Description:

The subject of course is: low temperature physics, including cooling methods, low temperature technique, and measurement of low temperatures; macroscopic quantum phenomena in quantum fluids (superfluidity and superconductivity), quantum crystals and diffusion, mesoscopic phenomena in electron systems, quantum Hall effects, Coulomb blockade and single electron transistor.

Contents:

1. Introduction to low temperature physics. ^^2. Cooling methods. ^^3. Low temperature technique and measurement of low temperatures. ^^4. Superfluidity. ^^5. Quantum crystals and diffusion. ^^6. Quantum Hall effect. ^^7. Coulomb blockade and single electron transistor. ^^8. Phenomenology of superconductivity. ^^9. Ginzburg Landau theory. ^^10. Type I and II superconductors. ^^11. Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory. ^^12. Josephson phenomena and SQUIDs. ^^13. High temperature superconductivity. ^^14. Applications of superconductivity.

Recommended literature:

Key references:^^[1]. Tilley D.R., Superfluidity and Superconductivity, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Ltd., London, 1974. ^^Recomended references:^^[2]. Supriyo Datta: Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems, Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Keywords:

Quantum Hall effect, Coulomb blockade, superconductivity, superfluidity

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar