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Overview
The condensed phases of helium three provide an exciting laboratory for many fundamental questions in condensed matter physics. Due to its light mass and weak interatomic potential, the condensed phases of helium display quantum effects more dramatically than any other atomic system. Intuition based on classical experience is often misleading in these phases: the solid phase for instance is less ordered at low temperature than the liquid phase. The present book is unique in covering all the low temperature properties of helium three as liquid, superfluid, and solid. It provides an introduction to the extensive literature on helium three from the point of view of an experimentalist, and includes the analogy of its properties with the cosmological 'big bang'. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals in condensed matter physics and low temperature physics will find this the standard reference work for the decade to come.Synopsis
Dobbs (emeritus, physics, U. of London, UK and visiting professor of physics, U. of Sussex, UK) presents a monumental treatise covering all the known properties of su3He at low temperatures, taking into account the many new developments resulting from active research that have taken place since John Wilks' The Properties of Liquid and Solid Helium was published in 1966. The author points out that the volume complements Vollhardt and Wöfle's 1990 reference, in that it is based on experimental measurements and the interpretation of their results in an introductory manner; it sets the superfluid properties of su3He in the context of the properties of the normal Fermi liquid and dilute mixtures of su3He in superfluid su4He; and it describes the properties of the solid state such as quantum crystals, magnetic solids, and low-dimensional structures.
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