Superconductivity (Elsevier Insights)

__Superconductivity, Third Edition__ is an encyclopedic treatment of all aspects of the subject, from classic materials to fullerenes. Emphasis is on balanced coverage, with a comprehensive reference list and significant graphics from all areas of the published literature. Widely used theoretical approaches are explained in detail. Topics of special interest include high temperature superconductors, spectroscopy, critical states, transport properties, and tunneling. This book covers the whole field of superconductivity from both the theoretical and the experimental point of view. This third edition features extensive revisions throughout, and new chapters on second critical field and iron based superconductors. * Comprehensive coverage of the field of superconductivity * New content on magnetic properties, fluxons, anisotropies, and more * Over 2500 references to the literature * Enhanced data tables Content: Front-matter, Pages i,iii Copyright, Page iv Dedication, Page v Preface to the First Edition, Pages xix-xxi Preface to the Second Edition, Pages xxiii-xxv Preface to the Third Edition, Page xxvii 1 - Properties of the normal state, Pages 1-31 2 - Phenomenon of superconductivity, Pages 33-85 3 - Transport properties, Pages 87-141 4 - Thermodynamic properties, Pages 143-182 5 - Magnetic properties, Pages 183-223 6 - Ginzburg–Landau phenomenological theory, Pages 225-263 7 - Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer microscopic theory, Pages 265-321 8 - Type I superconductivity and the intermediate state, Pages 323-354 9 - Type II superconductivity, Pages 355-424 10 - Irreversible magnetic properties, Pages 425-443 11 - Magnetic penetration depth, Pages 445-484 12 - Upper critical field with magnetic and non-magnetic scattering, Pages 485-499 13 - Energy gap and tunneling, Pages 501-576 14 - Spectroscopic properties, Pages 577-650 15 - Classical superconductors, Pages 651-676 16 - Cuprate high-Tc superconductors, Pages 677-726 17 - Noncuprate superconductors, Pages 727-788 18 - London penetration depth in iron base superconductors, Pages 789-827

Superconductivity, Third Edition is an encyclopedic treatment of all aspects of the subject, from classic materials to fullerenes. Emphasis is on balanced coverage, with a comprehensive reference list and significant graphics from all areas of the published literature. Widely used theoretical approaches are explained in detail. Topics of special interest include high temperature superconductors, spectroscopy, critical states, transport properties, and tunneling.

This book covers the whole field of superconductivity from both the theoretical and the experimental point of view. This third edition features extensive revisions throughout, and new chapters on second critical field and iron based superconductors.

• Comprehensive coverage of the field of superconductivity
• New content on magnetic properties, fluxons, anisotropies, and more
• Over 2500 references to the literature
• Enhanced data tables