Quantum Theory of Matter:
Superfluids & Superconductors
Recommended Texts
- J.F. Annett,
Superconductivity, Superfluids and Condensates
(Oxford Univ Press, 2004).
The treatment of the subject in this book is closest to the course plan.
This is a new book. The central library is ordering a few copies.
- R.P. Feynman et al,
Feynman Lectures on Physics, vol III,
chapter 21 (Addison Wesley 1965). Nice introduction to
phenomenological aspects of superconductivity.
- D.R. Tilley & D.R. Tilley, Superfluidity and Superconductivity
(Insitute of Physics, 1990).
A standard text with focus on phenomenogical theory.
- P. Nozières & D. Pines, The Theory of Quantum Liquids Vol 2
(Perseus 1999). Classic text on Bose superfluids.
A challenging read at the undergraduate level, but can be rewarding.
-
P.G. de Gennes, Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys
(Addison Wesley 1989).
Classic text on superconductivity. Pitched at the postgraduate audience, but
some of it is accessible at undergraduate level.
- M. Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity (Dover 2004).
Comprehensive textbook on superconductivity also aimed at postgraduates.
Beware of different units standards for electromagnetism
in superconductivity books.
Supplementary Reading
-
E.A. Cornell & C.E. Wieman, The Bose-Einstein Condensate,
in Scientific American (March 1998).
-
Nobel physics website 2001 on atomic condensates (Cornell, Ketterle,
Wieman)
- A very good web resource is
superconductors.org
-
Nobel physics website 2003 on superconductivity (Abrikosov, Ginzburg
and Leggett)
- D.K.K. Lee and A.J. Schofield,
Metals Without Electrons in Visions of the Future:
physics and electronics,
ed. J.M.T. Thompson (Cambridge Univ Press 2001). A review on current
trends in strongly correlated quantum systems.