Syllabus

Introduction to Superfluidity, 4He and 3He and their properties, Claussius-Clapeyron relation, Properties of solids at low temperature, Superdiamagnetism, Bose-Einstein Condensate, Supersolid, Superfluid film, gauge symmetry breaking, Thermodynamics of Superconductivity,
Phenomenology of superconductivity, review of basic properties, thermodynamics of superconductors, Meissner effect, London equations, Cooper pairs, coherence length, Ginzburg-Landau theory, BCS theory, Josephson effect, SQUID, excitations and energy gap, magnetic properties of type-I and type-II superconductors, flux lattice, Quantum vortex
Introduction to high-temperature superconductors, Inhomogeneities, Superconducting order parameter fluctuation. Experimental Techniques for Low-Temperature Measurements, Material Properties and Superconductor Critical-Current Testing.

The course introduces physics of phenomena in superconductivity having technological applications. Starting from Bose-Einstein Condensate to High Tc superconductors it focuses on various aspects and gives background for research in the related field.

This gives the understanding the behavior of matter at low temperature and thermodynamic modification in presence of magnetic field

Device application through knowledge and learning

C. Kittel,, Introduction to Solid State Physics, John Wiley & Sons

D. R Tilley and J. Tilley, Superfluidity and superconductivity, Overseas Press

M. Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York

Jack Ekin,, Experimental Techniques, Oxford Uni.Press