A Primer on Quantum Fluids

• Main Authors: Barenghi, Carlo (Author), Parker, Nick G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Fluids.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Condensed matter.; Low temperature physics.; Low temperatures.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Low Temperature Physics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

The aim of this primer is to cover the essential theoretical information, quickly and concisely, in order to enable senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students to tackle projects in topical research areas of quantum fluids, for example, solitons, vortices and collective modes. The selection...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Classical and Quantum Ideal Gases
• Gross-Pitaevskii model of the condensate
• Waves and Solitons
• Vortices and Rotation.