generation of supercon­ ducting magnets. Nevertheless, whether or not the technological promise of superconductivity comes to full flower depends as much, and perhaps more, upon economic and political factors as it does upon new technological and scientific breakthroughs. The basic science of superconductivity and its technological implications were the subject of a short course on "The Science and Technology of Superconductivity" held at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. , during 13-26 August 1971.

• Josephson effect
• Nuclear fusion
• Semiconductor
• Superconductor
• fields
• fusion
• magnetic field
• magnetic fields
• metallurgy
• metals
• semiconductors
• superconductivity
• transport

• Department of Physics, Georgetown University, USA

  W. D. Gregory, W. N. Mathews

• Office of Naval Research, USA

  E. A. Edelsack

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