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S. Adamenko, Electrodynamics Laboratory "Proton-21", Kiev, G. Adenier, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden; A.Y. Khrennikov, Ukraine; F. Selleri, Università di Bari, Italy; A.v.d. Merwe, Universi- Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden; C.A. Fuchs, Bell Labs, Murray space groups (173) P63 – (166) ty of Denver, CO, USA (Eds.) Hill, NJ, USA (Eds.) R-3m Controlled Nucleosynthesis Foundations of Probability and

Breakthroughs in Experiment and Theory Physics 4 Volume 43 of Group III deals with crystallograph- ic data of both intermetallic and classical inorgan- ic compounds, thus forming an update of the for- All papers have been peer reviewed. This was the mer Landolt-Börnstein volumes III/6 (Structure Da- This book ushers in a new era of experimental and 4th conference arranged by ICMM on probabilistic ta of Elements and Intermetallic Phases) and III/7 theoretical investigations into collective processes, foundations of classical and quantum physics. The ( Data of Inorganic Compounds). structure formation, and self-organization of nuclear first three conferences took place in 2000, 2002, and It does not include compounds that contain C-H matter. It reports the results of experiments where- 2004. Some closely related conferences are Bohmian bonds. Moreover, in contrast to the earlier edition in for the first time the nuclei constituting our world Mechanics 2000 and Quantum Theory: Reconsidera- the present volume presents the data in a different, (those displayed in Mendeleev's table as well as the tion of Foundations 2001, 2003, and 2005. The main more modern arrangement - known crystal struc- super-heavy ones) have been artificially created. Pio- aim of these conferences is to understand the role tures are combined in groups according to their type neering breakthroughs are described, achieved at the that probability plays in the foundations of physics, of structure; each structure type is therefore repre- “Proton-21” Laboratory, Kiev, Ukraine in a variety of theoretical as well as experimental, classical as well sented by a complete set of crystallographic data new physical and technological directions. A detailed as quantum. In this conference, as well as during our holding for all isotypic structures, with the data com- description of the main experiments, their analyses, previous conferences, we are glad to welcome a fruit- prising space group, cell parameters and atom coor- and the interpretation of copious experimental da- ful assembly of theoretical physicists, experimenters, dinates. Remarks, descriptions and figures are pro- ta are given, along with the methodology governing mathematicians, and even philosophers interested in vided where necessary. The present subvolume A 5, key measurements and the processing algorithms of the foundations of probability and physics. Among which utilizes the databases TYPIX and Pauling File, the data that empirically confirm the occurrence of important topics discussed during the conference forms the fifth contribution to volume 43, which is macroscopic self-organizing processes leading to the were the probabilistic foundations of quantum me- going to be published in a series of subvolumes. [..] nuclear transformations of various materials. The ba- sic concepts underlying the initiation of self-sustain- chanics, as well as the foundations of probability Features ing collective processes that result in the formation itself, the formation theory, quantum computing, Standard Reference Book with selected and easily re- of nuclear [..] quantum cryptography, quantum [..] trievable data from the fields of physics and chem- Fields of interest istry collected by acknowledged international scien- Contents Quantum Physics; Probability Theory and Stochas- tists Also available online in www.springerLink.com Introduction. 1. Novel experimental approach to ini- tic Processes; Probability and Statistics in Computer http://www.landolt-boernstein.com tiation of collective processes in nuclear systems. Ini- tiated collapse and anomalous nucleosynthesis in Science Contents condensed matter. 2. Experimental research of arti- Target groups Introduction - Crystal structures of space groups ficial nucleothynsesis products and processes. Meth- Researchers and graduate students in the fields of (173) P63 – (166) R-3m - Index of crystal structures ods, results and speculations. 3. Theory of matter quantum physics, mathematical physics, and philos- of space groups (173) P63 – (166) R-3m evolution under the influence of concentrated ener- gy fluxes. 4. Theoretical grounds of initiated collapse ophy of science Fields of interest mechanism. 5. Conception of plasma- and nu- Type of publication Landolt-Börnstein; Condensed Matter; Crystallogra- clear processes interrelation. 6. Energy balance in Proceedings phy collective nuclear processes. Conclusion: The energy power of the “new nuclear [..] Target groups Due March 2007 Scientists and researchers in the fields of physics and Fields of interest chemistry Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Condensed 2007. XII, 464 p. (Mathematical and Statistical Phsyics, Vol. 889) Matter; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plas- Hardcover Type of publication ma Physics Reference work 154,00 € Target groups ISBN 978-0-7354-0391-8 Due July 2007 University and research libraries, scientists and re- searchers, other professionals, lecturers in nucle- ar and atomic physics (theory and applications), 2007. XIV, 510 p. 88 illus. (Structure Types, Part 5) Hardcover physics of elemental particles, quantum electronics, 6.290,00 € statistical physics and thermodynamics, astrophysics ISBN 978-3-540-25851-3 and cosmology Type of publication Contributed volume

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2007. XVI, 780 p. (Fundamental Theories of Physics, Vol. 156) Hardcover

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M. Aigner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany S.-I. Akasofu, International Arctic Research Center Fairbanks, AK, M. Albrow, Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA; R. Raja, Fermilab, Batavia, USA IL, USA (Eds.) A Course in Enumeration Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora Hadronic Shower Simulation Workshop Combinatorial enumeration is a readily accessi- ble subject full of easily stated, but sometimes tan- Prominent progress in science is inevitably associat- ed with controversies. Thus, young researchers, in talizingly difficult problems. This book leads the The goal of the workshop was to bring together particular, have to learn how to persevere during the reader in a leisurely way from the basic notions to world experts in the field of hadronic shower devel- period of controversy and struggle for acceptance. a variety of topics, ranging from algebra to statis- opment, to establish a collaborative effort that will Unfortunately, the skills needed are not taught in tical physics. Its aim is to introduce the student to lead to a better understanding and simulation of textbooks or monographs, which mostly describe a fascinating field, and to be a source of in- hadronic showers relevant to hadron calorimetry at the consensus of contemporary experts. This book, formation for the professional mathematician who the ILC and LHC, neutrino fluxes and atmospheric which is based on my own experiences as a scientist, wants to learn more about the subject. The book is showers. The workshop evaluated existing event gen- describes the history of the progress made in auroral organized in three parts: Basics, Methods, and Top- erator and transport codes. Before the workshop we science and magnetospheric physics by providing ex- ics. There are 666 exercises, and as a special feature carried out a benchmark analysis, whereby various amples of ideas, controversies, struggles, acceptance, every chapter ends with a highlight, discussing a par- hadronic shower simulation scenarios were submit- and success in some instances. Although no general ticularly beautiful or famous result. ted to code developers and the results were presented methodology (if any exists) is mentioned, I hope that at the workshop. The workshop identified the short- Fields of interest the reader will learn about the history of progress comings of existing hadronic shower simulations Combinatorics; Mathematical and Computational in auroral science and examples (right or wrong) of and we hope to develop a collaborative plan to im- Physics; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science dealing with the controversies. proveour understanding of showers. The workshop Target groups Features brought out the need to acquire new data to improve Junior/senior undergraduates, beginning gradu- Guides young researchers into a successful sci- shower models ates, professional mathematicians who want to know ence career A personal story of struggle and success Fields of interest more about the subject written by a famous discoverer Beautiful full-color Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astron- photos of the Aurora Demonstrates the potential of omy; Astrophysics; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Type of publication the new inter-disciplinary field of space weather Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Hadrons Contents Target groups Source of Figures.- Preface.- Prologue.- 1. Search for Due June 2007 Particle and nuclear experimental physicists, neu- the Unknown Quantity in the Solar Wind.- 2. Con- trino physicists, radiation physicists and cosmic ray fronting Paradigms: Aurora Research During the physicists 2007. X, 561 p. 55 illus. (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Vol. 238) Early Space Age.- 3. Realizing the Dream of our Pio- Hardcover neers: Polar Magnetic Substorms and the Associated Type of publication 59,95 € Current System.- 4. Is the Earth's Dipole Really Off- Proceedings ISBN 978-3-540-39032-9 Centered and Inclined? Planetary Magnetic Fields.- 5. Myth of the Emerging Flux Tubes: Sunspots and Due April 2007 Solar Flares.- 6. Synthesis of the four Major Disci- plines: Predicting Geomagnetic Storms as a Space Weather Project.- 7. Beyond the Inner Heliosphere: 2007. IX, p. 254 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 896) Softcover The Magnetic Field Structure of the [..] 83,20 € Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-0401-4 Geophysics/Geodesy; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Meteorology/Climatology; Astronomy; Nu- clear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons

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C. Algora, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; V. C. Algora, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; V. R. Alicki, University of Gdansk, Poland; K. Lendi, Universität Corregidor, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Corregidor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Zürich, Switzerland (Eds.) (Eds.) Quantum Dynamical Semigroups Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Thermophotovoltaic Generation of and Applications Electricity Electricity

Seventh World Confernece on Thermophotovoltaic Genera- Seventh World Conference on Thermophotovoltaic Genera- tion of Electricity tion of Electricity Reinvigorated by advances and insights, in particular from the active fields of quantum information and computing, the quantum theory of irreversible pro- All papers were peer reviewed. Thermophotovolta- All papers were peer reviewed. Thermophotovolta- cesses has recently attracted growing attention. This ic (TPV) devices convert heat into electricity using ic (TPV) devices convert heat into electricity using volume introduces the very basic concepts of semi- photovoltaic (PV) cells. Typically, the system con- photovoltaic (PV) cells. Typically, the system con- group dynamics of open quantum systems and re- sists of an emitter, a spectral control component and sists of an emitter, a spectral control component and views a variety of modern applications. The present a PV cell. Some applications are: solar systems, space a PV cell. Some applications are: solar systems, space book, originally published as Vol. 286 (1987) in Lec- power applications, solar greenhouse or home heat- power applications, solar greenhouse or home heat- ture in Physics, has been newly typeset, revised and ing furnaces. Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technolo- ing furnaces. Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technolo- corrected and also expanded to include a review on gy is a promising new means for the direct conver- gy is a promising new means for the direct conver- recent developments. sion of thermal to electric energy. Its potential appli- sion of thermal to electric energy. Its potential appli- Contents cations range from military power, to space propul- cations range from military power, to space propul- Preface.- General Theory and Applications to Unsta- sion, to commercial products for market niches in sion, to commercial products for market niches in ble Particles.- N-Level Systems and Applications to auxiliary power sources, co-generation of electrici- auxiliary power sources, co-generation of electrici- Spectroscopy.- Recent Developments. ty and heat, and high temperature waste heat utiliza- ty and heat, and high temperature waste heat utiliza- tion. tion. Fields of interest Statistical Physics; Quantum Physics; Thermody- Fields of interest Fields of interest namics; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Thermodynamics; Renewable Energy Sources; Envi- Thermodynamics; Renewable Energy Sources; Envi- Quantum Computing, Information and Physics ronmental Physics ronmental Physics Target groups Target groups Target groups Graduate students, researchers, lecturers Physicists, engineers and researchers working in the Physicists, engineers and researchers working in the following fields: alternate/renewable energy technol- following fields: alternate/renewable energy technol- Type of publication ogy; photovoltaic cell technology; direct energy con- ogy; photovoltaic cell technology; direct energy con- Monograph version technology; space propulsion; thermoelectric version technology; space propulsion; thermoelectric power; fuel cell power; portable and auxiliary power; power; fuel cell power; portable and auxiliary power; co-generation; and waste heat utilization co-generation; and waste heat utilization Due April 2007

