physics731
Low Temperature Physics (E/A) - physics731 Course Low Temperature Physics (E/A) Course No. physics731 Category Type Language Teaching hours CP Semester Elective Lecture with exercises English 3+1 6 WT/ST Requirements: Preparation: Elementary thermodynamics; principles of quantum mechanics; introductory lecture on solid state physics Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written or oral): successful work with the exercises Length of Course: 1 semester Aims of the Course: Experimental methods at low (down to micro Kelvin) temperatures; methods of refrigeration; thermometry; solid state physics at low temperatures Contents of the Course: Thermodynamics of different refrigeration processes, liquefaction of gases; methods to reach low (< 1 Kelvin) temperatures: evaporation cooling, He-3-He-4 dilution cooling, Pomeranchuk effect, adiabatic demagnetisation of atoms and nuclei; thermometry at low temperatures (e. ...