ISBN : 9780199652556
'Superconducting State' provides a very detailed theoretical treatment of the key mechanisms of superconductivity, including the current state of the art (phonons, magnons, and plasmons). A very complete description is given of the electron-phonon mechanism responsible for superconductivity in the majority of superconducting systems, and the history of its development, as well as a detailed description of the key experimental techniques used to study the superconducting state and determine the mechanisms. In addition, there are chapters describing the discovery and properties of the key superconducting compounds that are of the most interest for science, and applications including a special chapter on the cuprate superconductors. It provides detailed treatments of some very novel aspects of superconductivity, including multiple bands (gaps), the "pseudogap" state, novel isotope effects beyond BCS, and induced superconductivity.
1. Historical perspective
2. Electronic states, phonons and electron-phonon interaction
3. Phonon mechanism
4. Electronic mechanisms
5. Magnetic mechanism
6. Experimental characterization methods
7. Multigap superconductivity
8. Induced superconductivity: proximity effect
9. Isotope effect
10. Cuprate superconductors
11. Inhomogeneous superconductivity and the "pseudogap" state of novel superconductors
12. Manganites
13. Novel superconducting systems
14. Organic superconductivity
15. Pairing in nanoclusters: nano-based superconducting tunneling networks