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E.E. Alp, Argonne National Lab, Argonne, IL, USA; C.I. Wynter, American Institute of Physics (Ed.) D.L. Andrews, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK; Z. Gaburro, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, USA (Eds.) Università di Trento, Povo, Italy (Eds.) 2007 Graduate Programs in Physics, NASSAU 2006 Astronomy, and Related Fields Frontiers in Surface Nanophotonics Proceedings of the 4th Nassau Mössbauer Symposium, held in Principles and Applications Garden City, NY, USA, 13 - 14 January 2006 This comprehensive compendium provides infor- mation on nearly every U.S. doctoral program in The book emphasizes the role of surface effects in Progress in various areas of applications of physics and astronomy, plus data on most major optical phenomena in nanoscience from two differ- Mössbauer Effect is reported in this volume. Among master's programs in these fields. Information on ent perspectives. When systems are reduced in vol- the recent developments, applications of synchrotron many major Canadian programs is also included. ume, the surface versus volume ratio increases: this radiation in geophysics and biophysics through the In addition, the Graduate Programs directory lists a translates, at the level of single nanostructures, in- measurement of phonon density of states of pro- substantial number of related-field departments, in- to enhanced role of interfacial chemistry and ther- teins and enzymes, and laboratory based high- pres- cluding , electrical and nuclear engi- modynamics, and, at the level of systems of nanos- sure experiments in elucidating the electronic nature neering, meteorology, medical and chemical physics, tructures, into larger density on interfaces, which of correlated electron systems in condensed matter geophysics, and oceanography. This thirty first an- in turn leads to intriguing collective effects, such as physics are some examples. Furthermore, almost af- nual edition contains information valuable to stu- plasmonics or multiple reflection and refraction phe- ter five decades of its discovery, with two Mössbauer dents planning graduate study and faculty advisors, nomena. The book aims to highlight both perspec- spectrometers working on the surface of the Mars including each program's research expenditures and tives presenting sample applications, with no claim provided the first glimpse of the nature of iron con- sources of support. A number of helpful appendices of being exhaustive, but rather attempting to stimu- taining minerals. With additional contributions from make navigating the directory a simple task. late the reader in this potentially rewarding field. applications to nano-science and studies of amor- phous systems will make this volume of special inter- Fields of interest Features est to materials scientists, chemists, mineral and con- Physics, general Reports on cutting edge developments in photonics densed matter physicists, and inorganic biochemists Authors drawn from internationally active research alike. The conference and its proceedings are ded- Target groups groups Coverage includes fundamental principles icated to one of the pioneers of Mössbauer Spec- Students planning graduate study and faculty advi- and applications Complements other texts majoring troscopy, late Dr. Stanley Ruby, whose original [..] sors on plasmonics

Fields of interest Type of publication Contents Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics Proceedings Introduction.- Surface nanostructuring by means of nanolithography for interdisciplinary applications.- Target groups Due March 2007 Moving dielectric interfaces as photonic wavelength Researchers converters.- Evanescent waves as nanoprobes for surfaces and interfaces: from waveguide technology 2007. 842 p. Softcover Type of publication to sensor application.- Porous silicon electrical and Proceedings 53,15 € optical biosensors.- Optoelectronic-VLSI: device de- ISBN 978-0-7354-0358-1 sign, fabrication, and performance.- Luminescence Due March 2007 of gold nanoparticles.- Optics of slanted chiral sculp- tured thin films.- Index Reprint from Hyperfine Interactions Volume 170, Nos. 1-3 (2006) Fields of interest Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Electro- 2007. VI, 181 p. Hardcover magnetism, Optics and Lasers; Applied Optics, Op- toelectronics, Optical Devices 129,95 € ISBN 978-3-540-71124-7 Target groups Scientific researchers, university professors, industry professionals, graduate and undergraduate students

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M. Arnould, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; M. M. Axelsson, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; F. Ryde, J.W.M. Baars, European Southern Observatory, Swisttal, Germany Lewitowicz, GANIL, Caen, France; H. Emling, GSI, Darmstadt, Ger- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (Eds.) many; H. Akimune, Konan University, Kobe, Japan; M. Ohta, Ko- nan University, Kobe, Japan; H. Utsunomiya, Konan University, The Paraboloidal Reflector Kobe, Japan; T. Wada, Konan University, Kobe, Japan; T. Yamaga- Gamma-ray Bursts: Prospects for ta, Konan University, Kobe, Japan (Eds.) Antenna in Radio Astronomy and GLAST Communication Stockholm Symposium on GRBs Tours Symposium on Nuclear Theory and Practice Physics VI

All papers have been peer reviewed. The gamma-ray Reflector antennas are widely used in the microwave Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is an interna- and millimeter wavelength domain. Radio as- This book covers the latest developments in synthe- tional mission dedicated to observations of high-en- tronomers have developed techniques of calibration sizing super-heavy elements at RIKEN, GSI, and ergy gamma-rays and is planned to be launched by of large antennas with radio astronomical methods. GANIL, and in theories of fusion-fission dynamics; the end of 2007. These proceedings contain the dis- These have not been comprehensively described. in studies of nuclei far from stability and clustering cussions from a symposium on gamma-ray bursts This text aims to fill this gap. It takes a practical ap- phenomena in nuclei including the present status (GRBs) held in Stockholm, Sweden on 1 September proach to the characterisation of antennas. All cal- and future prospects of European and Japanese RIB 2006. facilities (SPIRAL2), FAIR, EURISOL SHARQU); culations and results in the form of tables and fig- and in nuclei astrophysics with emphasis on nuclear Fields of interest ures have been made with Mathematica by Wolfram physics in space, neutrino astrophysics, nuclear data Astronomy; Astrophysics Research. The reader can use the procedures for the and reactions for astrophysics, and neutron stars and implementation of his own input data. The book other stars. Target groups should be of use to all who are involved in the de- Researchers active in the fields of gamma-ray bursts sign and calibration of large antennas, like ground Fields of interest and gamma-ray satellites; researchers in the general station managers and engineers, practicing radio as- Elementary Particles and Nuclei; Nuclear Physics, astrophysics community tronomers and graduate students in radio astronomy Heavy Ions, Hadrons and communication technology. Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Features Professors, PH.D. students in universities and re- The first comprehensive treatment of the use of ra- search institutes in nuclear physics and nuclear as- Due June 2007 dio astronomical methods to characterise large re- trophysics flector antennas since 1966. It significantly expands on earlier texts While presenting sufficient basic the- Type of publication 2007. VII, 174 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 906) Softcov- ory, the book is written for practical use by radio as- Proceedings er tronomers and communication engineers. It presents 63,95 € many useful formulae, graphs and tables All mathe- Due March 2007 ISBN 978-0-7354-0413-7 matical derivations are written in the form of [..] Contents 2007. XV, 450 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 891) Hardcover Introduction and Historical Development.- Geom- etry of Reflector Antennas.- Electromagnetic Theo- 134,75 € ry of the Reflector Antenna.- Antenna beam charac- ISBN 978-0-7354-0395-6 teristics in Practical Applications.- Interaction of the Antenna with the Radiation Source.-Measurement of Antenna Parameters.- Miscellaneous Subjects.- De- sign Features of Some Radio Telescopes.

Fields of interest Astronomy; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineer- ing; Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers; Classical Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena

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2007. XVII, 253 p. With CD-ROM. (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Vol. 348) Hardcover

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F. Bachmann, ROFIN-SINAR Laser GmbH, Hamburg, Germany; D.N. Baker, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, D.I. Bardzokas, University of Athens, Greece; M.L. Filshtinsky, L.A. P. Loosen, Fraunhofer-Institut for Laser Technology, Aachen, Boulder, CO, USA; B. Klecker, Max-Planck-Institute für extrater- Filshtinsky, State University, Sumy, Ukraine Germany; R. Poprawe, Fraunhofer-Institut for Laser Technology, restrische Physik, Garching, Germany; S.J. Schwartz, Imperial Col- Aachen, Germany (Eds.) lege, London, UK; R. Schwenn, Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnen- systemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; R.v. Steiger, In- Mathematical Methods in Electro- ternational Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland (Eds.) High Power Diode Lasers Magneto-Elasticity

Technology and Applications Solar Dynamics and its Effects on the Heliosphere and Earth The mechanics of Coupled Fields is a discipline at the edge of modern research connecting Continuum The book summarizes the work and the results of Mechanics with State Physics. It integrates the a five year government funded research project as Mechanics of Continuous Media, Heat Conductivity The SOHO and Cluster missions form a single ESA well as subsequent research results about high power and the theory of Electromagnetism that are usually cornerstone. Yet they observe very different regions diode laser systems and their application in the field studied separately. For an accurate description of the in our solar system: the solar atmosphere on one of materials processing. The entire technology chain, influence of static and dynamic loadings, high tem- hand and the Earth’s magnetosphere on the other. At starting from the semiconductor technology, over peratures and strong electromagnetic fields in elas- the same time the Ulysses mission provides observa- cooling mounting and assembly, beam shaping and tic media and constructive installations, a new ap- tions in the third dimension of the heliosphere, and system technology down to the applications in pro- proach is required; an approach that has the poten- many others add to the picture from the Lagrangian cessing of several kinds of materials (, poly- tial to establish a synergism between the above men- point L1 to the edge of the heliosphere. It is the aim mers) are treated in the book. Theoretical models, tioned fields. Throughout the book a vast number of of this ISSI volume to tie these observations togeth- a wide field of important parameters and practical problems are considered: two-dimensional problems er in addressing the topic of Solar Dynamics and its hints and tips are provided. The book is the most ex- of electro-magneto-elasticity as well as static and dy- Effects on the Heliosphere and Earth, thus contribut- tensive work on high power diode laser systems and namical problems for piecewise homogenous com- ing to the International Living With a Star (ILWS) materials processing applications. pound piezoelectric plates weakened by cracks and program. The volume starts out with an assessment openings. The boundary conditions, the constructive and description of the reasons for solar dynamics Features equations and the mathematical methods for their and how it couples into the heliosphere. The three Provides extensive information about actual high solution are thoroughly presented, so that the reader subsequent sections are each devoted to following power diode laser technology Standard (broad area) can get a clear quantitative and qualitative [..] as well as special (e.g. tapered) emitter configurations one chain of events from the Sun all the way to the are covered Standard techniques as well as special Earth’s magnetosphere and ionosphere: The normal Features (modular) high power diode laser systems are de- solar wind chain, the chain associated with coronal Fills Many gaps in the theoretical literature which scribed A very wide field of applications is discussed mass ejections, and the solar energetic [..] arise due to the complexity of the problem in considerable detail Features Contents Contents Coverage on solar dynamical phenomena that oc- Physical Fields in Solid Bodies.- Basic Equations of Introduction.- High power diode laser technology cur on all time scales from minutes to days and affect the Linear Electroelasticity.- Static Problems of Elec- and characteristics.- Packaging of diode laser bars.- both the Heliosphere and the Earth in many complex troelasticity for Bimorphs with Concentra- Incoherent beam superposition and stacking.- Laser ways Helps the reader to understand the ways and tors.- Diffraction of a Shear Wave on Tunnel Cracks systems beam characteristics, metrology and stan- means of how dynamical phenomena are generated in Media of Various Configurations.- Scattering of dards.- Applications.- Summary and outlook. at the Sun, how they travel through the Heliosphere, a Shear Wave by Cylindrical Inhomogeneities in and how they finally affect Earth Volume gives an Piezoceramic Media of Various Configurations.- Fields of interest integrated account of the three principal chains of Mixed Dynamic Problems of Electroelasticity for Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; events all [..] Piezoelectric Bodies with Surface Electrodes.- Har- Characterization and Evaluation Materials; Surfaces monic Oscillations of Continuous Piezoceram- Fields of interest and Interfaces, Thin Films; Atoms, Molecules, Clus- ic Cylinders with Inner Defects.- Electroacoustic Astrophysics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sci- ters and Plasmas Waves in Piezoceramic Media with Defects.- [..] ences; Planetology Target groups Fields of interest Target groups Optical laser engineers, researchers, scientists, stu- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Professionals in the fields of space science, solar dents Magnetism, Magnetic Materials; Materials Science; physics, interplanetary physics, and space plasma Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engi- Type of publication physics neering; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering Monograph Type of publication Target groups Monograph Due April 2007 Scientists and Researchers

Due March 2007 Type of publication 2007. VI, 548 p. (Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Vol. 128) Hardcover Monograph Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 124/1-4, 179,95 € 2006. Due May 2007 ISBN 978-0-387-34453-9

2007. VIII, 372 p. (Space Sciences Series of ISSI, Vol. 22) Hardcover 2007. XIII, 530 p. 397 illus. (Lecture Notes in Applied and Compu- tational Mechanics, Vol. 32) Hardcover 129,95 € ISBN 978-0-387-69531-0 169,95 € ISBN 978-3-540-71030-1 springer.com/booksellers Physics 7

J.-L. Basdevant, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France A. Bashir, UNAM, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Mexico City, Mexi- U. Bastolla, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain; M. Porto, co; V. Villanueva, UMSNH, Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany; H.E. Roman, Univer- Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico; L. Villaseñor, UMSNH, Institute of sità di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; M. Vendruscolo, University of Lectures on Quantum Mechanics Physics and Mathematics, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico (Eds.) Cambridge, UK (Eds.)

