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                      | Detailed information | 
                     
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | 
                      Master's programme Technical Physics 2014W | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      The objectives of this lecture on Superconductivity and Low-temperature Physics are: (1) introduction to the field of cryogenics, i.e. how to achieve low and ultralow temperatures by different physical methods; (2) introduction to superconductivity, a phenomeon which is observed with many different materials at low temperature; (3) introduction to superconducting materials and their technical applications.
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                      | Subject | 
                      The contents of this lecture includes these topics: 
- Motivation and relevance 
 - Cryogenics: Methods for the cooling to low and ultralow temperature 
 - Introduction to superconductivity and phenomenology 
 - Macroscopic models (London, Ginzburg-Landau)
 - Microscopic theory of superconductivity in low-Tc materials 
 - Magnetic properties and tunneling effects in superconductors 
 - Structure and properties of high-Tc superconductors 
 - Preparation of high-Tc superconductors (ceramics, thin films) 
 - Applications 
 - New trends: superconducting nano-materials, electronics, …
 
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Oral exdamination
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                      | Methods | 
                      Lecture
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                      | Language | 
                      German or English | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      Lecture notes will be distributed for each lecture unit.
 Christian Enss, Siegfried Hunklinger: Tieftemperaturphysik.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3540676740 H. Rogalla, P.H. Kes (Eds.): “100 Years of Superconductivity”, CRC Press, 2012 W. Buckel: “Supraleitung”, Wiley-VCH 2004
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                     
                                        
                      | Further information | 
                       This lecture will be held in English or German. 
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