Magnetic Flux Structures in Superconductors

Extended Reprint of a Classic Text
Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-3-642-08753-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 314 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences

The first edition of this book provided an introduction to the many static and dynamic features of magnetic flux structures in what are now called classical or low-temperature superconductors. It went out of print not long after the discovery of high-temperature superconductors in 1986 by J.G. Bednorz and K.A. Miiller, a discovery which resulted worldwide in an explosive growth of research and development in the field of superconductivity. Because of this upsurge of activities, a strong demand for this book clearly continued. Since the contents of the fourteen chapters of the first edition are still valid and continue to represent a useful introduction into the various subjects, it was felt that a reprinting of these chapters in this second edition would be highly attractive. In this way, the reader is also able to trace the earlier scienti­ fic developments, themselves constituting important ideas sometimes forgot­ ten by the new community dealing with high-temperature superconductivity. However, because of the exciting and important recent progress in the field of high-temperature superconductivity, an extensive chapter has been added in this second edition. It provides a summary of the new developments and a discussion of the highlights. Here keywords such as vortex matter, vortex imaging, and half-integer magnetic flux quanta describe surprising new issues.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huebener, R. P.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Physik unter extremen Bedingungen (Vakuum, Hohe Drücke)
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Magnetismus
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Halbleiter- und Supraleiterphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Halb- und Supraleitertechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 Magnetic Properties of Type-I Superconductors.- 3 Ginzburg-Landau Theory.- 4 Magnetic Properties of Type-II Superconductors.- 5 Thin Films.- 6 Experimental Techniques.- 7 Lorentz Force and Flux Motion.- 8 Special Experiments.- 9 Thermal Force and Flux Motion.- 10 Time-Dependent Theories.- 11 Flux Pinning.- 12 Flux Creep and Flux Jumps.- 13 Electrical Noise Power.- 14 Current-Induced Resistive State.- 15 High-Temperature Superconductors: Summary of Recent Developments.- List of Symbols.- References.