Connectivity and SuperconductivityAuthor: Jorge Berger, Jacob Rubinstein Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 978-3-540-67932-5 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44532-3Table of Contents:In the Memory of Shlomo Alexander Topological Considerations in Superconductivity The de Gennes-Alexander Theory of Superconducting Micronetworks Nodal Sets, Multiplicity and Superconductivity in Non-simply Connected Domains Connectivity and Flux Confinement Phenomena in Nanostructured Superconductors Zero Set of the Order Parameter, Especially in Rings Persistent Currents in Ginzburg-Landau Models On the Normal/Superconducting Phase Transition in the Presence of Large Magnetic Fields On the Numerical Solution of the Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Equations in Multiply Connected Domains Formation of Vortex-Antivortex Pairs The Order Parameter as a Macroscopic Quantum Wavefunction The Ehrenberg-Siday-Aharonov-Bohm Effect Connectivity and Superconductivity in Inhomogeneous Structures, Includes bibliographical references, In the memory of Shlomo Alexander / Pierre-Gilles de Gennes -- Topological considerations in superconductivity / Jacob Rubinstein -- The de Gennes-Alexander theory of superconducting micronetworks / José I. Castro, Arturo López -- Nodal sets, multiplicity and superconductivity in non-simply connected domains / Bernard Helffer ... [et al.] -- Connectivity and flux confinement phenomena in nanostructured superconductors / Victor V. Moshchalkov, Vital Bruyndoncx, Lieve Van Look -- Zero set of the order parameter, especially in rings / Jorge Berger -- Persistent currents in Ginzburg-Landau models / Luís Almeida, Fabrice Bethuel -- On the normal/superconducting phase transition in the presence of large magnetic fields / Peter Sternberg -- On the numerical solution of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations in multiply connected domains / Gustavo C. Buscaglia, Carlos Bolech, Arturo López -- Formation of vortex-antivortex pairs / Sanatan Digal ... [et al.] -- The order parameter as a macroscopic quantum, wavefunction / Antony J. Leggett -- The Ehrenberg-Siday-Aharonov-Bohm effect / Charles G. Kuper -- Connectivity and superconductivity in inhomogeneous structures / Guy Deutscher