Author: J. A. Sauls
Department of Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
March, 2014

Abstract:

Lecture Slides:

Six introductory lectures on the theory of Unconventional Superconductivity delivered at St. Andrews and Edinburgh Universities for Graduate Students affiliated with the Scottish University Physics Alliance.

1. Superconductivity - from London theory to Ginzburg and Landau
2. Flux Quantization and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
3. Pairing Theory of Superconductivity - Cooper, Bogoliubov and BCS
4. Broken Space-Time Symmetries - Unconventional Pairing
5. Constructing a GL Theory for the Cuprates and Sr₂RuO₄
6. Surface States and Vortices in Unconventional Superconductors

^† Lectures Supported by the Scottish University Physics Alliance

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