Superconductivity, superfluids, and condensates / James F. Annett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Annett, James F.

Contributor:

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Series:

Oxford master series in condensed matter physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bose-Einstein condensation.

Superconductivity.

Superfluidity.

Physical Description:

xi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Bose-Einstein condensates 1

1.2 Bose-Einstein statistics 2

1.3 Bose-Einstein condensation 6

1.4 BEC in ultra-cold atomic gases 10

2 Superfluid helium-4 21

2.2 Classical and quantum fluids 22

2.3 The macroscopic wave function 26

2.4 Superfluid properties of He II 27

2.5 Flow quantization and vortices 30

2.6 The momentum distribution 34

2.7 Quasiparticle excitations 38

3 Superconductivity 47

3.2 Conduction in metals 47

3.3 Superconducting materials 49

3.4 Zero-resistivity 51

3.5 The Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect 54

3.6 Perfect diamagnetism 55

3.7 Type I and type II superconductivity 57

3.8 The London equation 58

3.9 The London vortex 62

4 The Ginzburg-Landau model 67

4.2 The condensation energy 67

4.3 Ginzburg-Landau theory of the bulk phase transition 71

4.4 Ginzburg-Landau theory of inhomogenous systems 74

4.5 Surfaces of superconductors 76

4.6 Ginzburg-Landau theory in a magnetic field 77

4.7 Gauge symmetry and symmetry breaking 79

4.8 Flux quantization 81

4.9 The Abrikosov flux lattice 83

4.10 Thermal fluctuations 89

4.11 Vortex matter 93

5 The macroscopic coherent state 97

5.2 Coherent states 98

5.3 Coherent states and the laser 102

5.4 Bosonic quantum fields 103

5.5 Off-diagonal long ranged order 106

5.6 The weakly interacting Bose gas 108

5.7 Coherence and ODLRO in superconductors 112

5.8 The Josephson effect 116

5.9 Macroscopic quantum coherence 120

6 The BCS theory of superconductivity 127

6.2 The electron-phonon interaction 128

6.3 Cooper pairs 131

6.4 The BCS wave function 134

6.5 The mean-field Hamiltonian 136

6.6 The BCS energy gap and quasiparticle states 139

6.7 Predictions of the BCS theory 143

7 Superfluid [superscript 3]He and unconventional superconductivity 147

7.2 The Fermi liquid normal state of [superscript 3]He 148

7.3 The pairing interaction in liquid [superscript 3]He 152

7.4 Superfluid phases of [superscript 3]He 154

7.5 Unconventional superconductors 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0198507550

0198507569

OCLC:

54611039