Quantum Theory of Conducting Matter

Shigeji Fujita is Professor of Physics at State University of New York at Buffalo and has published 3 books with the Springer family since 1996.  His areas of expertise include statistical physics, solid and liquid state physics, superconductivity and Quantum Hall Effect theory.  Kei Ito is in the research division of the National Center for University Entrance Examinations in Tokyo, Japan.

Superconductors–Introduction.- Electron–Phonon Interaction.- The BCS Ground State.- The Energy Gap Equations.- Quantum Statistics of Composites.- Quantum Statistical Theory.- Quantum Tunneling.- Compound Superconductors.- Supercurrents and Flux Quantization.- Ginzburg-Landau Theory.- Josephson Effects.- High Temperature Superconductors.- Doping Dependence of T c .- The Susceptibility in Cuprates.- d-Wave Cooper Pair.- Transport Properties Above T c .- Other Theories.- Summary and Remarks.