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020			_a9780367841607
082			_a530.42 _bGUE
100			_aGuénault, Tony _97871
245		0	_aBasic superfluids
260			_aBoca Raton _bCRC Press _c2003
300			_a165p.
520			_aSuperfluidity 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.
650			_aSuperfluidity
650			_aThermodynamics _9395
650			_aEntropy _97508
942			_cBK
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