Bcs: 50 Years

by Leon N Cooper, Dmitri Feldman

Overview

Named a Top Five Book of 2011 by Physics Today, USA.'... the editors deserve praise for the selection of topics and for enlisting a distinguished set of authors. BCS: 50 Years is a successful attempt to capture the history of the development of superconductivity theory and its continuing impact. Any person curious about superconductivity will find something in this book to enjoy.'
Physics TodayThe 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 contributions from many prominent scientists, it aims to introduce students and researchers to the origins, the impact and the current state of the BCS theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814304658
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/10/2010
Pages:	588
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

I Historical Perspectives

1 Remembrance of Superconductivity Past L. N Cooper 3

2 The Road to BCS J. R. Schrieffer 21

3 Development of Concepts in Superconductivity J. Bardeen 33

4 Failed Theories of Superconductivity J. Schmalian 41

5 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the BCS Theory C.P. Slichter 57

6 Superconductivity: From Electron Interaction to Nuclear Superfluidity D. Pines 85

7 Developing BCS Ideas in the Former Soviet Union L. P. Gor'kov 107

8 BCS: The Scientific "Love of my Life" P. W. Anderson 127

II Fluctuations, Tunneling and Disorder

9 SQUIDs: Then and Now J. Clarke 145

10 Resistance in Superconductors B. I. Halperin G. Refael E. Demler 185

11 Cooper Pair Breaking P. Fulde 227

12 Superconductor-Insulator Transitions A. M. Goldman 255

13 Novel Phases of Vortices in Superconductors P. Le Doussal 277

14 Breaking Translational Invariance by Population Imbalance: The Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov States G. Zwicknagl J. Wosnitza 337

III New Superconductors

15 Predicting and Explaining T_c and Other Properties of BCS Superconductors M. L. Cohen 375

16 The Evolution of HTS: T_c-Experiment Perspectives C. W. Chu 391

17 The Evolution of High-Temperature Superconductivity: Theory Perspective E. Abrahams 439

IV BCS Beyond Superconductivity

18 The Superfluid Phases of Liquid ³He: BCS Theory A. J. Leggett 473

19 Superfluidity in a Gas of Strongly Interacting Fermions W. Ketterle Y. Shin A. Schirotzek C. H. Schunk 491

20 BCS from Nuclei and Neutron Stars to Quark Matter and Cold Atoms G. Baym 509

21 Energy Gap, Mass Gap, and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking Y. Nambu 525

22 BCS as Foundation and Inspiration: The Transmutation of Symmetry F. Wilczek 535

23 From BCS to the LHC S. Weinberg 559

Index 569