Topological Quantum Numbers in Nonrelativistic Physics

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World Scientific, 1998 - Počet stran: 426
Topological quantum numbers are distinguished from quantum numbers based on symmetry because they are insensitive to the imperfections of the systems in which they are observed. They have become very important in precision measurements in recent years, and provide the best measurements of voltage and electrical resistance. This book describes the theory of such quantum numbers, starting with Dirac's argument for the quantization of electric charge, and continuing with discussions on the helium superfluids, flux quantization and the Josephson effect in superconductors, the quantum Hall effect, solids and liquid crystals, and topological phase transitions. The accompanying reprints include some of the classic experimental and theoretical papers in this area.Physicists ? both experimental and theoretical ? who are interested in the topic will find this book an invaluable reference.
 

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Obsah

1 Introduction
1
2 Quantization of Electric Charge
16
3 Circulation and Vortices in Superfluid 4He
21
4 Superconductivity and Flux Quantization
35
5 Josephson Effects
46
6 Superfluid 3He
55
7 The Quantum Hall Effect
68
8 Solids and Liquid Crystals
89
9 Topological Phase Transitions
102
References
116
Reprinted Papers
137
Index
417
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Topological Quantum Numbers in Nonrelativistic Physics
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Topological Quantum Numbers In Nonrelativistic Physics
David Thouless
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David J. Thouless
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David James Thouless was born in Bearsden, Scotland on September 21, 1934. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. After graduating from Cornell in 1958, he spent a year at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. He then joined the department of mathematical physics at the University of Birmingham, where he remained until 1978. He taught at Yale University for two years before joining the facility at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he remained until 2014. He then returned to the University of Cambridge. His research included using mathematics to explain strange states of matter like superconductivity and superfluidity. He received the Wolf Prize in physics, the Dirac Medal, and the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics that he shared with J. Michael Kosterlitz and F. Duncan M. Haldane. Thouless died on April 6, 2019 at the age of 84.

Bibliografické údaje

NázevTopological Quantum Numbers in Nonrelativistic Physics
G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
AutorD. J. Thouless
Vydáníilustrované vydání, dotisk
VydavatelWorld Scientific, 1998
ISBN9810229003, 9789810229009
DélkaPočet stran: 426
  
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