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The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity by Bednorz and Müller in 1986 [1] has triggered an enormous research activity with various goals: unravelling the microscopic mechanism producing such high transition temperatures, understanding the phen
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K.H. Bennernann J.B. Ketterson (Eds.)
The Physics of Superconductors Vol. I. Conventional and High-Tc Superconductors
With 319 Figures, 8 Tables
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Prof. K.H. Bennemann Freie Universitat Berlin Fachbereich fur Physik - WE 2 Arnimallee 14 14195 Berlin, Germany e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. J.B. Ketterson Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Northwestern University Evanston Illinois 60208, USA e-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The physics of superconductors IK.H. Bennemann, J.B. Ketterson (eds.). p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. contents: v. 1. Conventional and high-Tc superconductors
ISBN 978-3-642-62870-2 ISBN 978-3-642-55675-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-55675-3 Superconductivity. 2. Superconductors. I. Bennemann, K.H. II. Ketterson, J.B. (John Boyd) QC611.92.P48 2003 532.6'23-dc21 2002030322
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Preface
Superconductivity has undergone tremendous advances in recent years. Most notable of course was the discovery of high temperature superconductivity in the cuprates. This discovery resulted in an enormous influx of new workers to the field representing a host of experimental and theoretical disciplines. When we combine this with the discovery of superconductivity in other materials such as heavy-fermion metals, MgB 2, various organics, fullerenes, field-effect devices, magnetic metals under pressure, and presumably non s-symmetry triplet Cooper-pairing in ruthenates (e.g. Sr2Ru04) we have an enrichment of the phenomena superconductivity. This resulted in an explosion of interest in the field. Many of the new superconductors are being called unconventional, either with respect to the pairing mechanism or the symmetry of the under
