Download or read book Selected Papers of J Robert Schrieffer written by N E Bonesteel and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2002-11-25 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable book is a selection of papers by theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate J Robert Schrieffer. In addition to his Nobel Prize-winning work in superconductivity, Prof Schrieffer has made significant contributions to a wide variety of topics in condensed matter physics. These include the theory of soliton excitations in polyacetylene (a clear example of spin–charge separation in a condensed matter system), paramagnon theory, magnetic impurities, the physics of surfaces, high-Tc superconductivity, and the fractional quantum Hall effect. The papers are reviewed and placed in context by leading experts. The guest contributors are A Alexandrov (on electrons and phonons), T Einstein (on surfaces,) S Kivelson (on quantum Hall effect), D Scalapino (on the BCS theory of superconductivity), F Wilczek (on solitons and fractional quantum numbers), J W Wilkins (on magnetic impurities) and S C Zhang (on high-Tc superconductivity). Contents:SuperconductivitySolitons and Fractional Quantum NumbersQuantum Hall EffectSurfacesMagnetism and Magnetic ImpuritiesElectrons and PhononsHigh-TcSuperconductivity Readership: Upper level undergraduates, graduate students, academics and researchers in physics. Keywords: