Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys (Advanced Book Classics)

291 Pages·1999·17.37 MB·English

by  Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

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P. G. GENNES
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Facult6 des Sciences
Orsay, France
Translated by A. Pr~cus
University of California
Los Angeles, California
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~nadea vailable at 3 comparatively rrlodest cost m the reader,
The lectures transcribed in Nobel Laureate 13ierre-Gilles de Gennes's lecture
note volume, Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys, contain m unusually lucid,
physical and original extension of the inicroscopic theory of Rardren, Cooper,
and Schrieffer (BCS theory) to take into account the role played hy inhorno-
geneity. As a result, they represent a lasting contribution to our understanding of
superconductivity, as generation after generation of graduate students and expe-
rienced researchers in the field will attest. With the advent of heavy electron and
organic superconductors, and especially with the ongoing extraordinarily high
level of activity in the field of high temperature wlperconductivity, it is clear that
research on superconductivity will continue to represent a significant portion of
research in condensed matter physics for Inany years to come, and that
researchers will continue to turn to de Gennes for enlightenment of the behav.
ior of superconductors in a variety of interesting, real-world situations. I am
accordingly very leased that the publication of Superconductivity of Metals and
Alloys as part of the Advanced Book Classics series will make it readily available
to present and future generations of interested readers.
David PF"ines
Xsuque, NM
January f 999
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