Quantum Liquids - Bose Condensation and Cooper Pairing in Condensed-Matter Systems

An introduction, using simple arguments, to the general field of Bose condensation and Cooper pairing. It often treats standard textbook material from a new perspective, and covers various currently cutting-edge topics which are not discussed in traditional texts.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction: quantum statistics,Bose-Einstein condensation and Cooper pairing


• 2: Bose-Einstein condensation: its definition, origin, occurrence and consequences


• 3: Liquid 4-He


• 4: The Bose alkali gases


• 5: Classical superconductivity


• 6: Superfluid 3-He


• 7: Cuprate superconductivity


• 8: Miscellaneous topics

About the author

Anthony J.Leggett was born in London, England in March 1938.He attended Balliol College, Oxford where he majored in Literae Humaniores (classical languages and literature, philosophy and Greco-Roman history), and thereafter Merton College, Oxford where he took a second undergraduate degree in Physics. He completed a
D.Phil. degree in theoretical physics under the supervision of D.ter Haar. After postdoctoral research in Urbana, Kyoto and elsewhere he joined the faculty of the University of Sussex (UK) in 1967, being promoted to Reader in 1971 and to Professor in 1978. In 1983 he became John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a position he currently holds. His principal research interests lie in the areas of condensed matter physics, particularly high-temperature superconductivity, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Summary

An introduction, using simple arguments, to the general field of Bose condensation and Cooper pairing. It often treats standard textbook material from a new perspective, and covers various currently cutting-edge topics which are not discussed in traditional texts.

Additional text

Tony Leggett is widely known as one of the finest theoretical physicists in the world, and has a reputation for extremely clear and insightful writing.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony James Leggett, Anthony James (Macarthur Professor and Pr Leggett, Anthony James (Macarthur Professor and Professor of Physics Leggett, Leggett Anthony James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780192856944
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285694-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Oxford Graduate Texts
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments, SCIENCE / Laboratory Techniques, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Low Temperature Physics