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Superfluid: How a Quantum Fluid Revolutionized Modern Science

Superfluid: How a Quantum Fluid Revolutionized Modern Science


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Unless you are a specialist or watch a lot of obscure YouTube videos you have probably never heard of He II or superfluid helium. This substance, a unique liquid form of the element helium, is produced and used in multi-ton quantities to enable much of modern science. Altogether, He II is at the heart of more than a dozen large scale scientific facilities world-wide representing an investment of tens of billions of dollars. It cools the magnets and cavities that contain and accelerate the particle beams at the Large Hadron Collider and is also used in accelerators for the study of rare isotopes and nuclear astrophysics. This little known liquid is, in reality, one of the enabling technologies of the future. A manifestation of quantum mechanics, He II exhibits amazing behaviors. It can flow up the side of a container against gravity, it can move through small openings without friction, and it can transfer heat extremely efficiently via a mechanism not seen elsewhere in nature.            This book tells the story of He II. It describes the discovery of the fluid, the observation and understanding of its behavior, the development of underlying theory and the evolution of He II from a laboratory curiosity to an industrial-scale coolant. The current and possible future applications of He II are described. Like all science and engineering, the story of He II is a human story and the role that personalities, politics, communication, cooperation and competition play in the development of He II is captured here as well. World-famous physicists such as Lev Landau, Richard Feynman, Peter Kapitza and Kurt Mendelssohn are key players in the story, while secret police from two different countries have a walk-on role. This work is meant for the general reader. Without assuming any expertise in physics, engineering or mathematics, it illuminates for the general public a little-known area of science and engineering and shows why it matters. As it turns out, it’s also a good story.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. A Brief Tour of Cold.- Chapter 3. Discovery.- Chapter 4. Explaining He II: Quantum Mechanics and the Two-Fluid Model.- Chapter 5. What If You Had a Bucket?.- Chapter 6. Moving Heat.- Chapter 7. Transport in strongly ionized plasma across magnetic field.- Chapter 8. Early Applications.- Chapter 9. The Fabulous 80s: Tore Supra, IRAS and CEBAF.- Chapter 10. Can You Paddle a Canoe in He II? – Engineering Studies.- Chapter 11. Colliders: Super, Large and Otherwise.- Chapter 12. ILC, TESLA, & SRF Everywhere.- Chapter 13. A Superfluid Space Odyssey.- Chapter 14. High Field Magnets.- Chapter 15. The Other Superfluid.- Chapter 16. The Future.

About the Author :
John Weisend is currently a Senior Accelerator Engineer at The European Spallation Source and an Adjunct Professor at Lund University. He received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he investigated engineering applications of He II. He has worked at the SSC Laboratory, the Centre D’Etudes Nucleaires Grenoble, the Deutsches Elecktronen-Synchrotron Laboratory (DESY), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), the National Science Foundation and Michigan State University. Dr. Weisend’s research interests include He II and large scale accelerator cryogenics. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cryogenic Society of America (CSA). He has led the CSA Short Course Program since 2001. He is Chief Technical Editor of Advances in Cryogenic Engineering and Section Editor in Chief for the European Physical Journal Techniques and Instrumentation. In addition to co-authoring more than 60 technical papers, Dr. Weisend he has co-authored or edited several books, most recently (with G. Terence Meaden) a biography of Kurt Mendelssohn, Going for Cold (2021). He was made a fellow of the Cryogenic Society of America in 2021.

Review :
“Weisend goes well beyond the physics, and provides a clear and concise description of how superfluid helium is used by engineers in scientific experiments. The book is illustrated using original technical drawings, which gives it a warm and historical feel.” (Hamish Johnston, physicsworld.com, February 14, 2024)


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  • ISBN-13: 9783031426513
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 150
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3031426517
  • Publisher Date: 28 Sep 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: How a Quantum Fluid Revolutionized Modern Science


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