After successful completion of the course, students are able to comprehend the materials presented in the lecture and to draw conclusions from them, as well as to actively communicate the contents presented during the lecture.
Brief review of the main phenomenology of conventional and unconventional superconductivity. Empirical Matthias' rules for superconductivity. Review of BCS theory and critical analysis of its applicability to the different class of superconductors. Extension of the Landau-Ginzburg phenomenological theory to a QFT description in terms of Feynman diagrammatics and functional intergrals. Ward identities and response functions. Goldstone modes, phase-fluctuations, coupling to the electromagnetic field. Interpretation of the Meissner effect in terms of the Higgs mechanism. Interplay between magnetism and conventional/unconventional superconductivity. Discussion of the forefront problems and perspectives in the quest towards room temperature superconductivity.
First lecture am Tue. 03.10.2023, 14:15-16:00 Uhr, FH HS 4
Important: The final time-schedule of the lecture is on Mo. from 10:15 to 12:00 in in Sem.R. DB gelb 09.
First exam date in February (date still to be defined; please register by sending an email to A. Toschi, at latest a week before the exam).
Further exam dates (2024): (i) end of July [exact time/date still to be defined] (ii) mid/end of September [exact time/date still to be defined]. As usual: please register by sending an email to A. Toschi, at latest a week before the exam.
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Vorbesprechung aller Wahlvorlesungen des IFP:
Montag, 02.10.2023, 15.00 - 16.00 Uhr, FH HS 6