Superconductivity

(Winter 2018)

1. •Lectures: Class P101; Sat. & Mon., 8:00-9:30
   

2. •Tutorials: Class P101; Wed. 10:00-12:00
   

Lecturer: Ali G. Moghaddam

   

Teaching Assistant: Hadi Khanjani

Course's syllabus:

1. •Historical overview
   

2. •Experimental progress through a century
   

3. •Phenomenological theories (London, and Ginzburg-Landau theories, etc.)
   

4. •Type I & II (superconducting vortices)
   

5. •Cooper problem & Fermi instability (exact treatment of two-body problem)
   

6. •Pairing approximation & BCS ground state (zero temperature)
   

7. •Mean field model (Bogoliubov-de Gennes eq., finite temperature)
   

8. •Electron-phonon interaction (Fröhlich model)
   

9. •Many-body effects and diagrammatics (random-phase approx., self-energy & retardation effects)
   

10. •Superconducting junctions (proximity effects & Josephson effect)
    

References:

1. •Theory of Superconductivity: John Robert Schrieffer (Advanced Books Classic , 1983) [main textbook]
   

2. •Introduction to Superconductivity, Michael Tinkham (Dover Books on Physics, 2004)
   

3. •Conventional & Unconventional Superconductors, K. H. Bennemann, K. H., & J. B. Ketterson(Springer, 2008)
   

Homework Assignments:

         Any problem set should be retuned back with your solutions after two weeks.

Exams:

1. •Midterm exam: 10 Bahman1396
   

2. •Final exam: 21 Esfand 1396
   

Course's Evaluation: 

Final grades will be based on:

                      homework assignments (40%) + midterm exam (20%) + final exam (20%) + term paper (20 %)

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