Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
Toulouse - UMR 5152

Océans et Gouttelettes Quantiques CNRS Editions, Paris, 2007

Table of content : Préface ; 1. Entrée en matière ; 2. Quelques gouttes de physique quantique ; 3. Electron cherche électron ; 4. Plus liquide que liquide … la superfluidité ; 5. Des gouttelettes qui pèsent ; 6. Des océans quantiques dans le ciel ; Gouttelettes d’océans

160 pages, 20 figures

The idea of this book is to discuss in a transverse way the properties of “quantum liquids” which motivate many works at present time, in various fields of physics (Bose-Einstein condensates, supraconductivity, metal clusters, nuclei). We consider the examples of systems at very different scales, from assemblies of atoms to the fluids of electrons or to droplets of nucleons. And we try to emphasize the role of quantum mechanics at the “global” level, an aspect little approached in popular works. This text of popularization addresses a public of level of first scientific university cycle.