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Extreme conditions physics
In condensed matter physics, external tuning parameters are a powerful tool to vary the groundstate of a system and investigate its properties. In this lecture, we will discuss how extreme conditions such as low temperature, high pressure and strong magnetic field are used as external tuning parameters to study current topics in solid state physics. A substantial part of the lecture will deal with the technical aspects of how extreme conditions are produced in the laboratory.
1) Low temperature
Low temperature techniques
Cryostats
Thermometry
Phase transitions
Quantum phase transitions
Superconductivity and magnetism
2) High pressure
Pressure cells
Measurement of high pressure
Pressure-induced phase transitions
Quantum phase transitions
3) High magnetic field
Static magnets
Pulsed magnets
Measurement of magnetic fields
Measurement techniques in high magnetic fields
Quantum effects:
Quantum oscillations
Quantum Hall effect |
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