Miniature Sorption Coolers

<p>In recent years there have been significant developments in detector technologies in the field of astrophysics requiring lower temperatures with simple self-contained refrigerators. Temperatures in the range of 1K to 50mK are now achieved by using dedicated closed-cycle miniature sorption coolers.</p><p></p><p>This book presents the theoretical and experimental knowledge necessary to design and build your own miniature refrigerators including both single shot and continuous 1 K 300 mK and 100 mK coolers and details how to write the needed design software. </p><p></p><p>This text will be of interest to students and researchers already familiar with basic physics and thermodynamics who want to understand how sorption coolers and miniature dilution refrigerators work. </p><p></p><p><strong>Features:</strong></p><p></p><ul> <br><br><li>The first book dedicated to miniature sorption coolers</li> <br><br><li>Covers the basic thermodynamic concepts needed to understand the behavior of liquid helium-3 and liquid helium-4</li> <br><br><li>Includes an appendix of Python example codes </li> </ul>