Problem Set 1 CORRECTED 9-11-2018 15:58 - Due in the 598sc homework box (2nd floor Loomis) by 9 a.m. on Mon. 17 Sept.
Problem Set 2 Due in the 598sc homework box (2nd floor Loomis) by 1 p.m. on Mon. 1 Oct.
Problem Set 3 Due in the 598sc homework box (2nd floor Loomis) by 1 p.m. on Mon. 15 Oct. (NOTE: Equation 25 is corrected in Lecture 10, below. Also, the typos in problem 1 part (a) are corrected)
Problem Set 4 Due in the 598sc homework box (2nd floor Loomis) by 1 p.m. on Mon. 29 Oct.
Lecture notes
Part 1
No typed lecture notes for lecture 1.
Lecture 2. Phenomenology of (classic) superconductivity
Lecture 3. Phenomenological theory of the EM properties of superconductors
Lecture 4. Recap: normal metals and the clectron-phonon interaction
Lecture 7. Thermodynamic and response properties of superconductors (other than EM)
Lecture 8. Microscopic Properties of BCS Superconductors (cont.)
Lecture 9. Superconducting alloys: electromagnetic response of clean and dirty superconductors (New copy posted with two small corrections on 9-27 at noon.)
Lecture 10. Ginzburg-Landau Theory: Simple Applications (11:30am, 3 Oct.: Equation 25 CORRECTED for use in Problem Set 3, )
Lecture 11. The Bogoliubov{de Gennes and Andreev Equations: Andreev Reflection
Lecture 12. Magnetic impurity and other `pair-breaking' effects