Peter J. Hirschfeld

PHZ7428, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

Spring 1996: High-Temperature Superconductivity

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• 1. Introduction to High-Tc: why the fuss?
• 2. Normal Metals
• 3. BCS theory
• 4. Ginzburg-Landau theory
• 5. Mechanisms
• 6. Electronic structure
• 7. Transport properties in normal state
• 8. Magnetic properties
• 9. Unconventional superconductivity
• 10. Experimental superconducting state properties
• 11. Vortex state
• 12. "Conclusions"

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  Peter Hirschfeld / pjh@phys.ufl.edu / Last modified: Jan. 1 1996