From second sound to music : A special composition inspired by advanced physics
(2021) In Cold Facts 37(1). p.30-31- Abstract
- He II or superfluid helium, which already plays an important role in the cooling of superconducting magnets and superconducting radiofrequency cavities, has now also inspired music. Composer Michael Edward Edgerton, a professor at Lund University’s Malmo Academy of Music in Sweden has written an innovative piece, “Der Rufer,” for a percussion quartet based on phenomena found in He II including: anisotropy, isotropy, quantum leap (bifurcation), mutual friction, superfluid turbulence, quantized vortices and second sound.
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- Weisend, John LU and Edgerton, Michael LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-03-24
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- keywords
- Der Rufer
- in
- Cold Facts
- volume
- 37
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 2 pages
- ISSN
- 1085-5262
- project
- Collaboration between European Spallation Source (Weisend) and the Malmö Academy of Music (Edgerton)
- language
- English
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- yes
- additional info
- The paper documents the influence of science on musical composition.
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