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The Poincare Seminar is held twice a year at the Institute Henri Poincare in Paris. The goal of this seminar is to provide up-to-date information about general topics of great interest in physics. Both the theoretical and experimental results are covered, with some historical background. Particular care is devoted to the pedagogical nature of the presentation.This volume contains the lectures of the third and fourth Poincare Seminar, both held in 2003. The third one is devoted to Bose-Einstein Condensation: it covers the physics of superfluid liquid helium as well as the recently discovered atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Major experimental results are presented, together with relevant theoretical approaches and remaining open questions. The fourth one concentrates on Entropy, giving a comprehensive account of the history and various realizations of this concept, from thermodynamics to black holes, and including theoretical and experimental discussions of the corresponding fluctuations for mesoscopic systems near equilibrium.Contributing authors:Roger BalianSebasten BalibarClaude Cohen-TannoudjiJean DalibardThibault DamourOlivier DarrigolChristian MaesPhilippe NozieresFelix RitortChristophe SalomonGora V. Shlyapnikov

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Author:   Jean Dalibard ,  Vincent Rivasseau ,  Vincent Rivasseau
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2004 ed.
Volume:   38
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9783764371067

ISBN 10:   3764371064
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   25 May 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I: Bose-Einstein Condensation.- Claude COHEN-TANNOUDJI Bose-Einstein Condensation: An Introduction.- Sébastien BALIBAR Looking Back at Superfluid Helium 17.- Gora V. SHLYAPNIKOV Condensed Matter Approaches to Quantum Gases.- Jean DALIBARD and Christophe SALOMON Experiments with Cold Atoms.- Philippe NOZIÈRES Bose-Einstein Condensation and Quantum Coherence:From Superfluidity to Localization,from Fermi Liquids to Superconductors.- II: Entropy.- Olivier DARRIGOL The Origins of the Entropy Concept.- Roger BALIAN Entropy, a Protean Concept.- Christian MAES On the Origin and Use of Fluctuation Relationsfor the Entropy.- Félix RITORT Work Fluctuations, Transient Violations of the Second Law and Free-Energy Recovery Methods: Perspectives in Theory and Experiments.- Thibault DAMOUR The Entropy of Black Holes: A Primer.

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