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Course Contents
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[*]Basics of electrical conductivity at DC and RF
[*]Kamerligh-Onnes experiment, Meissner effect
[*]Superconductor state diagram
[*]London equations, Typ I / II Superconductor
[*]Cooper pairs (briefly: BCS theory, GL theory)
[*]Flux quantization, Flux vortices
[*]AC superconductivity, two fluid model, RF cavities
[*]Cooper pair tunneling, Josephson junctions
[*]Metrology: SQUIDs, (quantum-) Hall effect
[*]Superconductor magnetization, Hysteresis, Bean‘s model
[*]Applications: Magnets in accelerator and medical technology, precision field and current measurements, energy engineering
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Literature
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[*]W. Buckel, R. Kleiner: „Supraleitung Grundlagen und Anwendungen“; Wiley VCH, 7. Auflage 2013.
[*]R.G. Sharma; „Superconductivity, Basics and Applications to Magnets“; Springer International Publishing, 2015 (online available).
[*]H. Padamsee: „RF-Superconductivity“; Wiley VCH Weinheim, 2009.
[*]P. Seidel (Ed.), „Applied Superconductivity“, Wiley VCH Weinheim, 2015.
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Preconditions
Electrodynamics (Maxwell’s equations)

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