High-Temperature Superconductivity

"Here is a concise, tutorial overview of the exciting new field of high-temperature superconductivity. This authoritative textbook focuses on topics, experimental results, and theoretical issues that are likely to have lasting value and are readily understandable to upperlevel undergraduates and others new to the field. Written primarily from an experimental point of view, the book reviews conventional superconductors and then presents the structure, normal state and superconducting properties, and applications of the new cuprate superconductors. An insightful analysis of critical currents in thin films and wires is included. The book will provide an excellent supplementary text for students taking their first solid state physics course. In addition, all those with a basic knowledge of solid state physics will find the book to be a useful introduction to the field. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: Before 1986, the "record high" for a superconducting phase-transition temperature was Tc 23.2 K for Nb3Ge (1973), and it was widely felt that this Tc value could at best be improved by only a degree or two in some exotic metallic alloy.

Year

1991

Language

English

Publisher

Academic Press

Editions

2

Pages

199

ISBN

9780121460907

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