Connectivity and superconductivity

Connectivity and Superconductivity
Author: Jorge Berger, Jacob Rubinstein
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-540-67932-5
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44532-3

Table of Contents:

• In the Memory of Shlomo Alexander
• Topological Considerations in Superconductivity
• The de Gennes-Alexander Theory of Superconducting Micronetworks
• Nodal Sets, Multiplicity and Superconductivity in Non-simply Connected Domains
• Connectivity and Flux Confinement Phenomena in Nanostructured Superconductors
• Zero Set of the Order Parameter, Especially in Rings
• Persistent Currents in Ginzburg-Landau Models
• On the Normal/Superconducting Phase Transition in the Presence of Large Magnetic Fields
• On the Numerical Solution of the Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Equations in Multiply Connected Domains
• Formation of Vortex-Antivortex Pairs
• The Order Parameter as a Macroscopic Quantum Wavefunction
• The Ehrenberg-Siday-Aharonov-Bohm Effect
• Connectivity and Superconductivity in Inhomogeneous Structures

Includes bibliographical references
In the memory of Shlomo Alexander / Pierre-Gilles de Gennes -- Topological considerations in superconductivity / Jacob Rubinstein -- The de Gennes-Alexander theory of superconducting micronetworks / José I. Castro, Arturo López -- Nodal sets, multiplicity and superconductivity in non-simply connected domains / Bernard Helffer ... [et al.] -- Connectivity and flux confinement phenomena in nanostructured superconductors / Victor V. Moshchalkov, Vital Bruyndoncx, Lieve Van Look -- Zero set of the order parameter, especially in rings / Jorge Berger -- Persistent currents in Ginzburg-Landau models / Luís Almeida, Fabrice Bethuel -- On the normal/superconducting phase transition in the presence of large magnetic fields / Peter Sternberg -- On the numerical solution of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations in multiply connected domains / Gustavo C. Buscaglia, Carlos Bolech, Arturo López -- Formation of vortex-antivortex pairs / Sanatan Digal ... [et al.] -- The order parameter as a macroscopic quantum
wavefunction / Antony J. Leggett -- The Ehrenberg-Siday-Aharonov-Bohm effect / Charles G. Kuper -- Connectivity and superconductivity in inhomogeneous structures / Guy Deutscher