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A General Theory of Superconductivity with points of view differing from those of the BCS Theory is presented in two parts. In the first part, a general equation for the superconductivity is obtained; based on the stable pairing of two…
We propose a phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau-like theory of cuprate superconductivity. The free energy is expressed as a functional F of the spin-singlet pair amplitude psi_ij=psi_m=Delta_m exp(i phi_m); i and j are nearest-neighbor sites…
This article is a review o over theory of superconductivity, which is constructed for systems with two overlapping energy bands at the Fermi surface and with arbitrary charge carrier density.There is taken into account all possible kinds of…
A new approach based on macro-orbital representation of a conduction electron in a solid has been used to discover some untouched aspects of the phonon induced attraction between two electrons and to lay the basic foundations of a general…
We present a simple calculational scheme for superconducting properties under magnetic fields. A combination of an approximate analytic solution with a free energy functional in the quasiclassical theory provides a wide use formalism for…
In this paper, a microscopic theory of magnetic-interaction-induced pairing in superconductivity of metals was developed on the basis of four idealized assumptions: (1) only a small number of electrons are involved in superconductivity; (2)…
A one-dimensional equation describing the distribution of the effective vector potential $\bar A(y)$ across a film width, which holds for thin ($d<\lambda$) and thick ($d>\lambda$) films alike, is derived based on the analysis of a 2D…
We present the current-density functional theory for the superconductor immersed in the magnetic field. The order parameter of the superconducting state, transverse component of the paramagnetic current-density, and electron density are…
An application of the general equation obtained in Part I to low critical temperature superconductors utilizing an "ad hoc" phononic theory is developed. Then, we arrive to a specific expression for the bounding energy as a function of…
The new approach to the microscopic description of the phase transitions starting from the only first principles was developed on an example of the transition normal metal-superconductor. This means mathematically, that the free energy is…
In this paper, a microscopic theory of magnetic-interaction-induced pairing in superconductivity of high temperature superconductors (HTSC) was developed on the basis of four idealized assumptions: (1) only a small number of electrons(or…
Both in electroweak theory and QCD, the vacuum in strong magnetic fields develops charged vector condensates once a critical value of the magnetic field is reached. Both ground states have a similar Abrikosov lattice structure and…
We consider the proximity effects in hybrid superconductor (S) - ferromagnet (F) structures drawing attention to the induced ferromagnetism of the S metal. The analysis is based on a quasiclassical theory of proximity effect for metals in…
On a microscopic scale, resistivity during electric conduction is caused by collisions of the free conduction electrons with the obstructing atoms or molecules of the conductor material, resulting in heat production. Based on this…
At high magnetic field, the semiclassical approximation which underlies the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory of the mixed state of type II superconductors breaks down. In a quasi-1D superconductor (weakly coupled chains system) with an {\it open…
The density functional theory for superconductors developed in the preceding article [cond-mat/0408685] is applied to the calculation of superconducting properties of several elemental metals. In particular, we present results for the…
In this paper, we develop an approximate theory of the temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR) and conductivity based upon the recently proposed Microscopic Response Method. By introducing suitable approximations for the lattice…
The thermopower of mesoscopic normal metal/superconductor structures has been measured at low temperatures. Effect of supercurrent present in normal part of the structure was studied in two cases: when it was created by applied external…
In this note, we show that the Local Molecular Field theory of Weeks et. al. can be re-derived as an extremum problem for an approximate Helmholtz free energy. Using the resulting free energy as a classical, fluid density functional yields…
For a superconductor to be able to receive an external magnetic field, there must be a vacant energy state in the superconductor to receive the energy associated with the field. For a small range of energies near that of the critical…