A brief course on Superconductivity (English)

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Lecture 1: A brief course on Superconductivity

Lecture 2: Lec 1: Historical Introduction of Superconductivity

Lecture 3: Lec 2: Meissner effect, Electrodynamics of Superconductors, coherence length and penetration depth

Lecture 4: Lec 3: Electron Pairing, Basics of BCS Theory

Lecture 5: Lec 4: BCS ground state, variational calculation, expression for Tc

Lecture 6: Lec 5: Order parameter, Free energy functional, Ginzburg-Landau (GL) Theory, GL equations

Lecture 7: Lec 6: London Equations, Flux quantization

Lecture 8: Lec 7: Thermodynamic properties of superconductors, specific heat

Lecture 9: Lec 8: Experimental determination of Superconducting properties

Lecture 10: Lec 9: Unconventional Superconductivity, Uemura plot, High-Tc superconductivity

Lecture 11: Lec 10: Singlet and triplet states of two s =1/2 , magnetic Hamiltonian

Lecture 12: Lec 11: t-J model, discrete symmetry groups, example square lattice

Lecture 13: Lec 12: Cuprate Superconductors, electron vs hole doped superconductors

Lecture 14: Lec 13: Non-Fermi Liquid Theory, Adiabatic continuity

Lecture 15: Lec 14: Quasiparticle lifetime, breakdown of Fermi Liquid Theory in cuprate superconductors

Lecture 16: Lec 15: Josephson junctions, Josephson equations

Lecture 17: Lec 16: AC Josephson effect, Superconducting Quantum Interference devices(SQUID)

Lecture 18: Lec 17: RF SQUID, DC SQUID, Applications of Magnetoencephalography (MEG)