The Art of Cryogenics: Low-Temperature Experimental Techniques

Cryogenics is the study of low temperature interactions - temperatures well below those existing in the natural universe. The book covers a large spectrum of experimental cases, including basic vacuum techniques, indispensable in cryogenics. Guidance in solving experimental problems and numerous numerical examples are given, as are examples of the applications of cryogenics in such areas as underground detectors and space applications. Updated tables of low-temperature data on materials are also presented, and the book is supplemented with a rich bibliography.

Researchers (graduate and above) in the fields of physics, engineering and chemistry with an interest in the technology and applications of low-temperature measurements, will find this book invaluable.

1. Vacuum techniques 2. Cryoliquids 3. Properties of solids at low temperature 4. Thermal contact and switches 5. Cooling down to 0.3 K 6. Dilution refrigerators 7. Other refrigerators 8. Temperature metrology 9. Thermometry 10. Instrumentation for cryogenics 11. Low-temperature measurements 12. Applications of cryogenics