Theory of high temperature superconductivity : a conventional approach

An important survey of early work on high-temperature superconductivity by authors working in Russia's leading research group, headed by 2003 Nobel Prize winner, Vitaly I. Ginzburg, at the I.E. Tamm Department of Theoretical Physics of the Lebedev Physics Institute in Moscow Drawing from the broad spectrum of phenomena, described in more than 100,000 articles on high-Tc superconductivity, in this book, the authors analyze those basic properties for which understanding can be achieved within the framework of traditional methods of theoretical physics. This is the case of the overdoped cuprates for which the "Bardeen program" has been realized : We know their electronic spectrum, we can calculate their basic thermodynamic and electrodynamic properties, and predict new phenomena. The book gives a pedagogical derivation of formulas describing the electron band structure, penetration depth, specific heat, fluctuation conductivity, etc. Prediction of plasmons and their application for a new type of THz generators is considered as well. The book advocates that the strongest exchange interaction in condensed matter physics - the intraatomic s-d exchange - is the long sought pairing mechanism in overdoped cuprate superconductors.  Read more... Tight-binding modeling of layered perovskites -- The pairing mechanism of overdoped cuprates -- Specific heat and penetration depth -- Plasmons and the Cooper pair mass -- Thermodynamics of Gaussian fluctuations and paraconductivity -- Kinetics of fluctuation Cooper pairs -- Fluctuation conductivity in strong electric fields -- Linear-T electrical resistivity and normal phase properties -- Terahertz electric oscillations in supercooled superconductors