The world is a dynamic mess Of jiggling things It’s hard to believe ~Richard Feynman The essential nature of matter Lies not in objects, but in interconnections Like chords of music, it’s beautiful ~Sophia Hoffman +Dripto Biswas recently asked me through google plus to explain why a superfluid climbs up the walls of its container. I don’t know very much about superfluids themselves. However, I can explain the basic quantum mechanics behind their behavior. (Spoiler alert: I’m going to mention quantum tunneling!) It might be helpful to reveiw some of my previous posts on quantum mechanics. The most relevant
bose-einstein statistics
Condensed Matter / Physics / Science And Math
Superconductors and the Valence Band
In the comments for my last post, Hamilton asked the following question: What does the band structure for a superconductor look like? I’m not an expert on this topic, but I thought I’d share what I know. Take it with a grain of salt. I also wanted to warn you all that my site will be going down for maintenance this Sunday. I apologize for the inconvenience. I don’t know if this will affect my regular Sunday post. The current most popular theory of superconductors is BCS theory, which is incomplete. BCS theory says that at extremely low temperatures,