Excitations in Liquid and Solid Helium

by Henry R. Glyde

Overview

Liquid 4He and 3He are the purest Bose and Fermi liquids currently found in nature. Understanding their dynamics is fundamental to understanding more complex matter. This book provides an introduction to the subject and develops the theory of zero sound, phonons, rotons, spin and single particle excitations in quantum solids and fluids. Similarities between quantum solids and fluids are drawn wherever possible. Topics include dynamic response functions, neutron studies of solid helium, the nature of excitations in 3He, approximations to the dynamic susceptibility, and intermediate and high momentum transfer, among many others. In offering a critical comparison between theory and up-to-the-minute experimental data, the book provides a comprehensive assessment of our current understanding of collective and single particle excitations in quantum liquids and solids.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198510093
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/15/1995
Series:	Oxford Series on Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter , #9
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.13(d)

About the Author

University of Delaware, Newark

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Dynamic Response Functions3. Physics of Solid Helium4. Dynamic Structure Factor of Solid Helium5. Self Consistent Phonon Theory6. Neuron Studies of Solid Helium7. Introduction to Liquid 4He8. Microscopic Picture9. Historical Development of Ideas10. Observed Properties of Liquid 4He11. Microscopic Picture12. Nature of Excitations in Liquid 4He13. Excitations in Liquid 3He14. Dynamic Susceptibility of 3He15. Approximations to the Dynamic Susceptibility16. Models of S(Q,omega) in Liquid 3He17. Mori and Kinetic Theories of Liquid 3He18. The Impulse Approximation19. Final State Contributions20. Intermediate and High Momentum Transfer21. Recent Monographs and Conference Proceedings

Editorial Reviews

"A fine addition to the literature. It belongs on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in understanding the theory of excitations in quantum fluids and solids. . . I highly recommend it to those who are entering the field, those who want a tutorial and those who want a guide to the relevant literature."—Robert Hallock, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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