Electrodynamics of Superconductors [Hardcover]

Chapter 1: Magnetic Fields in Normal Media. Chapter 2: Gyromagnetic Ratio and Related Phenomena. Chapter 3: Superconductivity. History of Development. Chapter 4: Superconductivity. Thermodynamic Properties. Chapter 5: Superconductivity. Electrodynamics. Bibliography. Index.

The book offers a fresh look at electrodynamics of continuous media with detailed description of thermal and electromagnetic properties of superconductors, emphasising physical meaning of concepts and principles without excessive mathematics.

Vladimir F. Kozhevnikov is a retired professor of Tulsa Community College, USA; over the last two decades he was also a vising researcher at the KU Leuven, Belgium. He received his PhD from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and D. Sc. (habilitation) in physics and mathematics from the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy (KIAE), Russia. Before moving to the US in 1996 he was physics professor at MAI and a senior researcher at the KIAE. His researches at that time were mostly focused at the liquid-gas criticality, metal-dielectric transition and wetting in fluid metals. He was the recipient of the 'Kurchatov Prize' in 1996. His current research interests primarily include superconductivity, phase transitions, and thermodynamics in magnetic fields. Dr. Kozhevnikov has published a book on thermodynamics of magnetized materials and superconductors and over 70 papers in refereed journals.

Superconductivity is a remarkable, on the verge of miraculous, macroscopic quantum phenomenon with a boundless potential for a wide variety of applications. Over the last century the physics of superconductivity constitutes a major part of research in condensed matter and yet the electrodynamics of superconductors appears as only a minor part in textbooks on electrodynamics and superconductivity.

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