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Michael Edgerton

Professor

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From second sound to music : A special composition inspired by advanced physics

Author

  • John Weisend
  • Michael Edgerton

Summary, in English

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.

Department/s

  • Teachers (Malmö Academy of Music)

Publishing year

2021-03-24

Language

English

Pages

30-31

Publication/Series

Cold Facts

Volume

37

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Topic

  • Music
  • Other Engineering and Technologies

Keywords

  • Der Rufer

Status

Published

Project

  • Collaboration between European Spallation Source (Weisend) and the Malmö Academy of Music (Edgerton)

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1085-5262