Overview
- Familiarizes readers with major concepts and techniques of modern theoretical physics through the study of superconductivity
- Provides careful and detailed mathematical derivations understandable by beginners
- Guides students of superconductivity on which topics to study in mathematics and modern theoretical physics
- Demonstrates clearly both the coherence of the Cooper-pair condensation and the origin of superfluidity
Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Physics (GTP)
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“This book has a unique approach to formulating mean field theory of superconductivity especially in a way most useful for studying inhomogeneous and/or unconventional superconductors. Building up from the fundamental laws of thermodynamics and the basic techniques of statistical mechanics such that it is readable for students, it develops the Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism of superconductivity. The book culminates in derivation of the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity and its application to description of vortex states. While it is informative and useful for researchers in the field, it is an excellent textbook – either as the main text or for supplementary reading – for a variety of graduate courses ranging from a standard class on statistical mechanics or condensed matter physics to more specialised classes such as one on superconductivity.” (Professor K.Tanaka, Department of Physics & Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan)
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About the author
Takafumi Kita is an associate professor at Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Japan. He obtained a PhD from Department of Applied Physics, the University of Tokyo in 1988. He held positions at Institute of Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo (1988-1993, research associate), at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1991-1993, visiting scientist), and joined Hokkaido University subsequently. He spent a year in Germany (2000-2001) at University of Karlsruhe and at University of Bayreuth (half a year per each) as an overseas research fellow. He has been teaching quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, mathematical methods in physics, field theory in statistical mechanics, etc., over 20 years.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Statistical Mechanics of Superconductivity
Authors: Takafumi Kita
Series Title: Graduate Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55405-9
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55404-2Published: 18 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56414-0Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55405-9Published: 05 May 2015
Series ISSN: 1868-4513
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4521
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 289
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations
Topics: Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity, Complex Systems, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems