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Superconductivity and its applications
This course provides students with an approach to the fundamental understanding of the physical properties required for the practical implementation of superconducting materials. It includes
- an introduction to electrodynamics of superconductors
- a theoretical description of the interactions in the vortex line system, focused on pinning phenomena, critical state and thermal effects on vortex dynamics
- an overview of the superconducting materials, addressing also the superconducting wires and cables
- a final part describing the basic design and operation issues of superconducting device technology
Lecture 1 Introduction, Phenomenology, Thermodynamics and London equations
Lecture 2 The Ginzburg-Landau Theory, Domain-wall energy, Flux quantization
Lecture 3 Upper critical field, Lower critical field and Abrikosov vortex lattice
Lecture 4 Vortex motion, Vortex pinning, Critical State and Flux creep
Lecture 5 Thermal instabilities, Filament coupling, Materials: Intro, NbTi and Nb3Sn
Lecture 6 Nb3Sn and Nb3Al wire technology
Lecture 7 MgB2, Introduction to HTS
Lecture 8 Intro to HTS (2), Bi2223, Bi2212 and YBCO
Lecture 9 YBCO (2), Intro to magnet design: Solenoids
Lecture 10 Intro to magnet design: Multipoles and toroids, Magnetic stresses, Effects of stress on a superconducting wire
Lecture 11 Effects of stress on a superconducting wire (2), Stability, Propagation of the normal zone, Quench detection and protection
General Physics for Medical Students (Physique Générale A )
This course presents an introduction to the fundamental laws of physics through the major areas of classical physics and some aspects of modern physics. It emphasize the evolution of the physical understanding with an inductive process based on an experimental approach. The topics covered in the course are
- electricity and magnetism
- electric circuits
- electromagnetic waves
- geometrical optics
- an introduction to quantum mechanics
- an introduction to nuclear and particle physics