Phase fluctuations in a conventional s-wave superconductor
... Preface The work presented here, was carried out for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, doctor of philosophy in physics from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. The superconductivity in a clean conventional superconductor is well described by Bardeen-Coop ...
... Preface The work presented here, was carried out for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, doctor of philosophy in physics from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. The superconductivity in a clean conventional superconductor is well described by Bardeen-Coop ...
slides
... Capacitor: just insulate two conductors (with same amount of negative and positive charge) Work must be done to move charges through the resulting potential → stored electric potential energy Electric field is proportional to the stored charge (the same is true for the potential difference) Capacita ...
... Capacitor: just insulate two conductors (with same amount of negative and positive charge) Work must be done to move charges through the resulting potential → stored electric potential energy Electric field is proportional to the stored charge (the same is true for the potential difference) Capacita ...
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... example, most solids and liquids dilate when heated, when an electrical conductor is heated its resistance varies, etc. A physical property that varies with temperature is called a thermometric property and a change in this property indicates that the temperature of the object has changed. • Thermal ...
... example, most solids and liquids dilate when heated, when an electrical conductor is heated its resistance varies, etc. A physical property that varies with temperature is called a thermometric property and a change in this property indicates that the temperature of the object has changed. • Thermal ...
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lecture 5 phase equilibria
... phase stays the same, but the amount of each changes with the lever rule. • Eventually a point is reached when so much B is present that it can dissolve all the A, and system reverts to a single phase. ...
... phase stays the same, but the amount of each changes with the lever rule. • Eventually a point is reached when so much B is present that it can dissolve all the A, and system reverts to a single phase. ...
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance and expulsion of magnetic fields occurring in certain materials when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature. It was discovered by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911 in Leiden. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, superconductivity is a quantum mechanical phenomenon. It is characterized by the Meissner effect, the complete ejection of magnetic field lines from the interior of the superconductor as it transitions into the superconducting state. The occurrence of the Meissner effect indicates that superconductivity cannot be understood simply as the idealization of perfect conductivity in classical physics.The electrical resistivity of a metallic conductor decreases gradually as temperature is lowered. In ordinary conductors, such as copper or silver, this decrease is limited by impurities and other defects. Even near absolute zero, a real sample of a normal conductor shows some resistance. In a superconductor, the resistance drops abruptly to zero when the material is cooled below its critical temperature. An electric current flowing through a loop of superconducting wire can persist indefinitely with no power source.In 1986, it was discovered that some cuprate-perovskite ceramic materials have a critical temperature above 90 K (−183 °C). Such a high transition temperature is theoretically impossible for a conventional superconductor, leading the materials to be termed high-temperature superconductors. Liquid nitrogen boils at 77 K, and superconduction at higher temperatures than this facilitates many experiments and applications that are less practical at lower temperatures.