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- Modern approach to the subject matter
- Based on course-tested lecture material
- Self-contained presentation suitable as textbook or as self-study guide
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 888)
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About this book
Superfluidity – and closely related to it, superconductivity – are very general phenomena that can occur on vastly different energy scales. Their underlying theoretical mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking is even more general and applies to a multitude of physical systems.
In these lecture notes, a pedagogical introduction to the field-theory approach to superfluidity is presented. The connection to more traditional approaches, often formulated in a different language, is carefully explained in order to provide a consistent picture that is useful for students and researchers in all fields of physics.
After introducing the basic concepts, such as the two-fluid model and the Goldstone mode, selected topics of current research are addressed, such as the BCS-BEC crossover and Cooper pairing with mismatched Fermi momenta.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Superfluidity
Book Subtitle: Field-theoretical Approach and Applications
Authors: Andreas Schmitt
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07947-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07946-2Published: 28 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07947-9Published: 15 July 2014
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 155
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity, Quantum Gases and Condensates, Quantum Physics