Thermodynamic Aspects of the Meissner Effect - Thermodynamic Aspects
Jean-Bernard Bru,
(UPV/EHU)
Jueves 20 de diciembre 2012
I will analyze the Meissner effect from first principles of
quantum mechanics. I will in particular explain the existence of
superconducting states minimizing the magnetic free--energy of a
BCS--like model and carrying surface currents which annihilate the
total magnetic induction inside the bulk in the thermodynamic limit.
This study is a step towards a complete explanation of the Meissner
effect from a microscopic model. It remains
indeed to prove that those states are dynamically stable, i.e.,
quasi-stationary at low temperatures.