Theory of Fluctuations in Superconductors (International Series of Monographs on Physics) [Hardcover]

Anatoly Larkin (Author), Andrei Varlamov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 17, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0198528159 | ISBN-13: 978-0198528159

This book presents a complete encyclopedia of superconducting fluctuations, summarizing the last thirty-five years of work in the field. The first part of the book is devoted to an extended discussion of the Ginzburg-Landau phenomenology of fluctuations in its thermodynamical and time-dependent versions and its various applications. The second part deals with microscopic justification of the Ginzburg-Landau approach and presents the diagrammatic theory of fluctuations. The third part is devoted to a less-detailed review of the manifestation of fluctuations in observables: diamagnetism, magnetoconductivity, various tunneling characteristics, thermoelectricity, and NMR relaxation. The final chapters turn to the manifestation of fluctuations in unconventional superconducting systems: nanodrops, nanorings, Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless state, quantum phase transition between superconductor and insulator, and thermal and quantum fluctuations in weak superconducting systems. The book ends with a brief discussion on theories of high temperature superconductivity, where fluctuations appear as the possible protagonist of this exciting phenomenon.

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"The different chapters are well-organized and well-written resulting in an easy reading and comprehension of the ideas presented."--Journal of Statistical Physics

About the Author

Anatoly Larkin is William I. Fine and Bianca Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University of Minnesota as well as a principal researcher at the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Russia. Andrei Varlamov is a principal researcher at COHERENTIA-INFM in Rome.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 430 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198528159
• ISBN-13: 978-0198528159
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,461,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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