Fluctuation Phenomena in High Temperature Superconductors
By: edited by Marcel Ausloos, Andrei A. Varlamov
Contributors: Varlamov, Andrei A.
Series: NATO ASI Series, 3. High Technology, 1388-6576 -- 32; NATO ASI Series, 3. High Technology -- 32.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9789401155366
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Fluctuation Phenomena in High Critical Temperature Superconducting Ceramics, Trieste, Italy, 5-9 August 1996
Description: The study of high critical temperature superconductors (HTS) is one of the most prominent research subjects in solid state science. An understanding of the role of fluctuations is also believed to be necessary in advance of technological applications, since the fluctuations may destroy the superconducting state. <br/> The discussions focus on: (i) superconducting fluctuations in the vicinity of the critical transitions; (ii) superconductivity fluctuations near the percolation transition; and (iii) fluctuations of the vortex lattice at the lattice melting temperature. These topics are all the subject of more or less intense debate. The effects of fluctuations on static properties and on electrical and thermal transport, properties in the <em>ab</em> plane and along the <em>c</em> axis, the effect of a magnetic field on phenomena, specifically in layered compounds are still undecided. The effect of a magnetic field is still not clear. Specific fluctuations of the vortex lattice in HTS ceramics as compared to conventional superconductors are still intensely debated. <br/> In its clear presentation of the experimental, theoretical and simulation aspects, together with the comprehensive list of references, this compendium is the best to appear in over 20 years.