This book is an extended reprint of the classic textbook on magnetic flux structures in superconductors which has become a standard text, still used today by many students and researchers. It is brought up to date by the inclusion of an extensive new chapter on aspects relevant to high-temperature superconductors.

Only textbook available on this topic Updated by a chapter dedicated to high-temperature superconductors Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Rudolf P. Hübener erhielt 1992 für seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten den Max Planck Forschungspreis und 2001 den Cryogenics Preis. Er studierte Physik und Mathematik an der Universität Marburg sowie an den Technischen Hochschulen München und Darmstadt. 1958 promovierte er in Marburg im Fach Experimentalphysik. Nach einer Tätigkeit im Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe und einem Forschungsinstitut bei Albany, New York, USA arbeitete er für 12 Jahre am Argonne National Laboratory bei Chicago, Illinois. 1974 übernahm er einen Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik an der Universität Tübingen. Dort lehrte und forschte er bis zu seiner Emeritierung im Jahr 1999.

Klappentext
The discovery of high-temperature superconductors in 1986 by Bednorz and Müller led worldwide to a rapid growth of the field of superconductivity. This new interest extends to both the fundamental aspects and the technological appli- cations of superconductors. The monograph "Magnetic Flux Structures in Superconductors" provided an introduction to this field, covering the developments up to its first publication in 1979. Soon after 1986 the book went out of print. However, it continues to be widely used and quoted, and due to the ever growing interest in "Magnetic Flux Structures in Superconductors", a second edition is now being made available. An extensive new chapter gives a comprehensive review of developments relevant to high-temperature superconductors. This new edition provides researchers, engineers and other scientists with an intro- duction to this field; it will also be useful as supplementary reading for graduate courses in low-temperature physics.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 2 Magnetic Properties of Type-I Superconductors.- 3 Ginzburg-Landau Theory.- 4 Magnetic Properties of Type-II Superconductors.- 5 Thin Films.- 6 Experimental Techniques.- 7 Lorentz Force and Flux Motion.- 8 Special Experiments.- 9 Thermal Force and Flux Motion.- 10 Time-Dependent Theories.- 11 Flux Pinning.- 12 Flux Creep and Flux Jumps.- 13 Electrical Noise Power.- 14 Current-Induced Resistive State.- 15 High-Temperature Superconductors: Summary of Recent Developments.- List of Symbols.- References.