Textbooks or articles as an introduction to superconductors

[Wrynn]

Hi,

As an Undergraduate student I'm looking for some textbooks and/or articles as an introduction to superconductors. I have a homework to do as final project not exactly in this field but related. and I would like to understand what exactly is a superconductor as well as use those textbooks and articles as references.

I read a lot of good things about Introduction to Superconductivity by Michael Tinkham, but is it a good entry for a newbie, does he shows some links with day to day applications?

I hope my question is clear.

Thank you for your help

 

[vanhees71]

I think the chapter about superconductivity in the Feynman Lectures is a great starting point:

https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_21.html

I'm not very familiar with Tinkham, but if I remember right, it's a good book.

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

Hi,

As an Undergraduate student I'm looking for some textbooks and/or articles as an introduction to superconductors. I have a homework to do as final project not exactly in this field but related. and I would like to understand what exactly is a superconductor as well as use those textbooks and articles as references.

I read a lot of good things about Introduction to Superconductivity by Michael Tinkham, but is it a good entry for a newbie, does he shows some links with day to day applications?

I hope my question is clear.

Thank you for your help

I would start from Ashcroft and Mermin's superconductivity chapter in their solid state physics book and after that start reading Tinkham's book.

 

[Frabjous]

There is also
Annett
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198507569/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Blundell wrote a popularization
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019954090X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[Demystifier]

I think the chapter about superconductivity in the Feynman Lectures is a great starting point:

https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_21.html

That's how I got interested in superconductivity, when I discovered that equations in Sec. 21-8 look exactly like Bohmian equations of motion.

But I think the best introduction to superconductivity is Annett, mentioned by @caz above.

 

[Wrynn]

Thank you very much for all your suggestions.