03429nam 2200661Ia 450 991045087610332120200520144314.01-280-52643-297866105264370-19-536013-31-4294-0560-0(CKB)1000000000408111(EBL)271678(OCoLC)476008040(SSID)ssj0000179347(PQKBManifestationID)11923007(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179347(PQKBWorkID)10138016(PQKB)11688591(MiAaPQ)EBC271678(Au-PeEL)EBL271678(CaPaEBR)ebr10358304(CaONFJC)MIL52643(OCoLC)466426086(EXLCZ)99100000000040811119930322d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInhomogeneous superconductors[electronic resource] granular and quantum effects /Eugen S̆imánekNew York Oxford University Press19941 online resource (394 p.)International series of monographs on physicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-507828-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Dynamics and Fluctuations of the Order Parameter; 3. Regular Arrays without Dissipation; 4. Quantum Effects and Ohmic Dissipation; 5. Microscopic Theory of Superconducting Tunneling; 6. Phase Transitions in Dissipative Arrays; 7. Two-dimensional superconductors; 8. Dynamics and Quantum Tunneling of Vortices; A1. Partition Function for One-Body Motion; A2. Partition Function for N-body Systems and Fields; A3. Partition Function for a Particle on a Circle; A4. Free Particle on a Circle; A5. Particle on a Circle-High-Temperature LimitA6. Perturbation Expansion for Thermal AveragesA7. Path Integral for the Correlation Function; A8. Correlation Function in the Classical Limit; A9. Derivation of Eq. (2.3); A10. Path integral for the transition amplitude; A11. Extremal path (bounce) and fluctuations about it; A12. Bounce contribution to the transition amplitude; A13. Expression for bounce action; A14. Dissipative action for weak damping; A15. Bounce trajectory for strong damping; A16. Cumulant expansion theorem for Z[sub(G)][Δ]; A17. Green's function in the presence of V (τ); References; IndexRepresents the unified treatment of an important field of research - the theory of quantum fluctuations in inhomogeneous superconductivity materials. This book can be used as a main or supplementary text in graduate courses on superconductivity, many-body systems, phase transitions, submicron physics, and surface science.International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England)Fluctuations (Physics)Inhomogeneous materialsSuperconductorsElectronic books.Fluctuations (Physics)Inhomogeneous materials.Superconductors.537.6/236S̆imánek Eugen948059MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450876103321Inhomogeneous superconductors2142923UNINA