  We discuss metastable states in the mean-field version of the strong coupling
BCS-model and study the evolution of a superconducting equilibrium state
subjected to a dynamical semi-group with Lindblad generator in detailed balance
w.r.t. another equilibrium state. The intermediate states are explicitly
constructed and their stability properties are derived. The notion of
metastability in this genuine quantum system, is expressed by means of
energy-entropy balance inequalities and canonical coordinates of observables.
