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Basic Superfluids
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Basic Superfluids Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Tony Guenault; David S. Betts (Editor)


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Superfluidity is the jewel in the crown of low temperature physics. When temperatures are low enough, every substance in thermal equilibrium must become ordered. Since some materials remain fluid to the lowest temperatures, it is a fascinating question as to how this ordering can take place. One possibility is the formation of a superfluid state, a state in which there is macroscopic quantum order-effectively quantum mechanics in a tea-cup. The author develops and presents these ideas in the beginning of Basic Superfluids. The book assumes some basic knowledge of quantum, statistical and thermal physics, and builds on this background to give a readable introduction to the three superfluids of low temperature physics. A short chapter describing experimental techniques is included. The emphasis throughout is on physical principles rather than technical detail, with the aim of introducing the subject in an accessible yet authoritative way to final-year undergraduates or starting postgraduate students.

First line

Low temperature physicists have goals which are common to most human beings.

Details

  • Title Basic Superfluids
  • Author Tony Guenault; David S. Betts (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher CRC Press
  • Date November 28, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780748408917 / 0748408916
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.92 x 6.92 x 0.6 in (22.66 x 17.58 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Superfluidity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005279452
  • Dewey Decimal Code 530.42