The New Superconductors

In The New Superconductors, Frank J. Owens and Charles P. Poole, Jr., offer a descriptive, non-mathematical presentation of the latest superconductors and their properties for the non-specialist. Highlights of this up-to-date text include chapters on superfluidity, the latest copper oxide types, fullerenes, and prospects for future research. The book also features many examples of commercial applications; an extensive glossary that defines superconductivity terms in clear language; and a supplementary list of readings for the interested lay reader.

List of contents

Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity.- Conductivity and Magnetism.- Superconducting State.- Superfluidity.- Explanations of Superconductivity.- Classical Superconductors.- Fullerenes.- New High-Temperature Superconductors.- Magnets and Their Uses.- Wires and Films.- Further Applications.- Future Prospects.

About the author

Frank J. Owens, PhD, is a senior research scientist of the U.S. Army's Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center, and a professor of physics in the graduate school of Hunter College of the City University of New York.Both authors are Fellows of the American Physical Society.

Report

`A good introduction to this field.'
d IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine (1998)

Product details

• Authors: Frank Owens, Frank J Owens, Frank J. Owens, Charles P. Poole, Charles P Poole Jr, Charles P. Poole Jr, Charles P. Poole Jr.
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9781475785661
• ISBN: 978-1-4757-8566-1
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 244 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 343 g
• Illustrations: XII, 204 p.
• Series: Selected Topics in Superconductivity; Selected Topics in Superconductivity
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics