The Superfluid Phases of Helium 3

"Anyreaderwithabackgroundinquantummechanicsandstatisticalphysicswillfindthebookaccessible....Thewritingstyleisfreshandlively."—RobertB.Hallock，UniversityofMassachusettsThiseditionofaclassicofmoderntheoreticalphysicsisacorrectedreprintoftheoriginal1990publication.Itremainstheonlyself-containedandcomprehensivemonographonthesuperfluidphasesofHelium3.NotonlyissuperfluidHelium3oneofthemostfascinatingofallcondensedmattersystemsbutithasalsohelpedtoshapeandtotestmanyimportantnewideasinmoderntheoreticalphysics.Theself-containedtreatmentbeginswithathoroughbutelementarydiscussionofthepropertiesofsuperfluidHelium3andrelatedfundamentalideas.Theauthorssubsequentlydeveloptheconceptsandresultsofthetheoryinallitsaspects.Experiencedresearchersandgraduatestudentsalikewillfindthisuniquevolumevaluableandstimulating，whetherworkinginthisfieldorapplyingtheseconceptsandmethodstoothersystems.Supplementsincludeanextensivereferencelistcontainingmorethan1，300entriesandanewPrefaceinwhichtheauthorsdiscussthemostimportantdevelopmentsinthisfieldduringthelasttwodecades.
"Willautomaticallybecomethestandardtextonsuperfluidhelium-3.Givenitsthoroughness，widecoverage，andexcellentquality，italsoappearsverylikelytomaintainthispositionformanyyearsintothefuture."—P.V.E.McClintock，LancasterUniversity