Particles and Fields Structural Approaches to Sequence Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Evolution Twelve Lectures in Quantum Mechanics presents X Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields theoretical physics with a breathtaking array of ex- Molecules, Networks, Populations amples and anecdotes. Basdevant’s style is clear and stimulating, in the manner of a brisk classroom lec- Part A: This volume contains the plenary lectures, ture that students can follow with ease and enjoy- research seminars, poster sessions, and laboratory Structural requirements constrain the evolution of ment. Here is a sample of the book’s style, from the courses presented at the X Mexican Workshop on biological entities at all levels, from macromolecules opening of Chapter 1: "If one were to ask a passer-by Particles and Fields. Eight papers by invited world- to their networks, right up to populations of biolog- to quote a great formula of physics, chances are that wide experts review the present experimental and ical organisms. Classical models of molecular evolu- the answer would be ‘E = mc2’. In fact, of the three theoretical status of neutrino physics, bottom-quark tion, however, are focused at the level of the symbols watershed years for physics toward the beginning of physics, quantum chromodynamics, physics beyond - the biological sequence - rather than that of their the 20th century – 1905: the Special Relativity of Ein- the standard model, precision electroweak measure- resulting structure. Now recent advances in under- stein, Lorentz and Poincaré; 1915: the General Rela- ments, relativistic heavy ion colliders, and ultra-high standing the thermodynamics of macromolecules, tivity of Einstein, with its extraordinary reflections energy cosmic rays. In addition, the topics covered the topological properties of gene networks, the or- on gravitation, space and time; and 1925: the devel- in the research seminars and poster sessions include ganization and mutation capabilities of genomes, opment of Quantum Mechanics – it is surely the last discussions on the most important areas in theoret- and the structure of populations make it possible to which has the most profound implications for the ical, phenomenological, and experimental particle incorporate these key elements into a broader and development of science and technology. There is no and astroparticle physics. Instrumentation for these deeply interdisciplinary view of molecular evolution. way around it: all physics is quantum, from elemen- areas is also covered in the five laboratory courses This book gives an account of such a new approach, tary particles, to stellar physics [..] on applications of drift chambers, silicon detectors, through clear tutorial contributions by leading scien- multiwire proportional chambers, PIN diodes and tists specializing in the different fields involved. Features multi-anode photomultipliers to detect ionizing par- Basdevant is a writer and teacher renowned for his ticles in particle and astroparticle physics. Part B: Features clarity and lively style These lectures will join Bas- This volume contains 41 review papers [..] Interdisciplinary view of molecular evolution Clear devant & Dalibard's "The Quantum Mechan- tutorial contributions by leading scientists ics Solver" as ideal supplements to the standard text- Fields of interest books on quantum mechanics Conveys complex Elementary Particles and Nuclei; Nuclear Physics, Contents concepts in the manner of a brisk classroom lecture Heavy Ions, Hadrons 1. Modelling Conformational Flexibility and Evolu- tion of Structure: RNA as an Example.- 2. Gene3D Contents Target groups and Understanding Proteome Evolution.- 3. The Prologue: An Elegy for Physics.- Wave Functions, Physicists, graduate students, and post-doctoral re- Evolution of the Globins: We Thought We Under- The Schrödinger Equation.- The Grandeur of searchers interested in Experimental and Theoretical stood it.- 4. The Structurally Constrained Neutral Physics.- Quantization of Energies.- Principles of Particle or Astroparticle Physics Model of Protein Evolution.- 5. Towards Unifying Quantum Mechanics.- Two-State Systems.- An Alge- Protein Evolution Theory.- 6. A 21st Century View bra of Observables.- The Kinetic Moment.- The Hy- Type of publication of Evolution: Genome System Architecture, Repeti- drogen Atom.- 1/2 Spin.- The Pauli Exclusion Prin- Proceedings tive DNA, and Natural Genetic Engineering.- 7. Ge- ciple.- Quantum Entanglement.- Epilogue: Quantum nomic Changes in Bacteria: From Free-Living to En- Mechanics and the Universe.- Index. Due June 2007 dosymbiotic Life.- 8. Molecular Phylogenetics: Math- Fields of interest ematical Framework and Unsolved Problems.- 9. [..] Quantum Physics; Quantum Computing, Informa- 2007. XX, 776 p. (in 2 volumes, not available separately). 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C.E. Baum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; C.M. Becchi, Università di Genova, Italy; M. D'Elia, Università di A.L.J. Beckwith, R.F.C. Claridge, J.A. Howard A.P. Stone, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; J.S. Genova, Italy Tyo, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA (Eds.) Introduction to the Basic Concepts Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse of Modern Physics Volume II/26 supplements the previous compila- Electromagnetics 8 tions II/l, II/9 and II/17 of the magnetic properties of free radicals. Due to the still rapid growth of the field and the necessary inclusion of new subjects the These notes are designed as a text book for a course volume is divided into subvolumes which will appear The purpose of the Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse on the Modern Physics Theory for undergraduate in fast succession. Together with the earlier publica- Electromagnetics Conference series is to focus on students. The purpose is providing a rigorous and tions volume II/26 offers an up-to-date and compre- advanced technologies for the generation, radia- self-contained presentation of the simplest theoreti- hensive survey and collection of structures and da- tion and detection of ultra-wideband short pulse cal framework using elementary mathematical tools. ta on the important chemical intermediates, namely signals, taking into account their propagation A number of examples of relevant applications and radicals, polyradicals and related species such as car- and scattering from and coupling to targets of an appropriate list of exercises and answered ques- benes. As before the species have been grouped ac- interest. This Conference series reports on de- tions are also given. The first part is devoted to Spe- cording to chemical aspects. For each group of sub- velopments in supporting mathematical and numer- cial Relativity concerning in particular space-time stances the literature has been compiled and extract- ical methods and presents current and potential fu- relativity and relativistic kinematics. The second ed by experts in the fields. For the reader’s conve- ture applications of the technology. Ultra-Wideband part deals with Schroedinger's formulation of quan- nience an index of substances follows in the last sub- Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 8 is based on the tum mechanics. The presentation concerns main- volume. American Electromagnetics 2006 conference held ly one dimensional problems, in particular tunnel from June 3-7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Topical effect, discrete energy levels and band spectra. The Features areas covered in this volume include pulse radiation third part concerns the application of Gibbs statisti- Standard reference book with selected and easily re- and measurement, scattering theory, target cal methods to quantum systems and in particular to trievable data from the fields of physics and chem- detection and identification, antennas, signal pro- Bose and Fermi gasses. istry collected by acknowledged international scien- cessing, and communications. tists Also available online in www.springerLink.com Fields of interest http://www.springerlink.com/book-se- Features Quantum Physics; Mechanics, Fluids, Thermody- ries/?sw=landolt http://www.landolt-boernstein.com Focuses on advanced technologies for the genera- namics; Astrobiology tion, radiation and detection of ultra-wideband short Contents pulse signals Reports on developments in supporting Target groups Introduction.- Inorganic radicals and radical ions.- mathematical and numerical methods and describes Undergraduate students, libraries, undergraduate Organometallic (0) complexes and clusters.- Non- current and potential future applications of the tech- course teachers conjugated carbon radicals. nology Written by leading researchers and experts in the field of ultra-wideband short pulse electromag- Type of publication Fields of interest netics Undergraduate textbook Landolt-Börnstein; Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas Contents Due June 2007 Development of the Impulse Slot Antenna.- A High- Target groups Voltage Cable-Fed Impulse Radiating Antenna.- Scientists and researchers in the fields of physics and 2007. 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R. Behrisch, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Ger- E. Belbruno, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA (Ed.) G. Ben-Dor, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel many; W. Eckstein, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garch- ing, Germany (Eds.) New Trends in Astrodynamics and Shock Wave Reflection Phenomena Sputtering by Particle Applications III Bombardment This book provides a comprehensive state-of-the- knowledge description of the shock wave reflection Experiments and Computer Calculations from Threshold to All papers were peer reviewed. The purpose of this phenomena from a phenomenological point of view. MeV Energies conference is to present current research in the field The first part is a thorough introduction to oblique of astrodynamics with a special emphasis on the use shock wave reflections, presenting the two major of the methods of chaos theory and dynamical sys- well-known reflection wave configurations, namely, Earlier books on this subject, i.e. "Sputtering by Par- tems to find low energy trajectories. Applications to regular (RR) and Mach (MR) reflections, the corre- ticle Bombardment I - III" are nearly 20 years old, current and future space missions and to dynami- sponding two- and three-shock theories, their ana- but since then a lot of new and important work has cal astronomy are given. The paper by Edward Bel- lytical and graphical solution and the proposed tran- been performed and published in international jour- bruno describes a new way to orbit the Moon that sition boundaries between these two reflection-wave nals. The planned book brings an overview about offers enormous fuel savings over the more tradi- configurations. The second, third and fourth parts all the new results. This concerns especially a new tional lunar orbits, as well as offering a new method- describe the reflection phenomena in steady, pseu- summary of the measured and calculated sputter- ology for an Earth-Moon transportation and a lu- do-steady and unsteady flows, respectively. Here, ing yields with an algebraic approximation formula nar communication system suitable to service a lu- the possible specific types of reflection wave config- for the energy and angular dependence of the yields. nar base. Other topics include interstellar mission urations are described, criteria for their formation This is especially useful for all colleagues, who need concepts, relativity, advanced propulsion, guidance and termination are presented and their governing sputtering yields for physics and/or applied prob- and control, celestial mechanics, near Earth objects, equations are solved analytically and graphically and lems. The computational methods for calculating and space policy. These proceedings are an invalu- compared with experimental results. The resolution sputtering yields are critically reviewed, Molecu- able source for mathematicians, aerospace engineers, of the well-known von Neumann paradox and a de- lar dynamics calculations have not been covered in astronomers, and those interested in the future of tailed description of two new reflection-wave [..] the previous books on sputtering. 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W. Benenson, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; D.R. Bes, Centro Atomico Constitutyentes, San Martin, Argentina J.K. Bhattacharjee, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, J.W. Harris, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; H. Stocker, Uni- Calcutta, India; S. Bhattacharyya, Vidyasagar College, Calcutta, versity of Frankfurt, Germany; H. Lutz, Fachhochschule Gießen- India Friedberg, Friedberg, Germany (Eds.) Quantum Mechanics

