Preface |
Acknowledgements |
Introduction / Chapter 1: |
Problems |
Review of Conventional Superconductors / Chapter 2: |
Two-Fluid Model / 2-1: |
London Equation / 2-3: |
Nonlocal Fields / 2-4: |
Nonlocal Electrodynamics Sketched / 2-4a: |
Various Situations and Dirty Superconductors / 2-4b: |
Ginzburg-Landau Theory / 2-5: |
GL Free Energy / 2-5a: |
GL Differential Equations / 2-5c: |
Flux Quantization / 2-5d: |
GL Coherence Length / 2-5e: |
Type II Superconductors / 2-5f: |
BCS Theory / 2-6: |
Cooper Pairs and BCS Introduction / 2-6a: |
BCS Results / 2-6c: |
Specific Heat / 2-6d: |
Anisotropic Superconducting Gap / 2-6e: |
Coherence Effects / 2-6f: |
Strong-Coupled Superconductors / 2-7: |
McMillan Equation / 2-7a: |
Maximum T[subscript c]? / 2-7c: |
Electron-Phonon Parameter Calculations / 2-7d: |
Tunneling / 2-8: |
Tunneling Review / 2-8a: |
Tunneling Experiments / 2-8b: |
Phonon Structure / 2-8c: |
Other Topics / 2-9: |
Magnetic Superconductors / 2-9a: |
Earlier Oxide Superconductors / 2-9b: |
Heavy-Electron Metals / 2-9c: |
Organic Superconductors / 2-9d: |
[superscript 3]He / 2-9e: |
Structures / Chapter 3: |
Overview / 3-1: |
La(n = 1) / 3-2: |
2-Tl(n) / 3-2b: |
2-Bi(n) / 3-2c: |
1-Tl(n) / 3-2d: |
Distances / 3-2e: |
Y123 / 3-2f: |
Other High-T[subscript c] Structures / 3-2g: |
Other Phases / 3-3: |
Y123 with Intermediate Oxygen Content / 3-3a: |
Other Distortions / 3-3d: |
Conventional Superconductors / 3-4: |
Normal-State Properties / Chapter 4: |
Cu-Charge State / 4-1: |
Charges / 4-2a: |
Molecular Orbitals / 4-2b: |
Resistance / 4-3: |
Conventional Resistivity Behavior / 4-3a: |
Resistivity of High-T[subscript c] Materials / 4-3b: |
Hall Effect / 4-4: |
Magnetism / 4-5: |
Insulator Phase / 4-5a: |
Superconducting Phase / 4-5b: |
Structural Phase Transitions / 4-6: |
Bands--General / 4-7: |
Fermi Liquid / 4-7a: |
Resonating-Valence-Band State / 4-7b: |
Band Theory / 4-7c: |
Simple Two-Dimensional Bands / 4-7d: |
More Advanced Two-Dimensional Bands / 4-7e: |
One-Electron Bands / 4-8: |
Photoemission Spectroscopy / 4-9: |
PES 2-Bi(n = 2) Results / 4-9a: |
PES Y123 Results / 4-9c: |
PES Summary / 4-9d: |
Superconducting Properties / Chapter 5: |
T[subscript c] Values / 5-1: |
Cooper Pairs and BCS / 5-2: |
Paired Electrons? / 5-2a: |
Spin Singlet or Triplet Pairing? / 5-2c: |
Symmetry of Electron Pairs / 5-2d: |
BCS Superconductors? / 5-3: |
Superconducting Energy Gap and Other Properties / 5-4: |
PES Results / 5-4a: |
Tunneling Spectroscopy / 5-4b: |
Infrared Results / 5-4c: |
Raman Results / 5-4e: |
NMR Results / 5-4f: |
Isotope Effect / 5-5: |
The Pairing Mechanism / 5-6: |
Soft Phonon Modes / 5-6a: |
Temperature-Dependent Phonon Modes / 5-6c: |
Neutron Measurements / 5-6d: |
High-Energy Tunneling Results / 5-6e: |
Electron-Phonon Coupling Parameter Calculations / 5-6f: |
Electron-Phonon Coupling Parameter Measurements / 5-6g: |
Phonons plus Electron Density of States Singularity / 5-6h: |
Phonons Alone / 5-6i: |
Magnetic Properties / 5-7: |
Type II Materials / 5-7a: |
Penetration Depth / 5-7b: |
H[subscript c1] / 5-7c: |
Coherence Length and H[subscript c2] / 5-7d: |
Anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau Results / 5-7e: |
Torque Magnetometry / 5-7f: |
Postscript / 5-8: |
Vortex Behavior, J[subscript c], and Applications / Chapter 6: |
Flux Lattice, Flux Glass, and Pinning / 6-1: |
Flux Lattice and Glass / 6-2a: |
Pinning / 6-2b: |
Films and Critical Currents / 6-3: |
Films / 6-3a: |
Superlattices / 6-3b: |
Wires / 6-3c: |
Critical Current / 6-3d: |
Macroscopic Magnetic Properties / 6-4: |
Vortex Glass / 6-4a: |
Flux Creep / 6-4c: |
A True Zero Resistance State? / 6-4d: |
Experimental Vortex Glass-Liquid Measurements / 6-4e: |
Irreversibility Line / 6-4f: |
Applications Introduction / 6-5: |
Large-Scale Applications / 6-6: |
Wires and Superconducting Magnets / 6-6a: |
Levitation / 6-6c: |
Small-Scale Applications / 6-7: |
Bibliography |
Notes for the Chapters |
Index |
Preface |
Acknowledgements |
Introduction / Chapter 1: |
Problems |
Review of Conventional Superconductors / Chapter 2: |
Two-Fluid Model / 2-1: |