G1031450 - Superconductores e Superfluídos (Materias optativas) - Curso 2011/2012

Información

• Créditos ECTS
• Créditos ECTS: 4.50
• Total: 4.5
• Horas ECTS
• Clase Expositiva: 18.00
• Clase Interactiva Laboratorio: 14.00
• Clase Interactiva Seminario: 4.00
• Horas de Tutorías: 2.25
• Total: 38.25

Otros Datos

• Tipo: Materia Ordinaria Grado RD 1393/2007
• Departamentos: Física de la Materia Condensada
• Áreas: Física de la Materia Condensada
• Centro: Facultad de Física
• Convocatoria: 2º Semestre de Titulaciones de Grado/Máster
• Docencia y Matrícula: null

Profesores

Nombre	Coordinador
Cotón Sánchez, Noelia.	NO
VAZQUEZ RAMALLO, MANUEL.	SI

Horarios

Nombre	Tipo Grupo	Tipo Docencia	Horario Clase	Horario exámenes
Grupo CLE01	Ordinario	Clase Expositiva	SI	SI
Grupo CLIL_01	Ordinario	Clase Interactiva Laboratorio	SI	NO
Grupo CLIS_01	Ordinario	Clase Interactiva Seminario	NO	NO
Grupo TI-ECTS01	Ordinario	Horas de Tutorías	NO	NO

Programa

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Castellano

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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to be an introduction to the theoretical concepts and experimental techniques and technologies associated with the physics of superconductors and superfluids. Also, and always complementarily to that main goal, the course will provide an introductory visit to a few advanced topics of superconductivity and superfluidity, to contribute to maturing the students' skills to deal with still open topics.

In particular, the following are general objectives of the course:
-The students should learn the basic phenomenology of superconductors and superfluids
-The students should learn the basic development of theoretical models of superconductivity and superfluidity
-The students should learn the basic technology associated with superconducting devices, and to a lesser extent with superfluidity
-The students should be introduced, at a very basic (rudimentary) level, in some of the still unsolved problems of the studies and/or applications associated with superconductivity and superfluidity
Contents
GENERAL ASPECTS. Origins of superfluidity and superconductivity: Bose-Einstein-type condensations. BCS-type couplings. Fundamental properties of superconductors and superfluids.

SUPERFLUIDS. 4He. 3He. Alkali-gas condensates. Other superfluids. Thermo-hydrodynamic aspects. Quantum vortices.

SUPERCONDUCTORS. Superconducting materials of high and low Tc, nanostructured, in the presence of disorder and inhomogeneities. Phenomenological models.

APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES. Transport and storage of energy. Magnetic bearings and levitation. Superconducting electronics. Magnetometry trough quantum interferometry. Superconducting qbits.

LABORATORY PRACTICES. Observation of the lambda transition in 4He. Fabrication of YB2Cu3O7-x. Determination of the diamagnetic transition. Determination of the resistive transition. Superconducting current limiter.
Basic and complementary bibliography
Main Reference Manual:
C.P. Poole, H.A. Farach, R.J. Creswick, Superconductivity (Academic Press)

Supplementary Reference Manual:
D.R. Tilley, J. Tilley, Superfluidity and Superconductivity (Graduate Student Series in Physics, Institute of Physics Publishing)

Additional supplementary bibliography:
M. Cyrot, D. Pavuna, Introduction to Superconductivity and High Tc materials (World Scientific)
M. Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity (McGraw-Hill)
D.L. Goodstein, States of Matter (Dover)
Competence
----GENERAL COMPETENCES-----

The course aims to help train the students in the following general competences similar to those expressed in the degree memorandum:

-That the students adquire and understand the concepts, methods and main results involved in the contents of the course, with historical perspective of its development.
-That the students become able to gather and interpret data, information and relevant results, reach conclusions and provide factual reports on science, technology or other areas requiring the use of knowledge of the physics involved in the course.
-That the students learn to apply the theoretical and the practical knowledge gained, and also their skills of analysis and abstraction in the definition and formulation of problems and in the search of solutions, in both academic and professional contexts.
-That the students adquire the ability to communicate, both in writing and orally, their knowledge, procedures, results and ideas, to both skilled and unskilled audiences.
-That the students become able to independently study and learn new knowledge and techniques in any scientific or technological discipline, self-organizing their time and resources.

-----SPECIFIC COMPETENCES----

The course aims to influence the students to deepen their training in certain specific skills that are listed below. Observe that those skills can be directly identified with the specific competences expressed in the degree memorandum, in the paragraphs of modeling skills, skills for understanding physical phenomena, problem-solving skills, experimental and laboratory skills, and skills for literature searchs. Specifically, the course will seek to have students achieve the following objectives:

-Knowing the basic phenomenology of superconductors and superfluids
-Analyzing and solving simple problems in real superconductors
-Knowing the basic development of theoretical models of superconductivity and superfluidity
-Being able to calculate some of the basic parameters of superconductivity and superfluidity
-Knowing the basic technology associated with superconducting devices, and to a lesser extent superfluidity
-Doing some simple measures, and analyzing them superconductors and superfluids
-Getting into in some of the still unsolved problems of the studies and/or applications associated with superconductivity and superfluidity, at a very basic (rudimentary) level.