A Modern and Concise Introductory Course Non-Linear Dynamics Near and Far Handbook of Physics from Equilibrium

Starting from basic principles, the book systematical- The Handbook of Physics is a complete desktop ref- ly covers both Heisenberg and Schrödinger realiza- This text gives a detailed account of various tech- erence for scientists, engineers, and students. A ver- tions of quantum mechanics (in this order). The ma- niques that are used in the study of dynamics of con- itable toolbox for everyday use in problem solving, terial traditionally presented in quantum textbooks tinuous systems, near as well as far from equilibrium. homework, examinations, and practical applica- is illustrated with applications which are (or will be- The analytic methods covered include diagrammat- tions of physics, it provides quick and easy access to come) cornerstones of future technologies. The em- ic perturbation theory, various forms of the renor- a wealth of information including not only the fun- phasis in the matrix formulation focus the attention malization group and self-consistent mode coupling. damental formulas of physics but also a wide variety on the spin, the most important quantum observ- Dynamic critical phenomena near a second order of experimental methods used in practice. Compiled able, and paves the way to chapters on quantum in- phase transition, phase ordering dynamics, dynamics by professional scientists, engineers, and lecturers formation (including crytography, teleportation and of surface growth and turbulence form the backbone who are experts in the day-to-day use of physics, the computation), on recent tests of quantum physics of the book.Applications to a wide variety of systems Handbook covers topics from classical mechanics to and on decoherence. Additions and changes found in (e.g. magnets, ordinary fluids, superfluids) are pro- elementary particles, electric circuits to error analy- the second edition include; a more friendly presen- vided covering diverse transport properties (diffu- sis. The previous editions in German are renowned tation to Hilbert spaces; more practical applications sion, sound). for their clarity and completeness. e.g. scanning tunneling microscope (potential barri- er); quantum dots (single-particle states in semicon- Features Contents ductors); lasers and masers (induced emission); real A detailed description of perturbation theory for From the Contents: I Mechanics: Kinematics.- Dy- experiments that have recently provided a qualitative nonlinear continuous systems Focus on techniques namics.- Rigid Bodies.- Micromechanics.- Gravi- change in the foundations of quantum physics; and which can be applied to problems ranging from near tation and the Theory of Relativity.- Mechanics of an outline of the density matrix formalism [..] equilibrium dynamics to fully developed turbulence Continuous Media.- Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Provides a discussion of physical properties (e.g. crit- and Fractals.- Tables on Mechanics; II Vibrations Features ical ultrasonics) that are generally not covered in and Waves: Vibrations.- Waves.- Acoustics.- Optics.- Excellent didactic introduction to the essential prin- books Tables on Vibrations, Waves, Acoustics, and Op- ciples Treats recent concepts such as entanglement tics; III Electricity: Charges and Currents.- Electric and decoherence Gives background needed to un- Contents and Magnetic Field.- Applications in Electrical Engi- derstand quantum cryptography, teleportation and 1: Introduction.- 2: Dynamics.- 3: Dynamic Renor- neering.- Current Conduction in Liquids, Gases, and computation Especially suitable for introducing the malization Group.- 4: Mode Coupling Theories.- 5: Vacuum.- Plasma Physics.- Tables on Electricity; IV spin Comment by Prof. J. Roederer: "I am very im- Binary Fluid Mixtures.- 6: Spinodal Decomposition.- Thermodynamics: Equilibrium and State [..] pressed with Dr. Bes' approach to the subject, the 7: Surface Growth.- 8: Turbulence.- 9: Dy- clarity of his exposition, and the timeliness of the ex- namics.- Appendix A – Functional Integration. Ap- Fields of interest amples, [..] pendix B – Field Theoretic RG.- Subject Index. Physics, general; Physics and Applied Physics in En- gineering Contents Fields of interest 1. Introduction.- 2. Principles of Quantum Mechan- Statistical Physics; Soft Matter, Complex Fluids Target groups ics.- 3. The Heisenberg Realization of Quantum Me- Physicists, physics students, engineers, engineering chanics.- 4. The Schroedinger Realization of Quan- Target groups students tum Mechanics.- 5. Angular Momenta.- 6. Three-Di- Researchers, graduate students, senior undergradu- mensional Hamiltonian Problems.- 7. Many-Body ates Type of publication Problems.- 8. Approximate Solutions to Quantum Handbook Problems.- 9. Time-Dependence in Quantum Me- Type of publication chanics.- 10. Entanglement and Quantum Informa- Monograph Due March 2007 tion.- 11. Experimental Tests of Quantum Mechan- ics.- 12. Measurements and Alternative Interpreta- Due March 2007 2002. eReference. tions of Quantum Mechanics. Decoherence.- 13. A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics.- 14. Solutions 46,95 € to Problems and [..] Distribution rights for India: Hindustan Book Agency, New Delhi, India ISBN 978-0-387-21632-4 Fields of interest Quantum Physics; Mathematical and Computational 2007. IX, 304 p. Hardcover Physics 129,95 € Target groups ISBN 978-1-4020-5387-0 Undergraduates and first year graduate students, sci- entists

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N. Boccara, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA N. Bone, Chichester, UK A. Bressan, Penn State University, PA, USA; D. Serre, Ecole Nor- male Supérieure de Lyon, France; M. Williams, University of North Carolina, NC, USA; K. Zumbrun, Indiana University, Bloomington, Essentials of Mathematica Aurora IN, USA; P. Marcati, University of L'Aquila, Italy (Ed.)

With Applications to Mathematics and Physics Observing and Recording Nature's Spectacular Light Show Hyperbolic Systems of Balance Laws

Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Essential Mathematica: With Applications to Math- For the majority of amateur astronomers, who live at Italy, July 14-21, 2003 ematics and Physics, based on the lecture notes of a the latitudes of North America, the British Isles and course taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago Australia, the aurora is a relatively infrequent visitor to advanced undergrad and graduate students, teach- to the night sky. Major displays visible to the south- The present Cime volume includes 4 lecture cours- es how to use Mathematica to solve a wide variety ern United States or the south of England occur per- es by Bressan, Serre, Zumbrun and Williams and a problems in mathematics and physics. It is illustrated haps 20 times in each 11-year sunspot cycle. When Tutorial by Bressan on the Center Manifold Theo- with many detailed examples that require the student they occur, such auroral storms are a source of great rem. Bressan’s notes start with an extensive review to construct meticulous, step-by-step, easy to read interest and excitement. A number of books high- of hyperbolic conservation laws. Then he introduces Mathematica programs. The first section, in which lighting the impact of auroral/geomagnetic storms the vanishing viscosity approach and explains clear- the reader learns how to use a variety of Mathemat- on communications and satellite technology have ly the building blocks of the theory in particular the ica commands, avoids long discussions and overly appeared in recent years . None, however, has ad- crucial role of the decomposition by travelling waves. sophisticated techniques. Its aim is to provide the dressed the observational angle. This new book ad- Serre focuses on existence and stability for discrete reader with Mathematica proficiency quickly and ef- dresses a gap in the literature, offering an explana- shock profiles, he reviews the existence both in the ficiently. The second section covers a broad range tion of the aurora's causes, how the occurrence of rational and in the irrational cases and gives a con- of applications in physics, engineering and applied major events may now be predicted, and how ama- cise introduction to the use of spectral methods for mathematics, including Egyptian Fractions, Happy teur observers can go about recording displays. Ob- stability analysis. Finally the lectures by Williams and Numbers, Mersenne Numbers, Multibases, Quan- servation of the more frequent displays seen at high- Zumbrun deal with the stability of multidimension- tum Harmonic Oscillator, Quantum Square Poten- er latitudes (the northern US, Canada, and Scotland, al fronts. Williams’ lectures describe the stability of tial, Van der Pol Oscillator, Electrostatics, Motion of for example) are also covered in detail. Visual and multidimensional viscous shocks. Zumbrun discuss- a Charged Particle in an Electromagnetic Field, [..] photographic (chemical and digital) [..] es planar stability for viscous shocks with a realistic Features Features physical viscosity, and necessary and sufficient con- Aims to provide the reader with Mathematica profi- Provides a concise accessible description of the var- ditions for nonlinear stability. ciency quickly and efficiently, using many detailed ious auroral forms and how to record them, illus- Contents examples of constructing programs step-by-step Al- trated with color images of recent displays Contains P. Marcati: Preface.- A. Bressan: BV Solutions to Hy- though there are several books on this topic in pub- details of 'Space Weather' forecasting , how perbolic Systems by Vanishing Viscosity.- D. Serre: lication, this book does not assume a previous ex- to interpret and use the information given on these, Discrete Shock Profiles: Existence and Stability.- posure of the reader to the mathematica software and how to anticipate auroral activity Features the M. Williams: Stability of Multidimensional Viscous Shows that teaching mathematics and physics will stories behind major auroral storms which many Shocks.- K. Zumbrun: Planar Stability Criteria for greatly benefit from the use of Mathematica The CD- readers may have witnessed (such as, for example, Viscous Shock Waves of Systems with Real Viscosi- ROM included [..] the [..] ty.- A. Bressan: Tutorial on Center Manifold Theo- Contents Contents rem. Panorama of Mathematica.- Manipulating Num- Introduction.- Atmospheric Phenomena.- Causes of Fields of interest bers.- Algebra.- Analysis.- Lists.- Graphics.- Proba- the Aurora.- Auroral Forecasting.-Observing the Au- Partial Differential Equations; Mechanics, Fluids, bilty and Statistics.- Programming.- Egyptian Frac- rora.- Historical Aurorae and more Recent Events.- Thermodynamics; Numerical Analysis tions.- Happy Numbers.- Mersenne Numbers.- Aurora Elsewhere.- Scientific Investigations.- Noc- Multibases.- Quantum Harmonic Oscillator.- Quan- tilucent Clouds.- Bibliography.- Glossary.- Index. 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M.L. Brongersma, P.G. Kik (Eds.) I.N. Bronshtein, K.A. Semendyayev, G. Musiol, Dresden, Germany; R.K. Buchheim, Coto de Caza, CA, USA H. Muehlig, Dresden, Germany Surface Plasmon Nanophotonics The Sky is Your Laboratory Handbook of Mathematics Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs

