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breached-pair states, 338, 503
breaking of translational symmetry, 342
broken symmetry, see symmetry breaking
BSCCO, 283, 284, 288–291, 293, 295, 319,
321–324, 396, 402, 404, 443, 453
Caldeira–Leggett theory, 209, 210, 212
cancer, 179
CDM, see cold dark matter
center-of-mass momentum, 342, 343, 345,
346
Chandrasekhar–Clogston limit, 347, 348,
497
chemical-potential mismatch, 342, 343,
347, 348, 353
chiral symmetry, 516, 517, 531, 536, 538,
539, 543, 564
clean limit, 356, 361
CMB, see cosmic microwave background
coherence length, 188–190, 195, 198,
202–204, 229, 234, 279, 283, 317,
339–343, 351, 356, 365, 431, 456, 480
cold atoms, see see ultracold gases
cold dark matter, 167, 170, 564
collective pinning theory, 305
compromise state, 338, 339, 344, 345
confinement, 201, 536, 538, 539, 543
Cooper pair, 78, 107, 116, 117, 121, 128,
146, 147, 170, 187, 190, 206–210, 218,
219, 228–230, 234, 241, 245, 250, 251,
257–259, 268, 271, 338, 343, 358, 365,
456, 476, 477, 479, 485, 487, 489
cosmic microwave background, 167, 170,
564
Coulomb blockade, 212
creep, 222, 277, 281, 282, 284, 287, 288,
295, 311, 319–321, 323–325, 330, 411,
515
critical current, 48, 147, 148, 150, 151,
156, 193, 203, 205, 221, 222, 280, 283,
284, 294, 302, 319, 324
critical field, 62, 121, 196, 203, 206, 268,
271, 283, 339, 356–359, 361, 363, 367,
425, 506
crystal field excitations, 59, 129
crystalline superconductivity, 337, 351,
546
cuprate superconductors, 138, 202, 206,
268, 392, 397, 439, 447, 452, 460, 464,
505
current noise, 162
current-phase relation, 147, 148
cut-off elimination, 346
cylindrical SQUID, 145, 157, 158
d-pairing, 139, 248
d-wave superconductor, see d-pairing
d-wave order parameter, see d-pairing
dark energy, 167, 518, 520
dc SQUID, 145, 148, 149, 153–159, 161,
162, 164
decoupling transition, 293, 302
depinning transition, 313, 314, 319, 321
dimensionality, 264, 346, 348, 349, 434,
443, 456, 457, 465, 549
disorder, 128, 135, 204, 206, 217–219, 222,
255–259, 262, 263, 266, 269–271, 278,
281, 284–295, 298, 301–312, 314–319,
322, 323, 325–329, 453, 454, 505
dissipation, 163, 168, 185, 190, 191, 199,
202–208, 211–214, 217, 220, 222, 256,
267, 268, 515
diverging barriers, 287, 321, 328
dual model, see duality
duality, 218, 219, 250, 259, 260, 271
elasticity, 278, 285, 296, 298, 304, 308,
310, 312, 314, 316
Eliashberg equations, see Eliashberg theory
Eliashberg theory, 132, 250, 381, 383, 384,
465
ELOE equations, 351, 352
energy gain, 93, 204, 279, 320, 345, 347,
348, 497, 546
energy gap, 7, 10, 15, 17, 18, 23, 27, 33,
35, 36, 38, 60, 61, 70, 75–78, 81, 82,
102, 103, 111, 117, 118, 120–124,
128–135, 137, 192, 198, 208, 211, 212,
221, 228, 235, 236, 260–262, 325, 338,
340, 346, 350–352, 356, 364, 380,