Basic Information
Historical Introduction. Discovery of Superfluidity And Superconductivity, Gases in The Classical and Quantum Limits. The De-broglie Thermal Wavelength,bose-einstein Condensation. Experimental Confirmation of Its Existence,experimental Properties Od Superfluid 4he,the Two Fluid Model,elementary Excitations and The Landau Criterion For Superfluidity,superfluid 4he in Rotation. Properties of 4he As a Macroscopic Quantum System,basic Electromagnetic and Thermodynamic Properties of A Superconductor, Microscopic Bcs Theory Of Superconductivity, Electrodynamics of Superconductors According To London. Magnetic Flux Quantization,pippard S Model and The Coherence Length, Type I and Type Ii Superconductors,critical Currents And Magnetic Flux Dynamics in Superconductors,the Josephson Effect,the Josephson Junction As a Macroscopic Quantum Device, High Temperature Superconductivity, The London Picture and The Ginzur - Landua Theory Of Phase Transitions. Learning Outcomes# At The End of The Course, The Student Will Be Able# 1. to Critically Read Updated Literature. 2. to Design Simple Experiments. 3. to Calculate Basic Physical Properties of Microscopic Quantum Materials.
Faculty: Physics
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Pre-required courses
114036 - Statistical and Thermal Physics or 116217 - Solid State Physics
Course with no extra credit
117021 - Superconductivity and Superfluidity