The development of advanced dielectric photon- ic structures has enabled tremendous control over This guide book to mathematics contains in hand- For the experienced amateur astronomer who is the propagation and manipulation of light. Struc- book form the fundamental working knowledge of wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and tures such as waveguides, splitters, mixers, and res- mathematics which is needed as an everyday guide permanent that can be done with his or her obser- onators now play a central role in the telecommuni- for working scientists and engineers, as well as for vational skills, the answer is, "Yes, you can!" This is cations industry. This book will discuss an exciting students. Easy to understand, and convenient to the book for the experienced amateur astronomer new class of photonic devices, known as surface plas- use, this guide book gives concisely the information who is ready to take a new step in his or her astro- mon nanophotonic structures. Surface plasmons are necessary to evaluate most problems which occur nomical journey. Unfortunately, there is no modern easily accessible excitations in metals and semicon- in concrete applications. In the newer editions em- text that points curious amateur astronomers to the ductors and involve a collective motion of the con- phasis was laid on those fields of mathematics that research possibilities that are open to them. At the duction electrons. These excitations can be exploit- became more important for the formulation and 2006 meeting of the Society for Astronomical Sci- ed to manipulate electromagnetic waves at optical modeling of technical and natural processes, name- ences, quite a few participants agreed that the lack frequencies ("light") in new ways that are unthink- ly Numerical Mathematics, Probability Theory and of such a text was a serious gap in the astronomical able in conventional dielectric structures. The field Statistics, as well as Information Processing. For the book market, and that this gap is impeding their ef- of plasmon nanophotonics is rapidly developing and 5th edition, the chapters “Computer Algebra Sys- forts to encourage more amateur astronomers to get impacting a wide range of areas including: electron- tems” and “Dynamical Systems and Chaos” were involved in research collaborations. This book will ics, photonics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. The fundamentally revised, updated and expanded. In the fill that gap, and enable more amateur astronomers book will highlight several exciting new discoveries chapter “Algebra and Discrete Mathematics” a sec- to add research-type studies to their pursuit of the that have been made, while providing a clear discus- tion on “Finite Fields and Shift Registers” was added. hobby. Written by an astronomer who is well known sion of the underlying physics, the [..] Features amongst the amateur and professional community Features Reference book providing rapid access to formulae, for the skill and quality of his work, this [..] Chapters were written by the leaders in the field of data, and concepts of applied mathematics Famous Features plasmonics A solid background is given to each topic and classic reference book for engineers, physicists, The first modern, practical guide to how the back- State-of-the-art in the field Overview of all areas in and applied mathematicians worldwide yard observer can contribute to astronomical science the field that have shown major developments in the Projects are more advanced; new sections on mete- last few years A rapidly developing field with major Contents ors, meteor showers, novas and supernovas, and ex- applications in electronics, photonics, chemistry, bi- Arithmetic.- Functions.- Geometry.- Linear Alge- trasolar planets Describes a wide range of research ology, and medicine bra.- Algebra and Discrete Mathematics.- Differenti- ation.- Infinite Series.- Integral Calculus.- Differen- areas where amateurs are gathering new scientific Contents tial Equations.- Calculus of Variations.- Linear Inte- data that will be utilised by professional astronomers 1: Surface Plasmon Nanophotonics 2: gral Equations.- Functional Analysis.- Vector Analy- Describes the essential ways in which an amateur’s Near-field and Far-field Properties of Nanoparti- sis and Vector Fields.- Functional Theory.- Integral [..] cle Arrays 3: Theory of Light Transmission through Transformations.- Probability Theory and Mathe- Contents Periodically Structured Nano-apertures 4: Devel- matical Statistics.- Dynamical Systems and Chaos.- Meteor Studies.- Visual meteor counts of major me- opment and Near Field Characterization of Sur- Optimization.- Numerical Analysis.- Computer Al- teor showers.- Characterization of minor meteor face Plasmon Waveguides 5: Numerical Simulations gebra Systems.- Tables. showers.- Characterizing Sporadic meteors, and dis- of Long-Range Plasmonic Transmission Lines 6: covering unrecognized showers.- Automating your Surface Plasmon Polariton Guiding in Pohotonic Fields of interest Meteor Observations.- Radio Meteor Monitoring.- Bandgap Structures 7: Subwavelength-scale Plasmon Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engi- Additional Reading and Resources.- Occultations.- Waveguides 8: Optical Superlens 9: Optical neering; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Lunar Occultation Timing.- Grazing Lunar Occulta- Field Enhancement with Plasmon Resonant Bowtie Analysis tions.- Asteroid Occultation Timing.- International Nanoantennas 10: Near-field Optical Excitation and Target groups Occultation Timing Association.- Additional Read- Detection of [..] Students, researchers and professionals in engineer- ing and Resources.- Visual Observing.- Variable Star Fields of interest ing, physics and computer science Observing.- AAVSO.- CCD Photometry.- Gener- Nanotechnology; Applied Optics, Optoelectron- al Principles of Aperture Photometry.- Selection of Type of publication ics, Optical Devices; Electromagnetism, Optics and Comp [..] Reference work Lasers; Classical Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena Fields of interest Target groups Due August 2007 Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy, Astro- Researchers in industry and academia in the area of physics and Cosmology; Astronomy Micro- and Nanophotonics, Photonic Crystals, Plas- Based on the 6th German edition "Taschenbuch der Mathe- Target groups monics, Integrated Optics, Optical Biosensors, Opti- matik", published by Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Harri Deutsch, Experienced amateur astronomers cal Data Storage Frankfurt/M., 2005 Type of publication Type of publication 2007. 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E. Burzo, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania A. Bussmann-Holder, Max-Planck-Institut für P. Bydzovsky, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rez, Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany; H. Keller, Universität Czech Republic; A. Gal, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; Zürich, Switzerland (Eds.) J. Mares, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rez, Czech Phyllosilicates RepublicAcademy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rez, Czech Republic (Eds.) High Tc Superconductors and Related Transition Metal Oxides The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates Topics in Strangeness Nuclear are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes Special Contributions in Honor of K. Alex Müller on the Occa- Physics 27I1, 27I2, 27I3 and 27I4 (already published) deal sion of his 80th Birthday with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, and inosilicates, respectively, the present subvolume 27I5 deals with phyllosilicates. Subvolume 27I5 has been Strangeness nuclear physics bears a broad impact The book will consist of approximately 30 to 40 spilt in two parts a and ß; part 27I5a discusses gille- on contemporary physics since it lies at the intersec- separate articles where the main focus is on recent spites, apophyllites, natrolites, micas, smectites and tion of nuclear and elementary particle physics, hav- new results in high temperature superconductivity. related silicates. Further subvolumes are dedicated ing, moreover, significant implications to the astro- The contributions are theoretical as well as experi- to other types of silicates (tectosilicates) and to phos- physics of compact objects. This set of extensive lec- mental ones. All scientists who contribute are high phates. - Silicates are very complex systems, covering tures presents a balanced theoretical and experimen- rank experts in this field and have done major work large classes of minerals as well as synthetic samples. tal introduction to, and survey of, the field, address- which has enhanced the understanding of this phe- Their crystal structure is discussed and atomic posi- ing topics such as the production and spectroscopy nomenon. a smaller part of the articles deals with fer- tions are given. In addition to magnetic properties, of strange nuclear systems, modern approaches to roelectricity and their applications. Also in this field results of neutron diffraction studies, nuclear gamma the hyperon-nucleon interaction, and weak decays of there have recently been major break throughs ex- resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray ab- hypernuclei. With new experiments underway, this perimentally as well as theoretically which will be ad- sorption spectroscopy, transport properties, dielec- burgeoning research field is well served by this tuto- dressed by the invited authors. The book is dedicat- tric and optical data are reviewed. rial primer and review for both newcomers and sea- ed to Prof. Dr. K. Alex Müller on the occasion of his soned researchers alike. Features 80th birthday. During his scientific career he made Standard reference book with selected and easily re- major advances in the understanding of ferroelec- Contents trievable data from the fields of physics and chem- tricity, which used to be his major research field. The The Production of Strange Nuclear Systems.- Hyper- istry collected by acknowledged international scien- discovery of superconductivity in cuprates for which nuclear Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and the Structure tists Also available online in www.springerLink.com he received together with Dr. J. Georg Bednorz the of P-Shell Nuclei and Hypernuclei.- Spectroscopy of http://www.springerlink.com/book-se- Nobel Prize in 1987 has not diminished his interest Hypernuclei With Meson Beams.- The Hyperon-Nu- ries/?sw=landolt http://www.landolt-boernstein.com in this area, but has [..] cleon Interaction: Conventional Versus Effective Field Theory Approach.- Weak Decays of Hypernu- Contents Features clei.- Index. From the contents Magnetic and related properties The invited contributing authors of the book are rep- of silicates and phosphates - eight chapters for differ- resentatives of novel approaches to enlarge the un- Fields of interest ent types of phyllosilicates - figures, tables and refer- derstanding of the complexity of transition metal Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Elementary ences for each chapter. oxides Especially lattice effects which have been ig- Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Astrophysics; Par- nored for a long time are addressed in detail ticle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics Fields of interest Landolt-Börnstein; Electromagnetism, Optics and Fields of interest Target groups Lasers Superconductivity, Superfluidity, Quantum Fluids; Graduate students, lecturers, researchers Inorganic Chemistry; Optical and Electronic Materi- Target groups als; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials Type of publication Scientists and researchers in the fields of physics, Monograph chemistry, and earth sciences. 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X. Cai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China; D. Sha, X. Cai, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Y. Calisesi, International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, Shanghai, China; C.K. Wong, Shanghai, China; Y. Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Z. Switzerland; R.-M. Bonnet, International Space Science Institute The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Huang, Zhejiang University, China; S. Wang, Southeast Universi- (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland; L. Gray, Reading University, Reading, ty, China; M. Wang, Leeds University, UK (Eds.) UK; J. Langen, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands; M. Lockwood, University of Southampton, High- Time-Varying Network field, Southampton, UK (Eds.) Optimization Multiphase : The Ultimate Measurement Challenge Solar Variability and Planetary Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Measure- Climates The express purpose of Time-Varying Network Op- ment Techniques for Multiphase Flows and 2nd International timization is to describe, in a unified and self-con- Workshop on Process Tomography tained manner, a series of models, propositions, and Variations in solar activity, as revealed by variations algorithms developed in recent years on time-vary- in the number of sunspots, have been observed since ing networks. References and discussions on rele- All papers have been peer reviewed. Multiphase flow ancient times. To what extent changes in the solar vant problems and studies that have appeared in the is of importance to the design, research and oper- output may affect planetary climates, though, re- literature are integrated in the book. The book con- ation for apparatuses of many industries, such as mains today more than ever a subject of controver- sists of eight chapters, in which the following prob- power engineering, chemical industry, nuclear ener- sy. In 2000, the SSSI volume on Solar Variability and lems are formulated and examined: (1) the short- gy industry, refrigeratory industry, petroleum indus- Climate reviewed the to-date understanding of the est path problem, (2) minimum-spanning tree prob- try, metallurgical industry, space industry and envi- physics of solar variability and of the associated cli- lem, (3) maximum flow problem, (4) minimum cost ronmental engineering industry, etc. On account of mate response. The present volume on Solar Vari- flow problem, (5) maximum capacity path problem, the complication of multiphase flows, their measure- ability and Planetary Climates provides an overview (6) quickest path problem, (7) multi-criteria prob- ments are much more different than that for single of recent advances in this field, with particular fo- lem, and (8) the generalized flow problem. The time- phase flows. Up to now, although measurement tech- cus at the Earth's middle and lower atmosphere. The varying traveling salesman problem and the Chinese niques for multiphase flows have obtained sufficient book structure mirrors that of the ISSI workshop postman problem are presented in a chapter togeth- progress and some new techniques including pro- held in Bern in June 2005, the collection of invited er with the time-varying generalized problem. While cess tomography have been developed, the accuracy workshop contributions and of complementary in- these topics will be described all within the frame- and applied convenience of measurements are still troductory papers synthesizing the current under- work of time-varying networks, our plan is to make needed to be raised. This symposium covers a wide standing in key research areas such as middle atmo- each chapter relatively self-contained so that each scope of multiphase measurements including mea- spheric processes, stratosphere-troposphere dynam- can be [..] surements. Advanced methods and recent research- ical coupling, tropospheric aerosols chemistry, solar ing developments in these fields are submitted for storm influences, solar variability physics, [..] Features academic communication and discussion. Addresses two types of needs in the research of net- Features work optimization: 1) to present the latest research Fields of interest Understanding the causes and effects of climate efforts and findings on time-varying network opti- Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Mathemati- change is probably one of the most crucial scientific mization; and 2) to examine key models and results cal Methods in Physics; Physics and Applied Physics challenges of our time. This book provides an updat- on dynamic network optimization problems that in Engineering; Polymer Sciences ed overview of the processes determining the influ- can be used by academics, practitioners, and gradu- ence of solar forcing on climate. It discusses in par- ate students or senior-year undergraduate students Target groups ticular the most recent developments regarding the There is a great need to seek optimal solutions on Professors, researchers, and students in universi- role of aerosols in the climate system, and the new these types [..] ties and research institutes, as well as technicians in R&D in many industries insights that could be gained from the investigation Contents [..] Preface.- Time-varying shortest path problems.- Type of publication Fields of interest Time-varying minimum spanning tree.- Time-vary- Proceedings Astronomy; Astrophysics; Planetology; Meteorolo- ing universal maximum flow problems.- Time-vary- gy/Climatology ing minimum cost flow problems.- Time-varying Due July 2007 maximum capacity path problem.- The quickest path Target groups problem.- Finding the best path with multi-criteria.- Researchers and graduate students working on at- Generalized flows and other network problems.- In- 2007. Approx. 948 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 914) Hardcover mospheric physics and chemistry, solar physics and dex.- References. earth-system science 204,05 € Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-0422-9 Type of publication Operation Research/Decision Theory; Optimization; Monograph Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Information Systems and Communication Service; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Due March 2007 Production/Logistics Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 125/1-4, Target groups 2006 Academic researchers and students

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C.G. Canuto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; M.Y. Hussaini, Florida F. Cardone, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italy; R. 129,95 € State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA; A. Quarteroni, EPFL, Lau- Mignani, Università "Roma Tre", Roma, Italy ISBN 978-1-4020-6282-7 sanne, Switzerland and Politecnico di Milano, Italy; T.A. Zang, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA Deformed Spacetime

Spectral Methods Geometrizing Interactions in Four and Five Dimensions

Evolution to Complex Geometries and Applications to Fluid Dynamics This volume provides a detailed discussion of the mathematical aspects and the physical applications of a new geometrical structure of space-time, based Spectral methods, particularly in their multidomain on a generalization ("deformation") of the usual version, have become firmly established as a main- Minkowski space, as supposed to be endowed with stream tool for scientific and engineering computa- a metric whose coefficients depend on the ener- tion. While retaining the tight integration between gy. Such a formalism (Deformed Special Relativity, the theoretical and practical aspects of spectral meth- DSR) allows one to account for breakdown of local ods that was the hallmark of their 1988 book, Canuto Lorentz invariance in the usual, special-relativistic et al. now incorporate the many improvements in the meaning (however, Lorentz invariance is recovered algorithms and the theory of spectral methods that in a generalized sense); to provide an effective geo- have been made since then. This second new treat- metrical description of the four fundamental inter- ment, Evolution to Complex Geometries and Ap- actions (electromagnetic, weak, strong and gravita- plications to Fluid Dynamics, provides an extensive tional). Moreover, the four-dimensional energy-de- overview of the essential algorithmic and theoretical pendent space-time is just a manifestation of a larg- aspects of spectral methods for complex geometries, er, five-dimensional space in which energy plays the in addition to detailed discussions of spectral algo- role of a fifth (non-compactified) dimension. This rithms for fluid dynamics in simple and complex ge- new five-dimensional scheme (Deformed Relativity ometries. Modern strategies for constructing spectral in Five Dimensions, DR5) represents a true general- approximations in complex domains, such as spec- ization of the usual Kaluza-Klein (KK) formalism. tral elements, mortar elements, and discontinuous Galerkin methods, as well as patching collocation, Features are introduced, analyzed, and demonstrated by [..] Provides a unique and exhaustive exposition of the theory of deformed , developed in the last Features 15 years, both in four and five dimensions Provides Most comprehensive and up-to-date theory and a detailed discussion of the mathematical aspects of state-of-the-art algorithms of spectral methods for the formalism, including some new, unpublished re- application in fluid dynamics and complex domains sults Provides a thorough account of the main exper- Authors pioneered Spectral Methods in Fluid Dy- imental evidences for a possible deformed geometry namics Calculations Monograph at forefront of re- of spacetime, including experiments in optics, [..] search but addressing students as well Contains a Spectral Methods Primer. Can thus be read indepen- Contents dently of the companion book "Spectral methods. From the contents Part I: Physics of Deformed Fundamentals in Single Domains” Space-Time.- Part II: Mathematics of Deformed Space-Time.- Part III: Experimental Arguments for Contents Deformed Space-Time.- Part IV: Deformed Space- Fluid Dynamics Fundamentals.- Single-Domain Time in Five Dimensions: Geometry.- Part V: De- Methods for Stability Analyses.- Single-Domain formed Space-Time in Five Dimensions: Dynam- Methods for Incompressible Flows.- Single-Domain ics.- Appendix A: Reductivity of the Y-Hypothe- Methods for Compressible Flows.- Multidomain sis for the 12 Classes of the vacuum Einstein Equa- Discretizations.- Multidomain Solution Strategies.- tions in the Power Ansatz. Appendix B: Gravitational Incompressible Flows in Complex Domains.- Spec- Killing Symmetries for Special Forms of b12(x5) and tral Methods Primer.- Appendices.- References. b22(x5). Appendix C: Explicit and Implicit Forms of Fields of interest geodesics for the 12 Classes of Solutions of Einstein's Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analy- [..] sis; Numerical and Computational Methods; Fluids; Fields of interest Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Mathematical Methods Mathematical Methods in Physics; Relativity and in Physics; Mechanics Cosmology; Physics beyond the Standard Model; Target groups Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers; Elementary Students, researchers, mechanical engineers involved Particles and Nuclei in numerical and scientific computing Target groups Type of publication Graduate students and researchers in mathematics Monograph and physics; researchers and engineers working in nuclear and space industries, space agencies, govern- ment scientific (including military and defence) in- Due July 2007 stitutions

2007. XXX, 596 p. 183 illus. (Scientific Computation) Hardcover Type of publication Monograph 79,95 € ISBN 978-3-540-30727-3 Due August 2007

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P. Carretta, Università di Pavia, Italy; A. Lascialfari, Università di F. Casoli, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France; T. En- S.A. Cetin, Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey; I. Hikmet, Dogus Pavia, Italy (Eds.) crenaz, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France University, Istanbul, Turkey (Eds.)

NMR-MRI, µSR and Mössbauer The New Worlds Sixth International Conference of

Spectroscopies in Molecular Extrasolar Planets the Balkan Physical Union Magnets

The detection and exploration of extrasolar plan- The BPU-6 Conference belongs to a series of trien- nial general physics conferences organized under In the last years, after the discovery of molecular ets is one of the most exciting and fast moving areas the auspices of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU). nanomagnets showing novel quantum effects, a of astronomical research at the present time. With The previous conferences were organized in Thes- renewed interest for the study of molecular mag- over forty research programmes ongoing, and just as saloniki, Greece (1991), Izmir, Turkey (1994), Cluj- netism and multifunctional molecular materials has many planned, the search for these new worlds has Napoca, Romania (1997), Veliko Trnovo, Bulgaria emerged. These materials have triggered an intense become the main objective for a new generation of (2000), and Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia and Montene- research activity also in view of their possible appli- giant ground-based telescopes as well as many future gro (2003). The BPU conferences are usually attend- cabilities as, for example, as nanosized information space missions. Experimental methods and observa- ed by about 80 scientists, educators and engineers storage units and as magnetic nanoparticles for bio- tional techniques are pushing existing instruments to involved in research, education and applications of medicine. Several fundamental aspects of the micro- their limits. The most exciting possibility offered by physics. The Conference is open to all scientists from scopic static and dynamic properties of these molec- this research is the discovery of Earth-like extraso- the Balkan countries working in physics and related ular materials have been obtained by means of spec- lar planets, with a mass comparable to that of Earth, areas. Participants from outside the Balkans are also troscopies using local probes, as nuclei and muons. located at the right distance from its star to host liq- welcome. Participation of young physicists and stu- In this book an extensive overview on the results ob- uid water – in other words, a place where life could dents is highly appreciated. The BPU-6 Conference tained during the last decade and on recent achieve- evolve. The authors tackle this challenging field of covers the most important results and trends in the ments in the study of molecular magnets by means research by first looking at early searches for extraso- following fields of physics: Nuclear physics and nu- of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Muon Spin Rota- lar planets, the very first discoveries and the observa- clear energy; astronomy and astrophysics; gravitation tion, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Mossbauer tional techniques involved. They then examine the and cosmology; atomic and molecular physics; high techniques is presented. The aim is to introduce the very wide range of extrasolar planets that have been energy physics; condensed matter physics and [..] reader to these techniques and to give a general back- discovered during [..] ground on their application to molecular spin sys- Features Fields of interest tems. Presents the whole story of the hunt for planets out- Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Statistical Physics; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Fields of interest side the Solar System for the first time Describes Relativity and Cosmology; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Atomic and Molecular Structure and Spectra; Solid clearly the various techniques used by astronomers Ions, Hadrons; Atoms and Molecules in Strong State Physics and Spectroscopy; Magnetism, Magnet- to detect extrasolar planets Provides a complete pic- Fields, Plasma Physics ic Materials; Biophysics ture of the wide range of extrasolar planets discov- ered to date Demonstrates how life might evolve on Target groups Target groups an extrasolar planet and how such life might be de- Researchers, academicians, educators Libraries, institutes, industry, scientistis tected Explains concepts in such a way that no prior [..] Type of publication Type of publication Proceedings Professional book Contents Preface.- Extrasolar Planets: The Quest of As- Due May 2007 Due May 2007 tronomers.- The Quest for Exoplanets.- Ten Years of Discoveries.- What we learn from our Solar Sys- tem.- The Formation of Planetary Systems.- Life in 2007. XLII, 868 p. With CD-ROM. (AIP Conference Proceedings, 2007. X, 294 p. Softcover the Universe.- Future Projects.- Appendices. Vol. 899) Hardcover 64,95 € Fields of interest 274,15 € ISBN 978-88-470-0531-0 Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy, Astro- ISBN 978-0-7354-0404-5 physics and Cosmology; Astronomy; Astrobiology

Target groups Popular science and popular astronomy enthusiasts

Type of publication Popular science

Due April 2007

Original French edition published by Éditions Belin, 2005. Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK

2007. XI, 188 p. (Popular Astronomy) Softcover

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S.A. Cetin, Dogus University, Istanbul, Turkey; I. Hikmet, Dogus T. Chakraborty, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada A. Chatterjee, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India; University, Istanbul, Turkey (Eds.) (Ed.) B.K. Chakrabarti, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India (Eds.) Sixth International Conference of Charge Migration in DNA the Balkan Physical Union Econophysics of Markets and Perspectives from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Business Networks

