Henry R Glyde

Excitations in Liquid and Solid Helium

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Liquid 4He and 3He are the purest Bose and Fermi liquids currently found in nature. Understanding their dynamics is fundamental to understanding more complex matter. This book provides an introduction to the subject and develops the theory of zero sound, phonons, rotons, spin and single particle excitations in quantum solids and fluids. Similarities between quantum solids and fluids are drawn wherever possible. Topics include dynamic response functions, neutron studies of solid helium, the nature of excitations in 3He, approximations to the dynamic susceptibility, and intermediate and high momentum transfer, among many others. In offering a critical comparison between theory and up-to-the-minute experimental data, the book provides a comprehensive assessment of our current understanding of collective and single particle excitations in quantum liquids and solids.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9780198510093
• ISBN-10: 0198510098
• Artikelnr.: 21988706

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Dynamic response functions
2: Physics of solid helium
3: Dynamic structure factor of solid helium
4: Self consistent phonon theory
5: Neutron studies of solid helium
6: Introduction to liquid 4He
7: Microscopic picture
8: Historical development of ideas
9: Observed properties of liquid 4He
10: Theory of liquid 4He
11: Nature of excitations in liquid 4He
12: Excitations in liquid 3He
13: Dynamic susceptibility of liquid 3He
14: Approximations to the dynamic susceptibility
15: Models of S(Q,omega) in liquid 3He
16: Mori and kinetic theories of liquid 3He
17: The impulse approximation
18: Final state contributions
19: Intermediate and high momentum transfer
20: Recent monographs and conference proceedings
References
Appendices A-C