Frohlich, H. “Theory of the Superconducting State. I. The Ground State at the Absolute Zero of Temperature”, in Physical Review, vol 79, 1950, pp 845-856 in the issue of pp 747-913. Original wrappers. Very Good copy.
- “The paper proposed that the interaction between electrons and lattice vibrations (phonons) was responsible for superconductivity.”
- “A competing explanation of the isotope effect experiments was proposed by John Bardeen in a short paper received by Physical Review just three days later, which is offered with the Frohlich:
Bardeen, John. “Zero-Point Vibrations and Superconductivity” Physical Review, vol 79 no. 1, pg 167 in the issue of pp 1-246. Original wrappers. A Very Good copy, with a little tear at top front joint (about 1” long).
The two issues: $500
- “Starting with these events, the electron-phonon interaction became the focus of theoretical efforts attempting to explain superconductivity after 1950, culminating in the BCS theory in 1957, generally believed to explain ‘conventional’ superconductivity. Neither Frohlich’s (with 1000 citations) nor Bardeen’s 1950 theories stood the test of time. Nevertheless, based on the events of May 1950 recounted above, Fr¨ohlich is generally credited with having predicted the fundamental role of electron-phonon interactions in superconductivity and the isotope effect without any experimental input...”--J. E. Hirsch, “Did Herbert Frohlich predict or postdict the isotope effect in superconductors?”,
See also L. Hoddeson, H. Schubert, S.J. Heims and G. Baym, “Out of the Crystal Maze; Chapters from the History of Solid-State Physics”, Oxford University Press, New York, 1992, p. 548-550.
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