The BPU-6 Conference belongs to a series of trien- Charge migration through DNA has been the fo- nial general physics conferences organized under cus of considerable interest in recent years. A deep- Econophysicists have recently been quite success- the auspices of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU). er understanding of the nature of charge transfer ful in modelling and analysing various financial sys- The previous conferences were organized in Thes- and transport along the double helix is important in tems like trading, banking, stock and other markets. saloniki, Greece (1991), Izmir, Turkey (1994), Cluj- fields as diverse as physics, chemistry and nanotech- The statistical behaviour of the underlying networks Napoca, Romania (1997), Veliko Trnovo, Bulgaria nology. It has also important implications in biol- in these systems have also been identified and char- (2000), and Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia and Montene- ogy, in particular in DNA damage and repair. This acterised recently. This book reviews the current gro (2003). The BPU conferences are usually attend- book presents contributions from an international econophysics researches in the structure and func- ed by about 80 scientists, educators and engineers team of researchers active in this field. It contains a tioning of these complex financial network systems. involved in research, education and applications of wide range of topics that includes the mathematical Leading researchers in the respective fields will re- physics. The Conference is open to all scientists from background of the quantum processes involved, the port on their recent researches and review on the the Balkan countries working in physics and related role of charge transfer in DNA radiation damage, a contemporary developments. The book will also in- areas. Participants from outside the Balkans are also new approach to DNA sequencing, DNA photonics, clude the comments and debates on the latest issues welcome. Participation of young physicists and stu- and many others. This book should be of value to arising out of these dents is highly appreciated. The BPU-6 Conference researchers in condensed matter physics, chemical Fields of interest covers the most important results and trends in the physics, physical chemistry, and nanoscale sciences. following fields of physics: Nuclear physics and nu- Statistical Physics; Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex clear energy; astronomy and astrophysics; gravitation Features Systems, Chaos, Neural Networks; Game Theo- and cosmology; atomic and molecular physics; high Deals with a new material for nanoelectronics, DNA ry/Mathematical Methods; Finance /Banking energy physics; condensed matter physics and [..] Covers all aspects of charge and spin transport and Target groups migration in DNA Deals with DNA modified for Libraries, scientists, institutes, practitioners, indus- Fields of interest bio-nanoelectronics Valuable reference work for re- try, undergraduate students, graduate students Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Statistical searchers and text for graduate students Physics; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Type of publication Relativity and Cosmology; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Contents Professional book Ions, Hadrons; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Preface.- Tight-binding models of charge migration Fields, Plasma Physics in DNA.- Mechanism and absolute rates of charge transfer.- Variable-range charge hopping in DNA.- Due September 2007 Target groups Atomistic models of DNA charge transfer.- Physics Researchers, academicians, educators aspects of charge migration through DNA.- Vibron- 2007. XII, 266 p. (New Economic Windows) Hardcover ic mechanisms for charge transport and migration Type of publication through DNA and single molecules.- The role of 65,95 € Proceedings charge and spin migration in DNA radiation dam- ISBN 978-88-470-0664-5 age.- DNA based thermoelectric nanodevices: A the- Due June 2007 oretical prospect.- Transverse electronic signature of DNA for electronic sequencing.- DNA.- Vibrons in 2007. CD-ROM. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 899) DNA: Their inuence on transport.- DNA based [..]

122,45 € Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-0405-2 Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics; Nanotechnology; Biophysics; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Bioinformatics

Target groups Scientists, engineers and graduate students

Type of publication Monograph

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2007. XVIII, 288 p. 130 illus. (NanoScience and Technology) Hard- cover

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G.-N. Chen, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; R. Grapes, J.-Y. Choi, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, J.-Y. Choi, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Republic of Korea; S. Rah, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Po- Korea; S. Rah, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Republic hang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea (Eds.) of Korea (Eds.) Granite Genesis: In-Situ Melting and Crustal Evolution Synchrotron Radiation Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation Instrumentation

Ninth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation In- Ninth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation In- Granitic rocks are a major component of the conti- strumentation strumentation nental crust and the many and complex problems of their origin that have confronted geologists for over 200 years still are presenting challenges to- All papers were peer-reviewed. The SRI2006 Pro- All papers were peer-reviewed. The SRI2006 Pro- day. Current ideas of granite formation involve low- ceedings features the most recent developments in ceedings features the most recent developments in er crustal melting, segregation, ascent (as dykes or present synchrotron radiation sources and up-to- present synchrotron radiation sources and up-to- diapirs) and emplacement in the upper crust. In this date free electron lasers and photon energies from date free electron lasers and photon energies from book we suggest an alternative model for the origin the infrared to hard X-rays, beamline instrumenta- the infrared to hard X-rays, beamline instrumenta- of granite in terms of in-situ melting-intracrustal tion to transport the radiation to the experiments, tion to transport the radiation to the experiments, convection that physically determines the process as well as experimental techniques to utilize it. Al- as well as experimental techniques to utilize it. Al- from partial melting of mid-upper crustal rocks to so included are recent experimental results in syn- so included are recent experimental results in syn- formation of a convecting magma layer. We illustrate chrotron radiation sciences. Topics included are: chrotron radiation sciences. Topics included are: the model using geological, geochemical and SR-sources and advanced sources; insertion devices; SR-sources and advanced sources; insertion devices; geophysical studies from Australia, North and South beamlines and optics; detectors; time-resolved tech- beamlines and optics; detectors; time-resolved tech- America, Europe and China, and conclude that heat niques; micro/nanoscopy; sysnchrotron radiation for niques; micro/nanoscopy; sysnchrotron radiation for convection within a crustal partial melt layer is es- nanoscience and technology; lithography and micro- nanoscience and technology; lithography and micro- sential for the formation of granite magma and that machining; industrial applications; surface and inter- machining; industrial applications; surface and inter- without convection, partial melting of rocks pro- face analysis; magnetism and spintronics; chemistry face analysis; magnetism and spintronics; chemistry duces migmatites rather than granites. Granite is lay- and materials science; life sciences and medical sci- and materials science; life sciences and medical sci- er-like within the crust, and shape and [..] ences. ences.

Features Fields of interest Fields of interest Provides a synthesis of current ideas of granite gen- Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Particle Ac- Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Particle Ac- esis in the earth's crust developed over the last 20 celeration and Detection, Beam Physics; Electromag- celeration and Detection, Beam Physics; Electromag- years Provides an alternative model for granite gene- netism, Optics and Lasers netism, Optics and Lasers sis and a reinterpretation of current ideas Highlights results of Chinese research (published in Chinese) Target groups Target groups over the last 30 years in English for the first time Scientists and engineers working with sychrotron ra- Scientists and engineers working with sychrotron ra- diation sources and beamlines, engineers developing diation sources and beamlines, engineers developing Contents synchrotron radiation equipment, researchers and synchrotron radiation equipment, researchers and Preface.- Acknowledgements.- 1 Introduction.- 1.1 students using synchrotron radiation students using synchrotron radiation Rock genesis and its relationship to geosystems.- 1.2 Granites, migmatites and granite problems.- 2 Type of publication Type of publication Crustal melting: experiments and conditions.- 2.1 Proceedings Proceedings Introduction.- 2.2 Mineral melting.- 2.3 Rock melt- ing – experimental evidence.- 2.4 Structure and com- Due March 2007 Due March 2007 position of the crust.- 2.5 Water in the crust.- 2.6 Crustal heat and partial melting.- 3. In-situ melting and intracrustal convection: granite magma layers.- 2007. CD-ROM. (Accelerators, Beams, and Instrumentations, Vol. 2007. LXVII, 3116 p. (in 2 volumes, not available separately). (AIP 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Crustal melting I: Initial melt- 879) Conference Proceedings, Vol. 879) Hardcover ing and partial melt layer.- 3.3 Crustal melting II: 114,75 € 338,80 € Convection and formation [..] ISBN 978-0-7354-0374-1 ISBN 978-0-7354-0373-4 Fields of interest Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geochemistry; Min- eralogy

Target groups Scientists and researchers in earth sciences

Type of publication Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XI, 278 p. 218 illus., 1 in color. Hardcover

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M. Cini, Università di Roma, Italy O. Civitarese, University of La Plata, Argentina; C. Dorso, Universi- P. Clark, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA ty of Buenos Aires, Argentina; G. García Bermúdez, Tandar-CNEA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; A.J. Kreiner, Tandar-CNEA, Buenos Aires, Topics and Methods in Condensed Argentina; A.J. Pacheco, Tandar-CNEA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dynamic Planet N.N. Scoccola, Tandar-CNEA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Eds.) Matter Theory Mercury in the Context of its Environment From Basic Quantum Mechanics to the Frontiers of Research VI Latin American Symposium on

Nuclear Physics and Applications This is an inter-disciplinary book covering a range of disciplines written to illustrate the nature and This book provides material for courses in theoreti- dynamic interactions of Mercury with its environ- cal physics for undergraduate and graduate students ment and thus to be accessible ( by minimizing disci- specializing in condensed matter, including exper- All papers were peer reviewed. The Sixth Latin pline-specific jargon) to engineers and scientists as imentalists who want a thorough theoretical back- American Symposium on Nuclear Applications cov- well as those planning to be engineers and scientists ground; the advanced part should be of interest to ered the most active topics in basic nuclear physics at the upper level college student or ‘educated lay- research workers too. A good first course in quan- which were grouped into four broad categories, man’ level or above. tum mechanics is assumed. Here a variety of many- namely, nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, subnu- clear physics, and nuclear thermodynamics and dy- body phenomena in condensed matter are discussed, Features namics. It also placed a significant emphasis on the with special attention paid to the understanding of Views Mercury as a whole in the context of its en- applications of nuclear science and nuclear instru- strong correlation effects. This requires a variety of vironment, illustrating what we know and what we mentation to a wide range of fields of knowledge, theoretical tools (diagram expansions, groups, recur- need to know and why understanding Mercury is from novel medical uses of these techniques, through sion methods and more). The text, which arose nat- so crucial to our understanding of solar system ori- materials and environmental sciences to art and ar- urally from teaching, is eminently readable and the gin and current processes on Earth as well as other chaeology. An up-to-date overview of all these sub- mathematical treatments are explained in enough planets Describes our current state of knowledge for jects was presented through a number of plenary detail to be followed easily. Proofs of all the relevant Mercury and interactions between interior, exterior, talks reported in longer articles complimented by a theorems are provided, but the main emphasis is al- and space environment which are highly dynamic larger number of short articles describing detailed ways on the physical meaning or applicability of the and thus [..] results. Many examples are provided for illustration work along the different lines. Although the level of and also serve as worked problems. the articles is suited for the specialist in each field, Contents the audience and potential interested readership ex- Contents.- Dedication.- Preface.- Mercury From A Features tends far beyond. Systems Perspective.- Past and Planned Missions to Useful supplementary book to solid state science ba- Mercury.- Mercury's Interior.- Mercury's Surface.- Fields of interest sic textbooks. Mercury's Exosphere.- Mercury's Magnetosphere.- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Elementary The Future of Mercury Exploration.- Index.- List of Contents Particles and Nuclei; Biophysics Tables.- List of Figures. From the contents Basic Many-Body Quantum Me- Target groups chanics.- Adiabatic Switching and Time-Ordered Se- Fields of interest Experimental and theoretical nuclear physicists, as- ries.- Atomic Shells and Multiplets.- Green’s Func- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Extrater- trophysicists, researchers, industry professionals tions as Thought Experiments.- Hopping Electron restrial Physics, Space Sciences; Planetology Models: An Appetizer.- Many-Body Effects in Elec- Type of publication tron Spectroscopies.- Group Representations for Target groups Proceedings Physicists.- Simpler Uses of Group Theory.- Product Scientists and engineers in Astronomy or space-re- of Representations.- Equations of Motion.- Feynman lated fields followed by astronomical libraries Diagrams for Condensed Matter Physics.- Dyson Due March 2007 Equation.- Kadanoff-Baym and Keldysh Nonequi- Type of publication librium Theory.- Selected Recursion Techniques.- 2007. XVII, 527 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 884) Softcov- Monograph Aspects of Nonlinear Optics and Many-Photon Ef- er fects.- Selected [..] Due June 2007 147,85 € Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-0388-8 Condensed Matter 2007. XVI, 219 p. Hardcover

