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Zusatztext ... contains a unique presentation of non-equilibrium properties of superconductors, transport properties and vortex dynamics. Informationen zum Autor Prof. Nikolai B. Kopnin, Senior Scientist, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, and L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia Klappentext This is the first text on the modern theory of superconductivity. It deals with the behavior of superconductors in external fields varying in time, and with transport phenomena in superconductors. The text starts with the fundamentals of the first-principle, microscopic theory of superconductivity, and guides the reader through the modern theoretical analysis to applications of the theory to practical problems. The methods of quantum field theory applied to nonstationary superconductivity in their most advanced formulations, namely the so-called semi-classical version of the real-time Green's function technique applied to the celebrated Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer model of superconductivity are described. A considerable part of the book is devoted to vortex dynamics, dealing with the behavior of superconductors when they carry electric currents in the presence of a magnetic field. Zusammenfassung This is the first text on the modern theory of superconductivity. It deals with the behaviour of superconductors in external fields varying in time, and with transport phenomena in superconductors. The book starts with the fundamentals of the first-principle, microscopic theory of superconductivity, and guides the reader through the modern theoretical analysis directly to applications of the theory to practical problems. The reader of this book will learn about the methods of quantum field theory applied to nonstationary superconductivity in their most advanced formulation, namely about the so-called semi-classical version of the real-time Green's function technique applied to the celebrated Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer model of superconductivity. A considerable part of the book is devoted to vortex dynamics, dealing with the behaviour of superconductors in the most practical situation when they carry electric currents in the presence of a magnetic field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Green's Functions in the BCS Theory 1: Introduction 2: Green's Functions 3: The BCS Model 4: Superconducting Alloys Part II: The Quasiclassical Method 5: General Principles of the Quasiclassical Approximation 6: Quasiclassical Methods in Stationary Problems 7: Quasiclassical Methods for Layered Superconductors Part III: Nonequilibrium Superconductivity 8: Nonstationary Theory 9: Quasiclassical Methods for Nonstationary Phenomena 10: Kinetic Equations 11: The Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Theory Part IV: Vortex Dynamics 12: Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Analysis 13: Vortex Dynamics in Dirty Superconductors 14: Vortex Dynamics in Clean Superconductors 15: Boltzmann's Kinetic Equation References Index ...
