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BCS: 50 YEARS
edited by Leon N Cooper (Brown University, USA) & Dmitri
Feldman (Brown University, USA)
588pp
978-981-4304-65-8(pbk): US$65 / £40 US$48.75
/ £30
978-981-4304-64-1: US$135 / £84 US$101.25
/ £63
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:
- Historical Perspectives:
- Remembrance of Superconductivity Past (L
N Cooper)
- The Road to BCS (J R Schrieffer)
- Development of Concepts in
Superconductivity (J Bardeen)
- Failed Theories of Superconductivity (J
Schmalian)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the BCS
Theory (C P Slichter)
- Superconductivity: From Electron
Interaction to Nuclear Supefluidity (D Pines)
- Developing BCS Ideas in the Former Soviet
Union (L P Gor'kov)
- BCS: The Scientific "Love of My Life" (P
W Anderson)
- Fluctuations, Tunneling and Disorder:
- SQUIDs: Then and Now (J Clarke)
- Resistance in Superconductors (B I
Halperin et al.)
- Cooper Pair Breaking (P Fulde)
- Superconductor-Insulator Transitions (A
M Goldman)
- Novel Phases of Vortices in Superconductors
(P Le Doussal)
- Breaking Translational Invariance by
Population Imbalance: The Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov States (G
Zwicknagl & J Wosnitza)
- New Superconductors:
- Predicting and Explaining Tc
and Other Properties of BCS Superconductors (M L Cohen)
- The Evolution of HTS: Tc-Experiment
Perspectives (C W Chu)
- The Evolution of High-Temperature
Superconductivity: Theory Perspective (E Abrahams)
- BCS Beyond Superconductivity:
- The Superfluid Phases of Liquid 3He:
BCS Theory (A J Leggett)
- Superfluidity in a Gas of Strongly
Interacting Fermions (W Ketterle et al.)
- BCS from Nuclei and Neutron Stars to Quark
Matter and Cold Atoms (G Baym)
- Energy Gap, Mass Gap, and Spontaneous
Symmetry Breaking (Y Nambu)
- BCS as Foundation and Inspiration: The
Transmutation of Symmetry (F Wilczek)
- From BCS to the LHC (S Weinberg)
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50 YEARS OF
ANDERSON LOCALIZATION
edited by Elihu Abrahams (University of California, Los
Angeles, USA)
612pp
978-981-4299-07-7(pbk): US$48 / £32 US$36
/ £24
978-981-4299-06-0: US$128 / £84 US$96 /
£63
978-981-4299-08-4(ebook): US$166 US$124.50
Table
of Contents (90k)
Introduction
(61k)
Chapter
1: Thoughts on Localization (107k)
In his groundbreaking paper "Absence of diffusion in certain
random lattices (1958)", Philip W Anderson originated, described and
developed the physical principles underlying the phenomenon of the
localization of quantum objects due to disorder. Anderson's 1977 Nobel
Prize citation featured that paper, which was fundamental for many
subsequent developments in condensed matter physics and technical
applications. After more than a half century, the subject continues to
be of fundamental importance. In particular, in the last 25 years, the
phenomenon of localization has proved to be crucial for the
understanding of the quantum Hall effect, mesoscopic fluctuations in
small conductors, some aspects of quantum chaotic behavior, and the
localization and collective modes of electromagnetic and matter waves.
This unique and invaluable volume celebrates the five decades
of the impact of Anderson localization on modern physics. In addition
to the historical perspective on its origin, the volume provides a
comprehensive description of the experimental and theoretical aspects
of Anderson localization, together with its application in various
areas, which include disordered metals and the metal-insulator
transition, mesoscopic physics, classical systems and light,
strongly-correlated systems, and mathematical models.
The volume is edited by E Abrahams, who has been a
contributor in the field of localization. A distinguished group of
experts, each of whom has left his mark on the developments of this
fascinating theory, contribute their personal insights in this volume.
They are: A Amir (Weizmann Institute of Science), P W
Anderson (Princeton University), G Bergmann (University of
Southern California), M Büttiker (University of Geneva), K
Byczuk (University of Warsaw & University of Augsburg), J
Cardy (University of Oxford), S Chakravarty (University of
California, Los Angeles), V Dobrosavljević (Florida State
University), R C Dynes (University of California, San Diego), K
B Efetov (Ruhr University Bochum), F Evers (Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology), A M Finkel'stein (Weizmann Institute
of Science & Texas A&M University), A Genack (Queens
College, CUNY), N Giordano (Purdue University), I V Gornyi
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), W Hofstetter (Goethe
University Frankfurt), Y Imry (Weizmann Institute of Science), B
Kramer (Jacobs University Bremen), S V Kravchenko
(Northeastern University), A MacKinnon (Imperial College
London), A D Mirlin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), M
Moskalets (NTU "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"), T Ohtsuki
(Sophia University), P M Ostrovsky (Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology), A M M Pruisken (University of Amsterdam), T V
Ramakrishnan (Indian Institute of Science), M P Sarachik
(City College, CUNY), K Slevin (Osaka University), T Spencer
(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), D J Thouless
(University of Washington), D Vollhardt (University of
Augsburg), J Wang (Queens College, CUNY), F J Wegner
(Ruprecht-Karls-University) and P Wölfle (Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology).
Contents:
- Thoughts on Localization (P W Anderson)
- Anderson Localization in the Seventies and
Beyond (D Thouless)
- Intrinsic Electron Localization in Manganites (T
V Ramakrishnan)
- Self-Consistent Theory of Anderson
Localization: General Formalism and Applications (P W0‹2lfle &
D Vollhardt)
- Anderson Localization and Supersymmetry (K
B Efetov)
- Anderson Transitions: Criticality, Symmetries
and Topologies (A D Mirlin et al.)
- Scaling of von Neumann Entropy at the Anderson
Transition (S Chakravarty)
- From Anderson Localization to Mesoscopic
Physics (M B¨¹ttiker & M Moskalets)
- The Localization Transition at Finite
Temperatures: Electric and Thermal Transport (Y Imry & A Amir)
- Localization and the Metal-Insulator Transition
— Experimental Observations (R C Dynes)
- Weak Localization and Its Applications as an
Experimental Tool (G Bergmann)
- Weak Localization and Electron-Electron
Interaction Effects in Thin Metal Wires and Films (N Giordano)
- Inhomogeneous Fixed Point Ensembles Revisited (F
J Wegner)
- Quantum Network Models and Classical
Localization Problems (J Cardy)
- Mathematical Aspects of Anderson Localization (T
Spencer)
- Finite Size Scaling Analysis of the Anderson
Transition (B Kramer et al.)
- A Metal-Insulator Transition in 2D: Established
Facts and Open Questions (S V Kravchenko & M P Sarachik)
- Disordered Electron Liquid with Interactions (A
M Finkel'stein)
- Typical-Medium Theory of Mott-Anderson
Localization (V Dobrosavljević)
- Anderson Localization vs. Mott-Hubbard
Metal-Insulator Transition in Disordered, Interacting Lattice Fermion
Systems (K Byczuk et al.)
- Topological Principles in the Theory of
Anderson Localization (A M M Pruisken)
- Speckle Statistics in the Photon Localization
Transition (A Z Genack & J Wang)
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