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Physics 598
Superconductivity, Ancient and Modern, Part 2.
Fall 2015

General information

Class Time and location:
- Time: Mon Wed 1:00 - 2:20 p.m.
- Place: 276 Loomis Laboratory
Instructor: A.J. Leggett (illinois email aleggett), Office hour 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Mondays, 2113 ESB

TA: Di Zhou (illinois email dizhou2), office hour 3:00-4:00 p.m. Wednesdays, 4105 ESB

Announcements

Office hour cancelled Monday 2 November. Email Professor Leggett if you if you wish to consult with him at a different time.
Makeup lecture on Friday 30 October, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. in room 276 Loomis.
Makeup lecture on Friday 23 October, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. in room 222 Loomis.
lecture cancelled on Wednesday 21 October
Course announcement
Syllabus and schedule of lectures (provisional)

Problem Sets

Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 Non-BCS Superconductivity: Diagnostics
Lecture 2 Non-cuprate exotics I: BKBO, MgB₂, alkali fullerides
Lecture 3 Non-cuprate exotics II: Heavy-fermions, Ruthenates, Organics
Lecture 4 The cuprate superconductors: generalities (composition, structure, phase diagram...)
Lecture 5 Normal-state Properties: Optimal Doping: ( + overdoped regime)
Lecture 6 The phase diagram: the 'pseudogap regime'. Systematics of T_c
Lecture 7 Superconducting-state properties I (static + transport)
Lecture 8 Superconducting state II: Spectroscopic probes. Preliminary overview of the experimental situation
Lecture 9 What do we know for sure about the cuprate superconductors?
Lecture 10 What do we know for sure about the cuprate superconductors? II Symmetry of the order parameter.
Lecture 11 Microscopic Theories of Cuprate Superconductivity: A Smorgasbord
Lecture 12 The pseduogap regime revisited
Lecture 13 Non-cuprate exotics III: The ferropnictide (FeAs) superconductors