Poincaré Seminar 2003 : Bose--Einstein Condensation - Entropy (Progress in Mathematical Physics)
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Book Description
The Poincaré Seminar is held twice a year at the Institute Henri Poincaré in Paris. The goal of this seminar is to provide up-to-date information about general topics of great interest in physics. Both the theoretical and experimental results are covered, with some historical background. Particular care is devoted to the pedagogical nature of the presentation.
This volume contains the lectures of the third and fourth Poincaré Seminar, both held in 2003. The third one is devoted to Bose-Einstein Condensation: it covers the physics of superfluid liquid helium as well as the recently discovered atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Major experimental results are presented, together with relevant theoretical approaches and remaining open questions. The fourth one concentrates on Entropy, giving a comprehensive account of the history and various realizations of this concept, from thermodynamics to black holes, and including theoretical and experimental discussions of the corresponding fluctuations for mesoscopic systems near equilibrium.
Contributing authors:
Roger Balian
Sébasten Balibar
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Jean Dalibard
Thibault Damour
Olivier Darrigol
Christian Maes
Philippe Nozières
Félix Ritort
Christophe Salomon
Gora V. Shlyapnikov
Poincaré Seminar 2003: Bose--Einstein Condensation - Entropy (Progress in Mathematical Physics),Jean Dalibard,Bertrand Duplantier,Vincent Rivasseau,Birkhäuser Basel,3764371064,Mathematical Physics,Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics,Quantum Theory,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / Mathematical Physics,States of matter
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