Bose-Einstein condensates / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Bose-Einstein statistics / 1.2: |
Bose-Einstein condensation / 1.3: |
BEC in ultra-cold atomic gases / 1.4: |
Further reading |
Exercises |
Superfluid helium-4 / 2: |
Classical and quantum fluids / 2.1: |
The macroscopic wave function / 2.3: |
Superfluid properties of He II / 2.4: |
Flow quantization and vortices / 2.5: |
The momentum distribution / 2.6: |
Quasiparticle excitations / 2.7: |
Summary / 2.8: |
Superconductivity / 3: |
Conduction in metals / 3.1: |
Superconducting materials / 3.3: |
Zero-resistivity / 3.4: |
The Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect / 3.5: |
Perfect diamagnetism / 3.6: |
Type I and type II superconductivity / 3.7: |
The London equation / 3.8: |
The London vortex / 3.9: |
The Ginzburg-Landau model / 4: |
The condensation energy / 4.1: |
Ginzburg-Landau theory of the bulk phase transition / 4.3: |
Ginzburg-Landau theory of inhomogenous systems / 4.4: |
Surfaces of superconductors / 4.5: |
Ginzburg-Landau theory in a magnetic field / 4.6: |
Gauge symmetry and symmetry breaking / 4.7: |
Flux quantization / 4.8: |
The Abrikosov flux lattice / 4.9: |
Thermal fluctuations / 4.10: |
Vortex matter / 4.11: |
The macroscopic coherent state / 4.12: |
Coherent states / 5.1: |
Coherent states and the laser / 5.3: |
Bosonic quantum fields / 5.4: |
Off-diagonal long ranged order / 5.5: |
The weakly interacting Bose gas / 5.6: |
Coherence and ODLRO in superconductors / 5.7: |
The Josephson effect / 5.8: |
Macroscopic quantum coherence / 5.9: |
The BCS theory of superconductivity / 5.10: |
The electron-phonon interaction / 6.1: |
Cooper pairs / 6.3: |
The BCS wave function / 6.4: |
The mean-field Hamiltonian / 6.5: |
The BCS energy gap and quasiparticle states / 6.6: |
Predictions of the BCS theory / 6.7: |
Superfluid [superscript 3]He and unconventional superconductivity / 7: |
The Fermi liquid normal state of [superscript 3]He / 7.1: |
The pairing interaction in liquid [superscript 3]He / 7.3: |
Superfluid phases of [superscript 3]He / 7.4: |
Unconventional superconductors / 7.5: |
Solutions and hints to selected exercises / A: |
Chapter 1 / A.1: |
Chapter 2 / A.2: |
Chapter 3 / A.3: |
Chapter 4 / A.4: |
Chapter 5 / A.5: |
Chapter 6 / A.6: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Bose-Einstein condensates / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Bose-Einstein statistics / 1.2: |
Bose-Einstein condensation / 1.3: |
BEC in ultra-cold atomic gases / 1.4: |
Further reading |