Borovik-Romanov A.S. Low Temperature Physics

Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1985. — 234 p.Research in low temperature physics as a rule always uses liquid helium. Until the beginning of the 1950's liquid helium was obtained in two scientific centres in the USSR, that is the Cryogenic Laboratory at the Ukrainian Physicotechnical Institute and the Institute for Physical Problems. The latter was founded by P. L. Kapitza in 1934. Low temperature physics has always been an important part of the Institute's activities and has made it world famous. This collection consists of six articles written by scientists at the Institute for Physical Problems and covers experimental work in to new areas of low temperature physics. We, the authors of this collection, all worked for many years under the leadership of P. L. Kapitza, who exerted an important influence on each of us. We timed this collection for Kapitza's ninetieth birthday as a token of our heartfelt gratitude and deep respect. Unfortunately, he did not live to see his jubilee and so this collection is devoted to his memory, the memory of a great modern physicist and outstanding personality, Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitza.