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BCS: 50 YEARS
edited by Leon N Cooper (Brown University, USA) & Dmitri
Feldman (Brown University, USA)
500pp
978-981-4304-65-8(pbk): US$55 / £36 US$41.25
/ £27
978-981-4304-64-1: US$115 / £76 US$86.25
/ £57
The 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.
Contents:
- On High Temperature Superconductivity (E
Abrahams)
- On Dynamic Screening and the Electron-electron
Interactions in Superconductors (P Anderson)
- On Neutron Stars (G Baym)
- On High Temperature Superconductivity (P
Chu)
- On SQUIDs (J Clarke)
- On New Superconductors (M Cohen)
- On Remembrance of Superconductivity Past (L
Cooper)
- On Magnetic Impurities in Superconductors (P
Fulde)
- On Superconductor Insulator Transitions (A
Goldman)
- On BCS in the Soviet Union (L Gor'kov)
- On Resistance of Superconducting Wires (B
Halperin et al.)
- On Cold Atoms (W Ketterle et al.)
- On Vortices (P Le Doussal)
- On He-3 (T Leggett)
- On Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Gauge
Invariance (Y Nambu)
- On Electron-Electron Interaction (D Pines)
- On the Origins of BCS (R Schrieffer)
- On Failed Theories of Superconductivity (J
Schmalian)
- On Organic Superconductors (J Singleton)
- On NMR and the History of BCS (C Slichter)
- On Josephson Junctions (D Van Harlingen)
- On Lessons From Superconductivity (S
Weinberg)
- On the Influence of BCS on QCD and Quantum Hall
Effect (F Wilczek)
- On the FFLO State in Superconductors (G
Zwicknagl & J Wosnitza)
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