Lectures

In diesem Manuskript wird der Versuch unternommen, die Grundideen und Konzepte der modernen Elementarteilchentheorie zu vermitteln und dabei den komplizierten mathematischen Formalismus weitgehend zu vermeiden..

Low-temperature superconductivity is treated at an introductory level. The topics include Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect and London equations, thermodynamic properties of the superconducting state, type I and II superconductors, flux quantisation, superconductors in microwave fields and superconducting quantum interference effects. [...]

The basics of superconductivity are outlined with special emphasis on the features which are relevant for the application in magnets and radio frequency cavities for high energy particle accelerators. The special properties of superconducting accelerator magnets are described in detail: design principles, magnetic field calculations, magnetic forces, quench performance, persistent magnetization currents and eddy currents. [...]