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Zoom Lectures on the Fundamentals of Superconductivity
| Speaker: | Sir Anthony J. Leggett |
| Affiliation: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Schedule: | All lectures are scheduled from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. April 9, 2024 (Tue) - Generalities about superconductivity April 10, 2024 (Wed) - Vector potential in quantum mechanics April 15, 2024 (Mon) - Bose-Einstein condensation; the problem of the supercurrent metastability April 17, 2024 (Wed) - Ginzburg-Landau (GL)theory April 22, 2024 (Mon) - Normal state and electron-electron interactions April 24, 2024 (Wed) - BCS theory (T=0) April 29, 2024 (Mon) - BCS theory at finite temperatures May 1, 2024 (Wed) - Relation of BCS and GL theories May 6, 2024 (Mon) - The Josephson effect May 8, 2024 (Wed) - Dirty superconductors and exotic superconductivity |
| Zoom Link: | https://hku.zoom.us/j/97061852202?pwd=OUNhc0RZc01GV28wUkxVelN4K2xxZz09 Meeting ID: 970 6185 2202 Password: 351591 |
| Venue: | Room 522, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong (The lectures will conducted over zoom in this room) |
| Poster: | https://www.physics.hku.hk/Seminar/20240409_Anthony J. Leggett_v3.pdf |
Abstract
This series of lectures are intended for interested undergraduate and graduate students. They cover the fundamental aspects of classic superconductors and their explanations in terms of the BCS theory of superconductivity. No particular background will be assumed except elementary quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and rudimentary solid-state physics.
Biography
Sir Anthony J. Leggett was born in March 1938 in London, United Kingdom. He is a professor emeritus at the Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Professor Leggett obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Oxford in 1964 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003 for his contributions to theory of superfluid Helium three. Professor Leggett is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences (foreign member), and is a Fellow of the Royal Society (U.K.), the American Physical Society, and the American Institute of Physics. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics (U.K.) and was knighted (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to physics.
Registration Required
Please send a message to Dr. Mingyang Liu (mingyliu@hku.hk). Please indicate the mode of attendance (onsite or zoom).
Lecture Notes
April 9, 2024 (Tue) - Generalities about superconductivity
April 10, 2024 (Wed) - Vector potential in quantum mechanics
April 15, 2024 (Mon) - Bose-Einstein condensation; the problem of the supercurrent metastability
April 17, 2024 (Wed) - Ginzburg-Landau (GL)theory
April 22, 2024 (Mon) - Normal state and electron-electron interactions
April 24, 2024 (Wed) - BCS theory (T=0)
April 29, 2024 (Mon) - BCS theory at finite temperatures
May 1, 2024 (Wed) - Relation of BCS and GL theories
May 6, 2024 (Mon) - The Josephson effect
May 8, 2024 (Wed) - Dirty superconductors and exotic superconductivity
(Joint Lectures of the Department of Physics & HK Institute of Quantum Science & Technology)