Presents a modern treatment of the physics of vortex matter, mainly applied to unconventional superconductors and superfluids but with extensions to other areas of physics.

Inhaltsangabe1 The Beautiful World of the Vortex.- 2 Type II Superconductors and Vortices from the 1950s to the 1990s.- 3 What Can Superconductivity Learn from Quantized Vorticity in 3He Superfluids?.- 4 Nucleation of Vortices in Superfluid 3He-B by Rapid Thermal Quench.- 5 Superfluidity in Relativistic Neutron Stars.- 6 Superconducting Superfluids in Neutron Stars.- 7 Vortex Dynamics and the Problem of the Transverse Force in Clean Superconductors and Fermi Superfluids.- 8 Magnus Force and Aharonov-Bohm Effect in Superfluids.- 9 Lorentz Force Exerted by the Aharonov-Bohm Flux Line.- 10 Relativistic Solution of Lordanskii Problem in Multi-Constituent Superfluid Mechanics.- 11 Vortex Core Structure and Dynamics in Layered Superconductors.- 12 Band Theory of Quasiparticle Excitations in the Mixed State of d-Wave Superconductors.- 13 Magnetic Field Dependence of the Vortex Structure Based on the Microscopic Theory.- 14 Quasiparticle Spectrum in the Vortex State in Nodal Superconductors.- 15 Random-Matrix Ensembles in p-Wave Vortices.- 16 Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on Vortex Cores in High-Tc Superconductors.- 17 Charged Vortices in High-Tc Superconductors.- 18 Neutron Scattering from Vortex Lattices in Superconductors.- 19 Vortex Dynamics in a Temperature Gradient.- 20 Electric Field Dependent Flux-Flow Resistance in the Cuprate Superconductor Nd2-xCexCuOy.

From the contents: Type II superconductors and vortices from the 1950s to the 1990s.- What can superconductivity learn from quantized vorticity in He-superfluids?- Nucleation of vortices in superfluid He-B by rapid thermal quench.- Superfluidity in relavistic neutron stars.- Superfluids in neutron stars.- Vortex dynamics and the problem of the transverse force.- Magnus force and Aharonov-Bohm effect in superfluids.- The Lorentz force exerted by the Aharonov-Bohm flux.- Relativistic solution of Lordanskii problem in multi-constituent superfluid mechanics.- Band theory of quasiparticle excitations in the mixed state of d-wave superconductors.- Magnetic field dependence of the vortex structure based on the microscopic theory.- Random-matrix ensemble in p-wave vortices.- Scanning tunneling spectroscopy on vortex cores in high-Tc superconductors.- Neutron scattering from vortex lattices in superconductors.- Vortex dynamics in a temperature gradient.

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