Statistical Mechanics of Superconductivity

Takafumi Kita is an associate professor at Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Japan. He obtained a PhD from Department of Applied Physics, the University of Tokyo in 1988. He held positions at Institute of Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo (1988-1993, research associate), at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1991-1993, visiting scientist), and joined Hokkaido University subsequently. He spent a year in Germany (2000-2001) at University of Karlsruhe and at University of Bayreuth (half a year per each) as an overseas research fellow. He has been teaching quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, mathematical methods in physics, field theory in statistical mechanics, etc., over 20 years.

• Review of Thermodynamics.- Basics of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics.- Quantum Mechanics of Identical Particles.- Statistical Mechanics of Ideal Gases.- Density Matrices and Two-Particle Correlations.- Hartree–Fock Equations and Landau’s Fermi-liquid theory.- Attractive Interaction and Bound States.- Mean-Field Equations of Superconductivity.- BCS Theory.- Superfluidity, Meissner Effect and Flux Quantization.- Responses to External Perturbations.- Tunneling, Density of States and Josephson Effect.- P-Wave Superfluidity.- Gor’kov, Eilenberger and Ginzburg–Landau Equations.- Abrikosov’s Flux-Line Lattice.- Surfaces and Vortex Cores.- Solutions to Problems.