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The search for a semiclassical theory of the de haas-van alphen oscillationsin the superconducting state

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Superconductors acquire their valuable properties below their critical temperature. BCS theory describes this by the Cooper pairing of electrons for low critical temperatures, but there is not a theory explaining high temperature superconductivity. Strong | indications exist that the Cooper pairs of high temperature superconductors have d-wave symmetry. This could be one of the keys to that theory. The de Haas-van Alphen oscillations in normal metals were explained by Onsager with a semiclassical argument and are used to | probe their Fermi Surface. Recently they have also been observed in superconductors. The main purpose is to develop the first ever quantitative theory of the de Haas-van Alphen oscillations in superconductors, using semiclassical mechanics to describe Andreev scattering in the Abrikosov lattice. Such theory would allow us to determine experimentally the quasi-particle spectra, providing a definitive proof of the d-wave symmetry.
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The applicant would develop skills in Superconductor Physics, a fundamental area of physics and the basis of a growing and diversifying industry, and in the methods of Quantum Chaology and Semiclassical Mechanics, that have a wide range of applications from acoustics to the quantum theory of measurement. In both cases the training would be provided by top specialists in the field.
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UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
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BS8 1TL BRISTOL, CLIFTON
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