The Science and Technology of Superconductivity

Proceedings of a summer course held August 13–26, 1971, at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. Volume 1

Buch | Softcover

466 Seiten

2012 | Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1973 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4684-2999-2 (ISBN)

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Since the discovery of superconductivity in 1911 by H. Kamerlingh Onnes, of the order of half a billion dollars has been spent on research directed toward understanding and utiliz ing this phenomenon. This investment has gained us fundamental understanding in the form of a microscopic theory of superconduc tivity. Moreover, superconductivity has been transformed from a laboratory curiosity to the basis of some of the most sensitive and accurate measuring devices known, a whole host of other elec tronic devices, a soon-to-be new international standard for the volt, a prototype generation of superconducting motors and gener ators, and magnets producing the highest continuous magnetic fields yet produced by man. The promise of more efficient means of power transmission and mass transportation, a new generation of superconducting motors and generators, and computers and other electronic devices with superconducting circuit elements is all too clear. The realization of controlled thermonuclear fusion is perhaps totally dependent upon the creation of enormous magnetic fields over large volumes by some future generation of supercon ducting magnets. Nevertheless, whether or not the technological promise of superconductivity comes to full flower depends as much, and perhaps more, upon economic and political factors as it does upon new technological and scientific breakthroughs. The basic science of superconductivity and its technological implications were the subject of a short course on "The Science and Technology of Superconductivity" held at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. , during 13-26 August 1971.

of Volume 1.- I: Introduction and Background.- Fundamentals of Superconductivity.- Phenomenological Theories of Superconductivity.- Elements of the Theory of Superconductivity.- Josephson Effect in a Superconducting Ring.- Time-Dependent Superconductivity.- Refrigeration for Superconducting Devices.- II: Superconducting Materials.- Experimental Aspects of Superconductivity: Editors’ Note.- Superconductivity in Very Pure Metals.- Tc’s — The High and Low of It.- The Metallurgy of Superconductors.- Superconducting Intermetallic Compounds — The A15 Story.- Theory of Superconducting Semiconductors.- Enhancement Effects: Theory.- Enhancement Effects.- Author Index.

Zusatzinfo	X, 466 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
ISBN-10	1-4684-2999-X / 146842999X
ISBN-13	978-1-4684-2999-2 / 9781468429992
Zustand	Neuware