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Course unit
SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS
SCL1006644, A.A. 2017/18
Information concerning the students who enrolled in A.Y. 2017/18
ECTS: details
Type |
Scientific-Disciplinary Sector |
Credits allocated |
Educational activities in elective or integrative disciplines |
FIS/03 |
Material Physics |
6.0 |
Mode of delivery (when and how)
Period |
Second semester |
Year |
1st Year |
Teaching method |
frontal |
Organisation of didactics
Type of hours |
Credits |
Hours of teaching |
Hours of Individual study |
Shifts |
Lecture |
6.0 |
48 |
102.0 |
No turn |
Start of activities |
26/02/2018 |
End of activities |
01/06/2018 |
Examination board
Board |
From |
To |
Members of the board |
1 a.a. 2017/18 |
22/01/2018 |
30/11/2018 |
MATTEI
GIOVANNI
(Presidente)
MAGGINI
MICHELE
(Membro Effettivo)
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Prerequisites:
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Solid State Physics |
Target skills and knowledge:
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The course aims to give students a general knowledge of the phenomenology of superconducting materials and its theories. |
Examination methods:
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Oral |
Assessment criteria:
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It will be evaluated the comprehension and learning of the treated arguments, concepts and proposed methodologies, together with the ability to apply them autonomously. |
Course unit contents:
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PRINCIPLES OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: Electrical conduction in metals; Phenomenology on superconducting materials; Two-Fluid model; London Electrodynamics; Superconducting Electrodynamics in Fourier Space; Type-II Superconductors; Thermodynamics of Superconducting Transition; Bose condensation; Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity; The Superconducting State; Quasiparticles Excitations; The Hydrodynamic approach to superconductivity.
SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS: Superconductivity on transition metals and Matthias' empirical rules; B1 and A15 compounds; High TC and magnesium diboride; Superconductivity Radio Frequency
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: Superconducting magnets, bearings and motors; Radiofrequency Cavities; Particles detectors. |
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings) |
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