Quantum Fluctuations and Superconductivity

  • R. Fazio
  • A. Tagliacozzo
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Part of the NATO ASI Series book series (NSSB, volume 347)

Abstract

Soon after Kamerlingh Omnes succeded in liquifying helium, he discovered (1911) that resistance in samples of mercury dropped suddently to zero below the critical temperature of 4.15 °K. Since then, it was readly realized that superconductivity is a quite common feature of metals with some exceptions. Twentytwo years later it was found that in applying a magnetic field to a superconducting sample, below some critical value, the magnetic flux is excluded from its bulk (Meissner effect) [1, 2, 3].

Keywords

Critical Temperature Josephson Junction Charge Energy Quantum Fluctuation Phase Coherence 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • R. Fazio
    • 1
    • 3
  • A. Tagliacozzo
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Istituto di Fisica, Facoltá di IngegneriaUniversitá di CataniaCataniaItaly
  2. 2.Dipartimento di Scienze FisicheUniversita’ di NapoliNapoliItaly
  3. 3.GNSM (CNR) and INFMItaly

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