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Chung-Yu Mou 03-5742537 office: Department of Physics (物理系) Room 514

Course description (課程目標)

This is a course to introduce physics of superconductivity. It is expected for students who have made sure that he/she will do research in in condensed matter physics in master or Ph. D degree will attend this class. The course will cover all aspects of superconductivity that is required to perform research on superconductivity.

• Phenomena of superconductivity
  -- Discovery of superconductivity and surprises
  -- Early approaches: two fluid model, London equation, etc
  -- The Ginzburg-Landau Theory
  -- Magnetic properties of Type I and II superconductors
  -- Electrodynamics of superconductors
  -- Fluctuation effects
  
• Microscopic Mechanism – the BCS superconductors
  -- Elementary quantum many-particle theory
  -- The BCS theory
  -- Tunneling and Josephson effects
  -- The Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations and their applications
  -- Field theory approach and derivation of the Ginzburg-Landau equations
  -- Strong-coupling theory and the Eliashberg equation
  
• Unconventional superconductors
  -- Discovery of high temperature superconductors and surprises
  -- The Fermi liquid of the normal state
  -- Resonance valence bond (RVB) model and other models
  -- Other unconventional superconductors
  

Textbooks

Course grading (計分方式)

• Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the scheme:
  total grade = homework 70% + report 30%