Emeritus Professor Anthony M. Guénault
Room: A55 Physics Building
Tel: +44 (0)1524 593076
Fax: +44 (0)1524 844037
Email: a.guenault@lancaster.ac.uk
Teaching
I have been involved in all aspects of physics teaching, with particular interest in Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter and Low Temperature Physics. The second edition of my text "Statistical Physics" is published by Chapman and Hall.
A second text "Basic Superfluids" has been published (2003) by Taylor and Francis as part of their Masters Series in Physics and Astronomy, intended to be an introduction for physics students to the fascinating world of low temperature physics.
Research
My early work concerned electron and phonon transport properties (and notably thermoelectric power) in simple metals in the low temperature limit, including an understanding of phonon drag.
My research concerns the properties of matter at ultra-low temperatures. The Lancaster ultra-low temperature group (Ian Bradley, George Pickett, Shaun Fisher, Richard Haley and myself) has achieved colder superfluid helium3 (about 90 microK) and colder equilibrium lattice temperature of a solid (7 microK) than elsewhere. The work in superfluid helium3 centres around an understanding of the ballistic transport properties of helium3 quasiparticles, for which a new sort of intuition based on "Andreev scattering" is essential. The new advanced microkelvin refrigerator is now in full operation, providing an unparalleled facility for ultralow temperature studies. George Pickett and I were awarded the 1998 Simon Memorial Prize in recognition of our research in low temperature physics.