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THEORY OF HIGH TEMPERATURE
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
A Conventional Approach
by Todor M Mishonov (Sofia University, Bulgaria) & Evgeni
S Penev (Rice University, USA)
260pp (approx.)
978-981-4343-14-5: US$88 / £57 US$61.60
/ £39.90
Drawing from the broad spectrum of phenomena, described in
more than 100,000 articles on high-Tc superconductivity, in this book,
the authors analyze those basic properties for which understanding can
be achieved within the framework of traditional methods of theoretical
physics.
This is the case of the overdoped cuprates for which the
"Bardeen program" has been realized: We know their electronic spectrum,
we can calculate their basic thermodynamic and electrodynamic
properties, and predict new phenomena. The book gives a pedagogical
derivation of formulas describing the electron band structure,
penetration depth, specific heat, fluctuation conductivity, etc.
Prediction of plasmons and their application for a new type of THz
generators is considered as well.
The book advocates that the strongest exchange interaction in
condensed matter physics — the intraatomic s-d exchange — is the long
sought pairing mechanism in overdoped cuprate superconductors.
Contents:
- Tight-Binding Modeling of Layered Perovskites
- The Pairing Mechanism of Overdoped Cuprates
- Specific Heat and Penetration Depth
- Plasmons and the Cooper Pair Mass
- Thermodynamics of Gaussian Fluctuations and
Paraconductivity
- Kinetics of Fluctuation Cooper Pairs
- Fluctuation Conductivity in Strong Electric
Fields
- Linear-T Electrical Resistivity and Normal
Phase Properties
- Terahertz Electric Oscillations in Supercooled
Superconductors
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