Introduction to superconductivity / Michael Tinkham

Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-444) and index

Historical Overview -- The Basic Phenomena -- The London Equations -- The Pippard Nonlocal Electrodynamics -- The Energy Gap and the BCS Theory -- The Ginzburg-Landau Theory -- Type II Superconductors -- Phase, Josephson Tunneling, and Fluxoid Quantization -- Fluctuations and Nonequilibrium Effects -- High-Temperature Superconductivity -- Introduction to Electrodynamics of Superconductors -- The London Equations -- Screening of a Static Magnetic Field -- Flat Slab in Parallel Magnetic Field -- Critical Current of Wire -- Type I Superconductors in Strong Magnetic Fields: The Intermediate State -- Nonzero Demagnetizing Factor -- Intermediate State in a Flat Slab -- Intermediate State of a Sphere -- Intermediate State above Critical Current of a Superconducting Wire -- High-Frequency Electrodynamics -- Complex Conductivity in Two-Fluid Approximation -- High-Frequency Dissipation in Superconductors -- The BCS Theory -- Cooper Pairs -- Origin of the Attractive Interaction -- The BCS Ground State -- Variational Method -- Determination of the Coefficients -- Evaluation of Ground-State Energy -- Isotope Effect -- Solution by Canonical Transformation -- Excitation Energies and the Energy Gap -- Finite Temperatures -- Determination of T[subscript c] -- Temperature Dependence of the Gap -- Thermodynamic Quantities -- State Functions and the Density of States -- Density of States -- Electron Tunneling -- The Semiconductor Model -- Normal-Normal Tunneling -- Normal-Superconductor Tunneling -- Superconductor-Superconductor Tunneling