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Subscriber,
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.
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BCS: 50 YEARS
edited by Leon N Cooper & Dmitri Feldman (Brown
University, USA)
588pp Nov 2010
978-981-4304-65-8(pbk): US$65 / £40 US$48.75
/ £30
2010978-981-4304-64-1: US$135 / £84 US$101.25
/ £63
With contributions from many prominent scientists and Nobel
Prize Winners, this invaluable compilation 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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