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.
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Tony Guenault is with Lancaster University in the UK.
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quantised vortex lines, spin supercurrents, excitation picture, ballistic quasiparticles, quantised vortices, adiabatic demagnetisation, vacuum picture, pure superfluid, coherent wave function, dilution refrigeration, secondary thermometers, normal fluid density, macroscopic wave function, superfluid state, torsional oscillator, superconducting ground state, condensation energy, superfluid velocity, dilution refrigerator, dilute phase, vibrating wire, superfluid phases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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