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Includes bibliographical references.

part I. Physical facts : theory and experiments. 1. Elements of electromagnetic theory -- 1.1. Low frequency electrodynamics : fundamentals -- 1.2. The MQS regime -- 1.3. Review exercises

2. Basic superconductivity : observations and theories -- 2.1. Basic phenomenology -- 2.2. The London equations -- 2.3. From classical to quantum -- 2.4. Wave functions : the Ginzburg-Landau theory -- 2.5. The characteristic lengths -- 2.6. Flux vortices -- 2.7. Representative superconducting materials -- 2.8. Review exercises

3. Idealised models and equations : examples -- 3.1. Flux expulsion : Meissner state of a sphere -- 3.2. The resistive transition : fundamentals -- 3.3. The critical state -- 3.4. Josephson junctions

4. Some revealing experiments with superconductors -- 4.1. Transport measurements -- 4.2. Inductive measurements -- 4.3. Magneto-optics -- 4.4. Force measurements

part II. Mathematical tools and computation. 5. Some useful mathematical resources -- 5.1. Variational calculus -- 5.2. Discrete formulation

6. Introduction to computational methods -- 6.1. MATLAB : some basics -- 6.2. GNU Octave

part III. Applications and utilities. 7. The resistive transition -- 7.1. The broadening of the resistive transition -- 7.2. Evaluation of resistance and activation energies -- 7.3. Extensions -- 7.4. Review exercises and challenges

8. Flux transport in type-II superconductors -- 8.1. The penetration of magnetic fields in superconductors -- 8.2. The critical state model : transport problem -- 8.3. The critical state problem : magnetisation -- 8.4. Response to non-uniform magnetic fields -- 8.5. Finite resistivity : piece-wise approximation -- 8.6. Finite resistivity : power-law approximation -- 8.7. Review exercises and challenges

9. Shape effects : demagnetising fields -- 9.1. Statement of the problem -- 9.2. The Meissner state in finite samples : ellipsoids and cylinders -- 9.3. The critical state in finite samples -- 9.4. Review exercises and challenges

10. Thin superconductors : the stream function method -- 10.1. Statement of the problem -- 10.2. Response to applied magnetic fields -- 10.3. Description of the numerical resources -- 10.4. Review exercises and challenges

11. Magneto-optical imaging of superconductors -- 11.1. Magneto-optics in the Meissner state -- 11.2. Magneto-optics in the critical state -- 11.3. Review exercises and challenges

12. Interaction with magnets : force microscopies -- 12.1. Forward problem : prediction of the force -- 12.2. Inverse problem : prediction of [lambda]L -- 12.3. Review exercises and challenges

13. Interaction with magnets : levitation -- 13.1. Levitation in the Meissner state -- 13.2. Levitation in the critical state -- 13.3. Review exercises and challenges

14. Superconductors and magnets : cloaking devices -- 14.1. Pre-cloaking : magnetic shielding -- 14.2. Cloaking bilayers : magnets and superconductors -- 14.3. Review exercises and challenges

15. Intermediate Josephson junctions -- 15.1. Critical currents in planar Josephson junctions -- 15.2. Resistive transitions in the shunted model -- 15.3. Review exercises and challenges

part IV. Source codes -- part V. Notation.

A number of macroscopic manifestations of superconducting phenomena (such as zero electrical resistance, the expulsion of magnetic fields and the Josephson effect) have resulted in a proliferation of applications in engineering and electronics. This book takes a practical, pedagogical approach to understanding the electromagnetic properties of superconducting materials. The reader is provided with a set of ready-to-use interactive tools to engage with topics such as vanishing resistivity, magnetic flux expulsion, flux pinning, critical currents, flux quantization and more. Aimed at high level undergraduate and graduate physicists and engineers, this book is ideal for early researchers studying macroscopic superconductivity.

The main focus of the book is the academic area. High level undergraduate and graduate physicists and engineers are the natural readers.

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Antonio Bad�ia-Maj�os obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1993. Following a postdoctoral period at the University of G�ottingen (Germany), he returned and became Associate Professor for the Condensed Matter Physics Department of the University of Zaragoza, and also a Fellow of the Material Science Institute of Arag�on (INMA at present).

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