Electrodynamics of Quantum-Critical Conductors and Superconductors

This thesis presents and discusses recent optical low-temperature experiments on disordered NbN, granular Al thin-films, and the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5, offering a unified picture of quantum-critical superconductivity. It provides a concise introduction to the respective theoretical models employed to interpret the experimental results, and guides readers through in-depth calculations supplemented with supportive figures in order to both retrace the interpretations and span the bridge between experiment and state-of-the art theory.

List of contents

Field-Theoretical Basics of Superconductivity.- Experimental Studies of Disordered NBN.- Thin films.- Experimental Studies of Granular Al Thin Films.- Experimental Studies of the Heavy.- Fermion Metal CeCoIn5.

Summary

This thesis presents and discusses recent optical low-temperature experiments on disordered NbN, granular Al thin-films, and the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5, offering a unified picture of quantum-critical superconductivity. It provides a concise introduction to the respective theoretical models employed to interpret the experimental results, and guides readers through in-depth calculations supplemented with supportive figures in order to both retrace the interpretations and span the bridge between experiment and state-of-the art theory.

Product details

• Authors: Uwe Santiago Pracht
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783319892115
• ISBN: 978-3-31-989211-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 314 g
• Illustrations: XX, 176 p. 62 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Theses; Springer Theses
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; B, Teilchen- und Hochenergiephysik, Microscopy, spectroscopy, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Physics and Astronomy, Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Quantum field theory, Elementary particles (Physics), Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Mathematical physics, Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity, Superconductivity, Superconductors