-----TRANSVERSE COMPETENCES----

In addition to the knowledge and skills specified above as general and specific competences, the degree in physics involves the acquisition of a range of transverse competence. This course aims to contribute to the following transverse competences of those expressed in the degree memorandum:

--Instrumental transverse competences:
-Ability to analyze and synthesize
-Ability to organize and plan
-Oral and written communication, in both native and foreign language
-Computer skills, related to field of study
-Information management ability.
-Problem-solving ability.
-Decision-making ability.

--Personal transverse competences:
-Teamwork ability
-Ability to work in an international context

--Systematic transverse competences:
-Self-learning ability
-Creativity
-Initiative and entrepreneurship
-Motivation for quality
Teaching methodology
EXPOSITIVE CLASSES:

Lesson taught by the teacher who may have different formats (theory, problems and/or general examples, general guidelines for the course...). The teacher may have the support of audiovisual and computer material but, in general, students do not need to handle them in class. Usually these classes will follow the contents of the proposed reference manual.
Attendance at these classes is recommended but not mandatory.

INTERACTIVE CLASSES-SEMINARS:
Theory/practice class in which applications of the theory, problems, exercises... are proposed and solved. The teacher may have the support of audiovisual and computer material but, in general, students do not need to handle them in class. These classes could also include activities that involve the direct participation of the student (at the blackboard, etc..) and presentation of homeworks as asked by the teacher. These activities will contribute to the continuous assessment score of the student.
Attendance at these classes is recommended but not mandatory.

INTERACTIVE CLASSES-LABORATORY:
This includes classes that can take place in a student laboratory (or in more advanced laboratories). In these classes the student acquire experimental skills related to the course's topics and consolidate the knowledge acquired in other classes. For these practices, students will have written reference material. Students must attend every practice session after reading carefully the contents of that reference material. After an explanation by the teacher, the students will perform individually or in groups the experiences and/or calculations required for the achievement of the objectives of the practice, getting in writing the development of the practice and the results of the calculations done and procedures followed. This written reports must be given to the teacher and will be evaluated and will contribute to the continuous assessment score of the student. Obtaining a rating of "failure" ("no pass") in this evaluation implies the inability to pass the whole course in the current academic year (final evaluation of the student in the course will be "failure", or "no pass"). "Pass" qualifications, or higher, in that evaluation, will be preserved for possible subsequent academic years or evaluation calls.

TUTORING.
Tutorial activities scheduled as agreed by the teacher and students, according to the changing needs of these students. Further activities are proposed, like clarification of doubts about the theory or practice, problems, exercises, readings, or other. These classes may optionally also include activities that involve the direct participation of the student at the blackboard, etc..), and the presentation of homework as asked by the teacher. These activities will contribute to the continuous assessment score of the student.
Attendance at these classes is recommended but not mandatory.

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
The course will have a space on the platform of the USC virtual campus, which will be used for various complementary tasks, which may include, for example, providing some written material (related to homeworks, to the continuous assessment,etc.), or to deliver such work to the teacher.
It is required to use this platform.

Assessment system
The final assessment or final global score of the student in the course will be the result of a continuous assessment and the assessment of a final exam. The final assessment score of the course will be the maximum of 1) the final exam score and 2) the average between the final exam score (50% weigth in the average) and the continuous assessment score (50% weigth in the average).

The continuous assessment score will come as a result of the works, at the classroom and at home, writing and/or oral, corresponding to the expositive and interactive classes (including laboratory work).

In particular, the evaluation of the laboratory work will follow the general quality criteria, including also the fact that a rating of "failure" or "no pass" (or of not presented) in the laboratory work makes it not possible to obtain a passing grade, or higher, as final assessment for the whole course. "Pass" scores, or better, in the laboratory work will be preserved for successive calls or evaluations of the course - the student in that case does not need to repeat this work.
Study time and individual work
----- TOTAL: 112.5 hours (25 hours / credit) COMPOSED BY:

---Presential work: 36.5 hours composed by:
Expositive classes: 18 hours
Interactive classes - seminars and laboratory: 18 hours
(To be distributed as 15 hours laboratory and 3 hours seminars)
Tutoring: 2 hours

--- Personal Student Work: 74.5 hours composed by:
-Autonomous study individually or in group: 25 hours
-Writing of exercises, conclusions or other work: 25 hours
-Programming/experimenting or other work at the computer or laboratory: 20 hours
-Preparation of oral presentations, discussions or similar: 4.5 hours
Recommendations for the study of the subject
It is advisable to assist the majority of expositive and interactive classes.

It is advisable to actively use the reference manual.

To obtain a "pass" assessment, or better, it is mandatory the completion of the laboratory work, with a "pass" assessment, or better, in the laboratory work (this evaluation is preserved).

The use of the virtual campus platform of USC is mandatory.

The teacher will discuss with students who have not passed the course, and request to do so, the evaluation process and the dificulties found in the learning process and in the contents of the course.
Comments
To obtain a "pass" assessment, or better, it is mandatory the completion of the laboratory work, with a "pass" assessment, or better, in the laboratory work (this evaluation is preserved).
The use of the virtual campus platform of USC is mandatory.