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Superfluidity, Superconductivity and Magnetism
F 2017 . 2018 - 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).
Introduction to superconductivity, A.C. Rose-Innes and E.H.Rhoderic, Pergamon Press. Magnetism in Condensed Matter, S. Blundell, Oxford. Univ. Press (2001).
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