Ultrasonics of High- and Other Unconventional Superconductors: Physical Acoustics

Content: 
Physical Acoustics
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Contributors
Pages xiii-xiv

Preface
Pages xv-xix

1 - Ultrasonic Attenuation in Conventional Superconductors
Pages 1-22
MOISES LEVY

2 - Sound Propagation and Collective Modes in Superfluid 3He
Pages 23-106
BIMAL K. SARMA, J.B. KETTERSON, S. ADENWALLA, Z. ZHAO

3 - Sound Propagation in the Heavy Fermion Superconductors
Pages 107-189
BIMAL K. SARMA, MOISES LEVY, S. ADENWALLA, J.B. KETTERSON

4 - Ultrasonic Attenuation in the Magnetic Superconducting System Er1−xHoxRh4B4
Pages 191-235
KEUN JENN SUN, MOISES LEVY

5 - Ultrasonic Propagation in Sintered High-Tc Superconductors
Pages 237-301
MOISES LEVY, MIN-FENG XU, BIMAL K. SARMA, KEUN JENN SUN

6 - Sound Velocity Studies of Ceramic High-Temperature Superconductors
Pages 303-348
S. BHATTACHARYA

7 - Acoustic Studies of Single-Crystal High-Tc Superconductors
Pages 349-379
BRAGE GOLDING

8 - Ultrasonic Measurements of Elastic Constants in Single Crystals of La2CuO4
Pages 381-408
J.D. MAYNARD, M.J. McKENNA, A. MIGLIORI, WILLIAM M. VISSCHER

9 - A Rationalisation of the Diversity in the Elastic Response of Polycrystalline Superconducting Oxides
Pages 409-433
D.P. ALMOND

10 - High Tc Superconductivity and Ultrasonics—Theoretical Aspects
Pages 435-454
VLADIMIR Z. KRESIN

Index
Pages 455-459

Contents of Volumes in this Series
Pages 461-465