Table of Contents

Phenomenology of fluctuations: Ginzburg-Landau formalism 1: Introduction 2: Fluctuation thermodynamics 3: Fluctuation transport 4: Fluctuations in vortex structures Basic notions of the microscopic theory 5: Microscopic derivation of the TDGL equation 6: Microscopic derivation of the Ginzburg Landau functional 7: Microscopic theory of fluctuation conductivity Manifestation of fluctuations in observables 8: Fluctuations in magnetic field 9: Density of states and tunneling 10: Effect of fluctuations on thermoelectricity and heat transport 11: Spin susceptibility and NMR Fluctuations in nanostructures and unconventional superconducting systems 12: Fluctuations in nanograins, nanodrops and granular superconductors 13: Fluctuations in Josephson junctions 14: Phase slip events 15: Phase fluctuations in two-dimensional superconducting systems 16: Fluctuations near superconductor-insulator transition 17: Role of fluctuations in high-temperature superconductivity 18: Appendices 19: Glossary

About the Author

Anatoly Larkin is William I. Fine and Bianca Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University of Minnesota, USA as well as a principal researcher at the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Russia. Andrei Varlamov is a principal researcher at COHERENTIA-INFM in Rome.

Reviews

Theory of Fluctuations in Superconductors is a thorough and timely book aimed at both theorists and experimentalists interested in current topics in superconductivity. The book will be a useful guide and reference for graduate students and establised workers in the field.
*James F. Annett, Physics Today*