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AY 2011
Exotic Superconductivity
These lectures are intended as an introduction to those superconductors, all discovered since 1970s, which appear not to be well described by the traditional BCS theory; while the main emphasis will be on the most spectacular member of this class, the cuprates, I shall also discuss more briefly the heavy-fermion, organic, ruthenate and ferropnictide superconductors as well as superfluid 3He for reference. I shall try to provide a general framework for the analysis of "all-electronic" superconductivity (i.e. that in which the Cooper pairing is induced wholly or mainly by the repulsive Coulomb interaction). The level of the course is appropriate to beginning or more senior graduate students.
[Overview of Lectures]
These lectures are intended as an introduction to those superconductors, all discovered since 1970s, which appear not to be well described by the traditional BCS theory; while the main emphasis will be on the most spectacular member of this class, the cuprates, I shall also discuss more briefly the heavy-fermion, organic, ruthenate and ferropnictide superconductors as well as superfluid 3He for reference. I shall try to provide a general framework for the analysis of "all-electronic" superconductivity (i.e. that in which the Cooper pairing is induced wholly or mainly by the repulsive Coulomb interaction). The level of the course is appropriate to beginning or more senior graduate students.
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#1 Reminders Re BCS Theory
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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#2 Superfluid 3He: Basic Description
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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#3 Superfluid 3He Cont.
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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#4 Definition and diagnostics of “exotic” superconductivity
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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#5 Non-Cuprate Superconductivity
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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#6 Cuprates: generalities, N-state properties
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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#7 Cuprates II: S-State Propertiesg
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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#8 Exotic Superconductivity : discussion
Lecturer | Anthony Leggett
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