Superconductivity, Superfluids, and Condensates

by James F. Annett

Overview

Superconductivity, provides a basic introduction to one of the most innovative areas in condensed matter physics today. This book includes ample tutorial material, including illustrations, chapter summaries, graded problem sets, and concise examples. This book is part of the Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198507567
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/03/2004
Series:	Oxford Master Series in Physics , #5
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

1. Bose-Einstein condensates
2. Superfluid helium-4
3. Superconductivity
4. The Ginzburg-Landau model
5. The macroscopic coherent state
6. The BCS theory of superconductivity
7. Superfluid helium-3 and unconventional
superconductivity
A. Solutions and hints to selected exercises

Editorial Reviews

"Annett (physics, University of Bristol) covers three main strands in condensed matter physics in this text for senior undergraduate and graduate students. Subjects are developed in a way which gradually builds up key concepts and the necessary mathematical machinery. The book begins with a review of basics of the Bose-Einstein ideal gas before going into techniques of magnetic trapping and cooling of atoms and the discovery of Bose-Einstein condensates in dilute atomic gases. The physical phenomena of superfluidity are then introduced, and the theory of superconductivity is developed in stages, starting with simpler theories and then developing the mathematical concepts of a quantum coherent state. --SciTech Book News

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