ABSTRACT

Superfluidity and Superconductivity, Third Edition introduces the low-temperature phenomena of superfluidity and superconductivity from a unified viewpoint. The book stresses the existence of a macroscopic wave function as a central principle, presents an extensive discussion of macroscopic theories, and includes full descriptions of relevant experimental results throughout. This edition also features an additional chapter on high-temperature superconductors. With problems at the end of most chapters as well as the careful elaboration of basic principles, this comprehensive survey of experiment and theory provides an accessible and invaluable foundation for graduate students studying low-temperature physics as well as senior undergraduates taking specialized courses.

chapter 1|30 pages

Superfluids: An Introduction

chapter 2|42 pages

Condensates and Excitations

chapter 3|46 pages

Helium II: The Two-Fluid Model

chapter 4|21 pages

Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity

chapter 6|89 pages

Vortex States

chapter 7|34 pages

Josephson Effects

chapter 8|42 pages

Ginzburg-Landau Theory

chapter 9|63 pages

Superfluidity in Liquid 3He

chapter 11|34 pages

High-Tc Superconductors