Contents:
Newton's theory of Light. Measuring the Speed of Light. Origin of Quantum Mechanics. Development of Atomic theory. Quantum Model of the Atom.
De Broglie's Matter Waves. Quantum Mechanics and Parallel Worlds. The Field Concept in Physics.
The Strong Nuclear Force. The Weak Nuclear Force. Materialism and Conscious Matter.
Material theories of the Mind. Material theories of the Mind vs.
Summary. Written by eminent researchers in the field, this text describes the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity starting from liquid. Written by eminent researchers in the field, this text describes the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity starting from liquid helium and a.
The Mind and Quantum Mechanics. The Limitations of Science. Superconductivity is a macroscopic quantum effect that was first discovered by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes in In ordinary conductors, electrical resistance lowers as the temperature decreases but it never reaches zero because the electrons collide with each other. Yet an electric current flowing in a loop of mercury wire could potentially maintain a current forever, with no applied voltage - although you would have to provide the energy to keep it cool - and so mercury was dubbed a superconductor.
Many other metals were found to act the same way and, in , German physicists Walther Meissner and Robert Ochsenfeld showed that superconductors also expel magnetic fields.
In , American physicists John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer showed that superconductivity can be explained if, at low enough energies, electrons form a single quantum wave made of pairs of electrons with equal and opposite spins and momentums.
The book then proceeds with expositions of strong coupling theory and the Ginzberg-Landau theory.
His mother — Nina A. The Strong Nuclear Force. This data will be updated every 24 hours. Key Underlying Technologies , Springer, Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction. Instead of expanding uniformly, the gas expanded in a lopsided manner. Since then, many teams of scientists in different countries have been trying to discover substances with higher critical temperatures and the current limit is now above 12 5 K.
The remarkable properties of superfluid helium 3 are then described, as an example of a superfluid with internal degrees of freedom. The topics covered are dealt with in a coherent manner, with all necessary theoretical background given. Recent topics in the field, such as the copper-oxide high temperature superconductors and exotic superconductivity of heavy fermion systems are discussed in the final chapter. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in condensed matter physics, especially those working in superconductivity and superfluidity.
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Summary Written by eminent researchers in the field, this text describes the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity starting from liquid helium and a charged Bose-gas. It also discusses the modern bipolaron theory of strongly coupled superconductors, which explains the basic physical properties of high-temperature superconductors. This book will be of interest to fourth year graduate and postgraduate students, specialist libraries, information centres and chemists working in high-temperature superconductivity.
Bose- Einstein condensation and neutral superfluids He4 and He3; Charged bosons in two dimensions.