SELF-CAPACITANCE OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING CONDENSATE

In this paper, we consider the Dirac quantization of a symmetry-broken electromagnetic field, corresponding to a model superconducting syste m. We demonstrate that, in addition to the usual electric field energy , the Hamiltonian contains a term due to the intrinsic self-capacitanc e of the superconducting condensate. We then use this Hamiltonian to c onstruct a distributed circuit model for superconducting quantum circu its.