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course details |
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| Study programme |
PhD studies in physics |
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| Chosen research
area (module) |
Condensed matter physics
and statistical physics |
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| Nature and level of studies |
Academic studies of third
degree |
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| Name of the course |
Physics of
Superconductivity |
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| Professor
(lectures) |
Zoran Radovic |
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| Professor/associate
(examples/practical) |
Zoran Radovic / Mihajlo
Vanevic |
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| Professor/associate
(additional) |
Zoran Radovic / Mihajlo
Vanevic |
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| ECTS |
15 |
Status
(required/elective) |
optional |
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| Access requirements |
Quantum Statistical
Physics, Solid State Physics |
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| Aims of the course |
Introduction
to the physics of superconductivity of metals and alloys. |
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| Learning outcomes |
Qualifying
for the scientific research. |
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| Contents of the course |
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| Lectures |
Historical
overview and phenomenology. The London and the Ginzburg-Landa theory.
Microscopic Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory: Cooper pairs,
electron-phonon interaction as the origin of the attractive interaction,
variational approach and solution by canonical transformation. Magnetic
properties of type II superconductors: vortices and critical current.
Tunneling and the Josephson effect. Quantum interferometers (SQUIDs) and
applications. Basic information on high-temperature superconductivity of cuprates. |
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| Examples/ practical classes |
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| Recommended books |
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| 1 |
M.
Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity (McGraw-Hill, 1996) |
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V. V.
Schmidt, The Physics of Superconductivity (Springer, 1997) |
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J. B.
Ketterson and S. N. Song, Superconductivity (Cambridge, 1999) |
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| Lectures |
Examples&practicals |
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Student
project |
Additional |
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1 |
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| Teaching and learning methods |
lectures
and tutorials, problems, seminar |
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| Assessment (maximal
100) |
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| assesed coursework |
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examination |
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| coursework |
10 |
written examination |
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| practicals |
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oral examination |
50 |
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| papers |
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| presentations |
40 |
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