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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464519503321

Titolo

BCS [[electronic resource] ] : 50 years / / edited by Leon N. Cooper, Dmitri Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011

ISBN

1-283-14449-2

9786613144492

981-4304-66-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperLeon N

FelʹdmanD. Ė (Dmitriĭ Ėduardovich)

Disciplina

537.6/23

Soggetti

Superconductivity - History

Superconductors - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE; CONTENTS; I. Historical Perspectives; REMEMBRANCE OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY PAST; THE ROAD TO BCS; DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS IN SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; FAILED THEORIES OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND THE BCS THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: FROM ELECTRON INTERACTION TO NUCLEAR SUPERFLUIDITY; DEVELOPING BCS IDEAS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION; BCS: THE SCIENTIFIC ""LOVE OF MY LIFE""; II. Fluctuations, Tunneling and Disorder; SQUIDs: THEN AND NOW; RESISTANCE IN SUPERCONDUCTORS; COOPER PAIR BREAKING; SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR TRANSITIONS; NOVEL PHASES OF VORTICES IN SUPERCONDUCTORS

BREAKING TRANSLATIONAL INVARIANCE BY POPULATION IMBALANCE:THE FULDE-FERRELL-LARKIN-OV CHINNIKOV STATESIII. New Superconductors; PREDICTING AND EXPLAINING Tc AND OTHER PROPERTIES OF BCS SUPERCONDUCTORS; THE EVOLUTION OF HTS: Tc-EXPERIMENT PERSPECTIVES; THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: THEORY PERSPECTIVE; IV. BCS Beyond Superconductivity; THE SUPERFLUID PHASES OF LIQUID 3He: BCS



THEORY; SUPERFLUIDITY IN A GAS OF STRONGLY INTERACTING FERMIONS; BCS FROM NUCLEI AND NEUTRON STARS TO QUARK MATTER AND COLD ATOMS; ENERGY GAP, MASS GAP, AND SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING

BCS AS FOUNDATION AND INSPIRATION: THE TRANSMUTATION OF SYMMETRYFROM BCS TO THE LHC; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The BCS theory of superconductivity developed in 1957 by Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer has been remarkably successful in explaining the properties of superconductors. In addition, concepts from BCS have been incorporated into diverse fields of physics, from nuclear physics and dense quark matter to the current standard model. Practical applications include SQUIDs, magnetic resonance imaging, superconducting electronics and the transmission of electricity. This invaluable book is a compilation of both a historical account and a discussion of the current state of theory and experiment. With con