ENGLISH

Superconductivity and Superfluidity

By Mikio Nakahara , T. Tsuneto

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780521020930, 9780511599859, 0521570735, 052102093X, 0511599854, 9780521570732
LCC
QC611.92 .T75 1998
Open Library ID
OL356601M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1540998 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
222\222
DPI
300
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This graduate-level text describes the physics of superconductivity and superfluidity, macroscopic quantum phenomena found in many conductors at low temperatures and in liquid helium 4 and helium 3. In the first part of the book the author presents the mean field theory of generalized pair condensation. This is followed by a description of the properties of ordinary superconductors using BCS theory. The book then proceeds with expositions of strong coupling theory and the Ginzburg-Landau theory. The remarkable properties of superfluid helium 3 are then described, as an example of a superfluid with internal degrees of freedom. Recent topics in the field, such as the copper-oxide high temperature superconductors and exotic superconductivity of heavy fermion systems are discussed in the final chapter. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics, especially those working in superconductivity and superfluidity.

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