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Superfluidity, Superconductivity and Magnetism
F 2014 . 2015 - 2º semestre
syllabus and bibliography Bose-Einstein condensates.
Superfluidity. Classical and quantum fluids. The superfluidity of He(II). Flux quantisation and vortices. Superconductivity. Discovery; basic properties of superconductors (electric, magnetic and thermodynamic). Type I and type II superconductivity. London's model. Gunzburg-Landau model. The BCS theory of superconductivity. Non-conventional superconductivity and superfluidity. Magnetism. Magnetism of isolated atoms: diamagnetism, paramagnetism, Hundt's rules. Crystal field. Magnetic interactions: dipolar magnetic interaction, exchange interaction. Magnetic order: ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism. Weiss-Néel model. Magnetic domains. Kondo effect and Hubbard's model. Bibliography of reference Superconductivity, superfluids and condensates, J.F. Annett, Oxford Univ. Press (2004) Magnetism in Condensed Matter, S. Blundell, Oxford. Univ. Press (2001).
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