Handbook of Superconductivity / Edition 1

by Charles K. Poole, Horacio A. Farach, Richard J. Creswick

Overview

The field of superconductivity has tremendous potential for growth and further development in industrial applications. The subject continues to occupy physicists, chemists, and engineers interested in both the phenomena itself and possible financially viable industrial devices utilizing the physical concepts. For the past five years, within the publications of the American Physical Society, for example, 40%-60% of all articles submitted to major journals in the area of Solid State Physics have been on the subject of superconductivity, including the newer, extremely important subfield of high temperature superconductivity (high Tc).The present volume is the first handbook to address this field. It covers both "classic" superconductivity-related topics and high Tc. Numerous properties, including thermal, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, phase diagrams, and spectroscopic crystallographic structures are presented for many types of superconductors. Critical fields, critical currents, coherence lengths, penetration depths, and transition temperatures are tabulated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780125614603
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/15/1999
Pages:	693
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Farach has received international, national, and university awards. He is a member of the Academy of Science of Argentina and a Fellow of the American Society.

My research is in the area of theoretical condensed matter physics, especially the foundations of statistical physics. I have published extensively in the area of critical phenomena and phase transitions, including the text "Introduction to Renormalization Group Methods in Physics" with my co-authors Horacio Farach and Charles Poole. My most recent interests focus on numerical simulation of the mixed state in type-I superconductors, the analytical properties of the partition function, and the origins irreversibility.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Physical Constants and Conversion Factors. Properties of the Normal State. Superconducting State. Models and Theories. Supercondutor Types. R.E. Gladysheviskii and K. Cenzual, Crystal Structures of Classical Superconductors. Cuprates. R.E. Gladyshevskii and Ph. Galez, Crystal Structures of High-Tc Superconducting Cuprates. Characteristic Parameters. Thermal Properties. Electrical Properties. Magnetic Properties. Mechanical Properties. W. Wong-ng, Phase Diagrams of High TC Superconductors.

Editorial Reviews

Ever since a 1986 article by Bednorz and M<:u>eller launched the quest for a room temperature superconductor, the physics literature on this subject has burgeoned. Promoted as the first such handbook, this volume's 14 chapters (by US contributors mostly) encompass both classic superconductivity and newer high temperature superconductivity. Following introductory chapters offering definitions, units and conversion factors, a glossary, and summaries of the properties of the normal and superconducting states, the next chapter presents the results of the main models and theories used to explain experimental data. Subsequent papers discuss properties of the many superconductor types: thermal, electrical magnetic, mechanical, phase diagrams, and spectroscopic crystallographic structures of some 100 superconductor types. Critical fields and currents, coherence lengths, penetration depths, and transition temperatures are calculated. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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