
A variational method is applied to calculate the surface energy at the normal-superconducting interface in a superconductor. Both the Casimir-Gorter theory, as formulated by Bardeen, and the phenomenological energy-gap model are used. A comparison is made with the available experimental data.
Construction of Matter
Construction of Matter
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