Statistical Mechanics of Superconductivity

Takafumi Kita (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

289 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer Verlag, Japan
978-4-431-56414-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides a theoretical, step-by-step comprehensive explanation of superconductivity for undergraduate and graduate students who have completed elementary courses on thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. To this end, it adopts the unique approach of starting with the statistical mechanics of quantum ideal gases and successively adding and clarifying elements and techniques indispensible for understanding it. They include the spin-statistics theorem, second quantization, density matrices, the Bloch–De Dominicis theorem, the variational principle in statistical mechanics, attractive interaction and bound states. Ample examples of their usage are also provided in terms of topics from advanced statistical mechanics such as two-particle correlations of quantum ideal gases, derivation of the Hartree–Fock equations, and Landau’s Fermi-liquid theory, among others. With these preliminaries, the fundamental mean-field equations of superconductivity are derived with maximum mathematicalclarity based on a coherent state in terms of the Cooper-pair creation operator, a quasiparticle field for describing the excitation and the variational principle in statistical mechanics. They have the advantage that the phase coherence due to the Cooper-pair condensation can be clearly seen making the superfluidity comprehensible naturally. Subsequently, they are applied to homogeneous cases to describe the BCS theory for classic s-wave superconductors and its extension to the p-wave superfluidity of 3He. Later, the mean-field equations are simplified to the Eilenberger and Ginzburg–Landau equations so as to describe inhomogeneous superconductivity such as Abrikosov’s flux-line lattice concisely and transparently. Chapters provide the latest studies on the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity and a discovery of p-wave superfluidity in liquid 3He. The book serves as a standard reference for advanced courses of statistical mechanics withexercises along with detailed answers.

Takafumi Kita is an associate professor at Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Japan. He obtained a PhD from Department of Applied Physics, the University of Tokyo in 1988. He held positions at Institute of Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo (1988-1993, research associate), at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1991-1993, visiting scientist), and joined Hokkaido University subsequently. He spent a year in Germany (2000-2001) at University of Karlsruhe and at University of Bayreuth (half a year per each) as an overseas research fellow. He has been teaching quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, mathematical methods in physics, field theory in statistical mechanics, etc., over 20 years.

Review of Thermodynamics.- Basics of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics.- Quantum Mechanics of Identical Particles.- Statistical Mechanics of Ideal Gases.- Density Matrices and Two-Particle Correlations.- Hartree–Fock Equations and Landau’s Fermi-liquid theory.- Attractive Interaction and Bound States.- Mean-Field Equations of Superconductivity.- BCS Theory.- Superfluidity, Meissner Effect and Flux Quantization.- Responses to External Perturbations.- Tunneling, Density of States and Josephson Effect.- P-Wave Superfluidity.- Gor’kov, Eilenberger and Ginzburg–Landau Equations.- Abrikosov’s Flux-Line Lattice.- Surfaces and Vortex Cores.- Solutions to Problems.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Graduate Texts in Physics
Zusatzinfo	37 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 289 p. 37 illus.
Verlagsort	Tokyo
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Abrikosov’s Flux-line Lattice • Bogoliubov-de Gennes Equations • Coherence of the Cooper-pair Condensation • Cooper-pair Condensation and BCS Theory • Eilenberger Equations • Ginzburg-Landau theory • Landau Theory of Fermi Liquids • Origin of Superfluidity • Second Quantization • Spin-statistics Theorem
ISBN-10	4-431-56414-4 / 4431564144
ISBN-13	978-4-431-56414-0 / 9784431564140
Zustand	Neuware