Theory Of Fluctuations In Superconductors (International Series Of Monographs On Physics, 127)

Theory Of Fluctuations In Superconductors (International Series Of Monographs On Physics, 127)

Product Description This book presents a complete encyclopedia of superconducting fluctuations, summarizing the last thirty-five years of work in the field. The first part of the book is devoted to an extended discussion of the Ginzburg-Landau phenomenology of fluctuations in its thermodynamical and time-dependent versions and its various applications. The second part deals with microscopic justification of the Ginzburg-Landau approach and presents the diagrammatic theory of fluctuations. The third part is devoted to a less-detailed review of the manifestation of fluctuations in observables: diamagnetism, magnetoconductivity, various tunneling characteristics, thermoelectricity, and NMR relaxation. The final chapters turn to the manifestation of fluctuations in unconventional superconducting systems: nanodrops, nanorings, Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless state, quantum phase transition between superconductor and insulator, and thermal and quantum fluctuations in weak superconducting systems. The book ends with a brief discussion on theories of high temperature superconductivity, where fluctuations appear as the possible protagonist of this exciting phenomenon. Review The different chapters are well-organized and well-written resulting in an easy reading and comprehension of the ideas presented.-- Journal of Statistical Physics About the Author Anatoly Larkin is William I. Fine and Bianca Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University of Minnesota as well as a principal researcher at the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Russia. Andrei Varlamov is a principal researcher at COHERENTIA-INFM in Rome.