QED Coherence in Matter

The following sections are included:

• FOREWORD

• CONTENTS

The following sections are included:

• Quantum fields: the collective description of very large ensembles of elementary quantum systems

• The Electromagnetic Quantum Field

• The matter wave-field

• Interacting fields and "coherence"

• Exercises of Chapter 1

• References to Chapter 1

The following sections are included:

• Another formulation of the quantum kinematics of QFT: the path integral approach (PIA)

• "Condensation" and the large-N limit of QED in Condensed Matter

• The dynamics of quantum fluctuations

• Temperature and the two-fluid picture

• Exercises of Chapter 2

• References to Chapter 2

The following sections are included:

• The classical equations for two-level systems coupled to a single e.m. mode. The emergence of Coherence Domains

• The dynamics of a single Coherence Domain

• Correcting some fallacies from Laser physics

• On the photon "mass-term"

• The space-structure of the "stationary paths"

• The quantum fluctuations

• Relaxing from the PGS to the CGS

• Exercises of Chapter 3

• References to Chapter 3

The following sections are included:

• Normal liquid ⁴He as a roton gas

• "Weak coherence" in superfluid ⁴He

• Beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation: the solidification of ⁴He

• Electrodynamical coherence in an ensemble of fermions: a clue to the superfluidity of ³He

• Exercises of Chapter 4

• References to Chapter 4

The following sections are included:

• Models of Quantum Plasmas (QP)

• Electrons' plasmas in metals: the gas-liquid transition and the Ohm's law

• Plasmas of ions and crystal structure

• The Mössbauer effect and the eclipse of "Asymptotic Freedom"

• Exercises of Chapter 5

• References to Chapter 5

The following sections are included:

• The kinematics of BCS superconductivity: which "potentials" are good for superconductivity?

• Understanding ³He superfluidity

• Ideas for a theory of SC, cold and hot

• Exercises of Chapter 6

• References to Chapter 6

The following sections are included:

• The Detection of Gravitational Waves

• The Detection of Neutrinos

• References to Chapter 7

The following sections are included:

• The "impossible" phenomenology of Cold Fusion (CF)

• Strange phenomena occurring at the surface of palladium

• The plasmas of CF

• The three "miracles" of Cold Fusion

• Exercises of Chapter 8

• References to Chapter 8

The following sections are included:

• The state of the art in Ferromagnetism

• Coherent electrons' plasmas and the "molecular" field

• Collective evolution of atomic spins in Fe, Co and Ni

• Magnons and the Curie temperature of Fe, Co and Ni

• Outlook

• References to Chapter 9

The following sections are included:

• The many puzzles of liquid water

• The coherent ground state (CGS) of water

• The thermodynamics of liquid water

• Outlook

• References to Chapter 10

The following sections are included:

• Pions, nucleons and Δ-resonances: the building blocks of Nuclei and Nuclear Matter

• The weak coherence of the NΔπ System: towards an understanding of the Nuclear Models

• The EMC Effect and the Coulomb Sum Rule

• Λ's and Σ's inside the Nucleus

• References to Chapter 11