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Theoretical explanation of the Meissner effect involves proportionality between current density and vector potential [1], which has many deep consequences. Amongst them, one can speculate that superconductors in a magnetic field "find an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-08-07 Armen M. Gulian

The Meissner effect for superconductors in spacetimes with torsion is revisited.Two new physical interpretaions are presented.The first considers the Landau-Ginzburg theory yields a new symmetry-breaking vacuum depending on torsion.In the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 L. C. Garcia de Andrade

Over the last century Bohr van Leuween theorem attracted the notice of physicists. The theorem states about the absence of magnetization in classical systems in thermal equilibrium. In this paper, we discuss about fluctuations of magnetic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-09-07 P. S. Pal , Arnab Saha , A. M. Jayannavar

In Ref. [1], arXiv:2511.03384, Markos and Hlubina argue that "contrary to the expectations of Hirsch" [2] the conventional theory of superconductivity correctly describes the dynamics of the Meissner effect. Here I point out the flaws in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-26 J. E. Hirsch

A rebuttal of a recent article by Hirsch J.E. is presented below. To begin with, the main assumption, regarding the Meissner effect, which the whole argument relies upon, is disproved. Besides, the subsequent analysis misconstrues an…

General Physics · Physics 2020-08-03 Jacob Szeftel , Nicolas Sandeau , Michel Abou Ghantous , Antoine Khater

The well known Bohr-van Leeuwen Theorem states that the orbital diamagnetism of classical charged particles is identically zero in equilibrium. However, results based on real space-time approach using the classical Langevin equation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Arnab Saha , Sourabh Lahiri , A. M. Jayannavar

Recently [EPL, 86, (2009) 17001], we had simulated the classical Langevin dynamics of a charged particle on the surface of a sphere in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field, and found a finite value for the orbital…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-04-14 K. Vijay Kumar , N. Kumar

I argue that the conventional BCS-London theory of superconductivity does not explain the most fundamental property of superconductors, the Meissner effect: how is the Meissner current generated, and how is it able to defy Faraday's law?…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-01-13 J. E. Hirsch

From the outset of superconductivity research it was assumed that no electrostatic fields could exist inside superconductors, and this assumption was incorporated into conventional London electrodynamics. Yet the London brothers themselves…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-07-06 J. E. Hirsch

Based on the recent developed real-space theory of superconductivity (arXiv:0910.5511 and arXiv:1001.5067), we study the physical nature of the Meissner effect and London penetration depth in conventional and non-conventional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-08-27 X. Q. Huang

The Meissner effect for superconductors in spacetimes with torsion is revisited. Two new physical interpretations are presented. The first considers the Landau-Ginzburg theory yields a new symmetry-breaking vacuum depending on torsion. In…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 L. C. Garcia de Andrade

It is shown that a model of a superconductor as a classical ideal charged fluid at constant uniform temperature in a uniform compensating positively charged background exhibits the Meissner state with the correct value of the penetration…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-23 Vladimir Toussaint , George H. Goedecke

Conventional superconductors respond to external magnetic fields by generating diamagnetic screening currents. However, theoretical work has shown that one can engineer systems where the screening current is paramagnetic, causing them to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-02-05 Jabir Ali Ouassou , Wolfgang Belzig , Jacob Linder

Exciton superfluid is a macroscopic quantum phenomenon in which large quantities of excitons undergo the Bose-Einstein condensation. Recently, exciton superfluid has been widely studied in various bilayer systems. However, experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-22 Qing-Dong Jiang , Zhi-qiang Bao , Qing-Feng Sun , X. C. Xie

We propose a dynamical explanation of the Meissner effect in superconductors and predict the existence of a spin Meissner effect: that a macroscopic spin current flows within a London penetration depth $\lambda_L$ of the surface of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-03-02 J. E. Hirsch

When a magnetic field is applied to a ferromagnetic body it starts to spin (Einstein-de Haas effect). This demonstrates the intimate connection between the electron's magnetic moment $\mu_B=e\hbar/2m_ec$, associated with its spin angular…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-12 J. E. Hirsch

It is well known that a covariant Lagrangian for relativistic charged particles can lead to a vanishing Hamiltonian. Alternatively, it is shown that using a "space+time" Lagrangian leads to a new canonical momentum and minimal coupling rule…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-01 Nader Inan

Superfluidity and superconductivity have many elements in common. However, I argue that their most important commonality has been overlooked: that both are kinetic energy driven. Clear evidence that superfluidity in $^4He$ is kinetic energy…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-09-05 J. E. Hirsch

Among the most significant macroscopic quantum phenomena in condensed matter physics is the Meissner effect observed in superconductivity, which arises from the unique interaction between superfluids of charged particles and electromagnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-02 Kazuki Yamamoto , Takuto Kawakami , Mikito Koshino

It is generally believed that superconducting materials are divided into two classes: `conventional' and `unconventional'. Conventional superconductors (the elements and thousands of compounds including $MgB_2$) are described by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-02-09 J. E. Hirsch