METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Vladislav Marselevich Mamedov, Ivan Alexeevich Arkharov
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 5, 2nd Baumanskaya st., Moscow, 105005, Russia
Keywords: philosophy of science, superconductivity, cryogenics, cryonics, superfluidity, theoretical physics
Abstract
The article briefly describes the stages in the development of the theory of superconductivity, beginning with the phenomenological theory of brothers London formulated in the early 1930s, its modernization by L.D. Landau, V. L. Ginzburg and A.A. Abrikosov and ending with the latest theory created by G. Fröhlich and L. Cooper. The relevance of the work is related to the problems that arose in the development of the theory of superconductivity. The influence of the level of the development of cryogenics is shown; in the middle of the last century, the latter faced the distrust of the scientific community caused by the creation of cryonics - a technology for preserving biological material of animals and humans for a long time, followed by "revival". At the height of the confrontation between the USSR and the United States in 1989-1990, after the discovery of high-temperature superconductors, the US government allocated large funds for developments in the field of superconductivity for the Department of Defense needs. That is, along with agreements on disarmament and the use of the peaceful atom, there raised questions about the use of superconductivity for good, but not for the destruction.
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