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Physics of Superconducting Transition Temperatures
Abstract
While superconductivity is a fascinating phenomenon with many remarkable qualitative features that are widely discussed, the practical issue of what determines the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, is often downplayed as being a "microscopic detail." However, my friend, Ted Geballe, has relentlessly focussed on the physics of Tc, so in honor of his first century, I discuss some of the general physical considerations that govern Tc, both in "conventional" and ''unconventional" superconductors.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1596272
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism; Journal ID: ISSN 1557-1939
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- Superconductivity; phase ordering; negative U pairing
Citation Formats
Kivelson, Steven A. Physics of Superconducting Transition Temperatures. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1007/s10948-019-05254-x.
Kivelson, Steven A. Physics of Superconducting Transition Temperatures. United States. doi:10.1007/s10948-019-05254-x.
Kivelson, Steven A. Fri .
"Physics of Superconducting Transition Temperatures". United States. doi:10.1007/s10948-019-05254-x.
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