The skin effect is analyzed to provide the numerous measurements of the
penetration depth of the electromagnetic field in superconducting materials
with a theoretical basis. Both the normal and anomalous skin effects are
accounted for within a single framework. The emphasis is laid on the conditions
required for the penetration depth to be equal to London's length, which
enables us to validate an assumption widely used in the interpretation of all
current experimental results.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1507.0333
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