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P. Corkum, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, C.-C. Coussios, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; G.t. Haar, Insti- J. Cousteix, ONERA Centre de Toulouse, France; J. Mauss, Univer- Canada; D. Jonas, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA; D. tute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK (Eds.) sité Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Miller, University of Toronto, ON, Canada; A.M. Weiner, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (Eds.) 6th International Symposium on Asymptotic Analysis and Boundary Ultrafast Phenomena XV Therapeutic Ultrasound Layers

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference, Pacific Grove, USA, July 30 - August 4, 2006 All papers have been peer reviewed. The 6th Interna- This book presents a new method of asymptotic tional Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound is the analysis of boundary-layer problems, the Successive annual meeting of the International Society for Ther- Complementary Expansion Method (SCEM). The Ultrafast Phenomena XV presents the latest advances apeutic Ultrasound. The conference embraced low first part is devoted to a general comprehensive pre- in ultrafast science, including both ultrafast optical power and high power techniques, including non- sentation of the tools of asymptotic analysis. It gives technology and the study of ultrafast phenomena. invasive tissue ablation for cancer therapy, treat- the keys to understand a boundary-layer problem It covers picosecond, femtosecond, and attosecond ment of stroke, haemostasis, ultrasound-enhanced and explains the methods to construct an approx- processes relevant to applications in physics, chem- drug delivery and gene therapy. Topics discussed in- imation. The second part is devoted to SCEM and istry, biology, and engineering. Ultrafast technolo- clude: Therapeutic ultrasound; ultrasound calibra- its applications in fluid mechanics, including exter- gy has a profound impact in a wide range of appli- tion; dosimetry; exposimetry; ultrasound field char- nal and internal flows. The advantages of SCEM are cations, among them biomedical imaging, chemical acterization; ultrasound transducers, high-intensi- discussed in comparison with the standard Method dynamics, frequency standards, materials process- ty focussed ultrasound (HIFU); acoustic haemosta- of Matched Asymptotic Expansions. In particular, ing, and ultrahigh-speed communications. This book sis; thrombolysis; heating; hyerpethermia; ablation; for the first time, the theory of Interactive Bound- summarizes the results presented at the 15th Interna- acoustic cavitation; inertial cavitation; stable cavita- ary Layer is fully justified. With its chapter sum- tional Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena and pro- tion; treatment guidance; magnetic resonance imag- maries, detailed derivations of results, discussed ex- vides an up-to-date view of this important and rapid- ing (MRI); tissue phantoms; liver kidney prostate amples and fully worked out problems and solutions, ly advancing field. cancer; sonodymamic therapy; ultrasound con- the book is self-contained. It is written on a mathe- trast agent; targeted drug delivery; microbubbles; li- matical level accessible to graduate and post-gradu- Features posome; nanoemulsion; sonoporation; sonotrans- ate students of engineering and physics with a good Current status report on ultrafast phenomena fection; gene transfer; gene delivery; transcranial; knowledge in fluid mechanics. Researchers and prac- Contents blood-brain [..] titioners [..] 1. Attoseconds and High Harmonics.- 2. Generation Fields of interest Contents and High-Power Propagation.- 3. Combs.- 4. Ul- Biophysics; Ultrasound Introduction to Singular Perturbation Problems.- trafast Optics.- 5. Chemistry.- 6. Multidimensional Boundary Layer Structure.- Asymptotic Expansions.- Spectroscopy.- 7. Hydrogen Bonding.- 8. Biology.- Target groups Successive Complementary Expansion Method.- Or- 9. AMO Physics.- 10. Solid-State Physics.- 11. Plas- Academic and clinical researchers in the field of ther- dinary Differential Equations.- High Reynolds Num- monics.- 12. Nanostructures.- 13. X-Ray Studies.- 14. apeutic ultrasound; therapeutic ultrasound manu- ber Flows.- Interactive Boundary Layer.- Applica- Ultrafast Electron Studies.- 15. THz.- 16. Imaging facturers; clinical Practitioners interested in non-in- tions of Interactive Boundary Layer Models.- Regu- and Microscopy. vasive and minimally invasive cancer therapy; aca- lar Forms of the Interactive Boundary Layer.- Turbu- demics with interests in sound, ultrasound, acoustics Fields of interest lent Boundary Layer.- Channel Flow.- Conclusion.- and cavitation Optical Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Optics; Applied Op- Appendices.- Solutions of Problems.- References.- Indexes. tics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices Type of publication Proceedings Target groups Fields of interest Scientists Numerical and Computational Methods; Computa- Due June 2007 tional Science and Engineering; Appl.Mathematics/ Type of publication Computational Methods of Engineering; Engineer- ing Fluid Dynamics Monograph 2007. XXI, 565 p. With CD-ROM. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 911) Hardcover Target groups Due July 2007 152,50 € PHD-students, researchers, practitioners ISBN 978-0-7354-0419-9 2007. XXXII, 842 p. 539 illus. (Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Type of publication Vol. 88) Hardcover Monograph

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R.G. Cowell, Cass Business School, London, UK; A.P. Dawid, Uni- versity of Cambridge, UK; S.L. Lauritzen, University of Oxford, UK; D.J. Spiegelhalter, University of Cambridge, UK

Probabilistic Networks and Expert Systems

Exact Computational Methods for Bayesian Networks

Winner of the 2002 DeGroot Prize. Probabilistic ex- pert systems are graphical networks that support the modelling of uncertainty and decisions in large complex domains, while retaining ease of calcula- tion. Building on original research by the authors over a number of years, this book gives a thorough and rigorous mathematical treatment of the under- lying ideas, structures, and algorithms, emphasizing those cases in which exact answers are obtainable. It covers both the updating of probabilistic uncer- tainty in the light of new evidence, and statistical in- ference, about unknown probabilities or unknown model structure, in the light of new data. The careful attention to detail will make this work an important reference source for all those involved in the theory and applications of probabilistic expert systems. This book was awarded the first DeGroot Prize by the In- ternational Society for Bayesian Analysis for a book making an important, timely, thorough, and notably original contribution to the [..]

Features New in paperback Winner of the DeGroot Prize 2002, the only book prize in the field of statistics

Contents Introduction.- Logic, Uncertainty, and Probability.- Building and Using Probabilistic Networks.- Graph Theory.- Markov Properties on Graphs.- Discrete Networks.- Gaussian and Mixed Discrete-Gaussian Networks.- Discrete Multistage Decision Networks.- Learning About Probabilities.- Checking Models Against Data.- Structural Learning.

Fields of interest Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for Engi- neering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences; Probability Theory and Stochastic Pro- cesses; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

Target groups Researchers, graduate students

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H. Czichos, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany; T. R. Czujko, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD, USA; T. Damour, IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette, France; B. Duplantier, CEA Saito, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, J. Mulvey, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD, USA; Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; V. Rivasseau, Université de Paris- Ibaraki, Japan; L. Smith, National Institute of Standards and Tech- K. Kaleuati, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD, USA Sud, Orsay, France (Eds.) nology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA (Eds.) (Eds.) Gravitation and Experiment Springer Handbook of Materials Directory of Physics, Astronomy Measurement Methods and Geophysics Staff, 2006 Poincaré Seminar 2006

This book starts with a detailed introduction to gen- In its most general context, the term ‘materials mea- The Directory of Physics, Astronomy and Geo- eral relativity by world expert T. Damour. It includes surements’ denotes operations to distinguish quali- physics Staff (DPAGS) is the most complete refer- a review of what may lie beyond by string theorist tatively and to determine quantitatively characteris- ence source providing information on more than I. Antoniadis, and collects up-to-date essays on the tics of materials. As materials constitute the physical 36,000 scientific staff in approximately 2,600 insti- experimental tests of this theory. Contrary to some matter of all products – machines, devices, plants, tutions and organizations within the physics, as- beliefs, general relativity is now a theory extremely commodities, means of information, communica- tronomy and geophysics community. Information well confirmed by detailed experiments, including tion, transport, habitation and energy supply – ma- on about 450 physics related societies around the the precise timing of the double pulsar J0737-3039 terials measurements have a wide scope and im- world is included. The Directory contains academ- explained by M. Kramer, member of the team which pact for science and technology, economy and soci- ic physics, astronomy, geophysics and related de- discovered it in 2003, and satellite missions such as ety. Springer Handbook of Materials Measurement partments as well as 2-year colleges. It also includes Gravity Probe B described by leading team mem- Methods compiles advanced methods for materials private firms, industrial R&D centers, small ber J. Mester. The search for detecting gravitational measurement and characterization methods from the R&D companies, federally funded R&D waves is also very much under way as reviewed by J.- macroscopic to the nanometer scale. centers, government agencies, university-affiliated Y. Vinet. and other research institutes, and professional soci- Features eties serving the physics and physics related commu- Features Compilation of advanced methods of materials mea- nities around the world. The information is divid- Detailed pedagogical introduction to general relativi- surement Contains a wide scope of methods having ed into institutional and individual listings. Each in- ty Review of experimental tests of the theory Very re- high impact on science and technology Characteriza- stitutional listing provides the address, phone, fax, cent results of the Gravity Probe B mission tion methods from the macroscopic to the nanome- email, URL and current faculty or staff. Individual ter scale Extractable key data for daily use on CD- listings detail each person’s institutional affiliation, Contents ROM Written by experts from world leading institu- along with [..] Preface.- General Relativity.- Beyond Einstein's tions of standards and measurements (BAM, NIST, Gravity.- Testing Einstein in Space: The Gravity NIMS etc.) Extensive references to approved primary Fields of interest Probe B Relativity Mission.- The Double Pulsar.- data sources Astronomy; Astrophysics Instruments for Gravitational Wave Astronomy on Ground and in Space. Contents Target groups Part A The Materials Measurement System Chap. Faculty and staff at physics, astronomy and geo- Fields of interest 1 Measurement Principles and Structures.- Chap. 2 physics departments, and research librarians Relativity and Cosmology Measurement Strategy and Quality.- Chap. 3 Materi- als and Their Characteristics: Overview Part B Mea- Type of publication Target groups surement Methods for Composition and Structure Monograph Theoretical and mathematical physicists, cosmolo- Chap. 4 Chemical Composition.- Chap. 5 Nanoscop- gists, astrophysicists ic Architecture and Microstructure.- Chap. 6 Surface Due April 2007 and Interface Characterisation Part C Measurement Type of publication Methods for Materials PropertiesChap. 7 Mechani- Collection of essays 2006. X, 646 p. Softcover cal Properties.- Chap. 8 Thermal Properties.- Chap. 9 Electrical Properties.- Chap. 10 Magnetic Proper- 64,95 € Due August 2007 ties.- Chap. 11 Optical Properties Part D [..] ISBN 978-0-7354-0335-2 Fields of interest 2007. VII, 138 p. 35 illus. (Progress in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 52) Hardcover Characterization and Evaluation Materials; Measure- ment Science, Instrumentation; Condensed Matter; 79,90 € Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; ISBN 978-3-7643-8523-1 Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Operat- ing Procedures, Materials Treatment

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A.J. Das, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada P.P. Delsanto, Dip. Fisica, Torino, Italy (Ed.) 154,95 € ISBN 978-0-387-33860-6 Tensors: The Mathematics of Universality of Nonclassical Relativity Theory and Continuum Nonlinearity

Mechanics Applications to Non-Destructive Evaluations and Ultrasonics

This book emerged from courses taught at the Uni- This book comes as a result of the research work de- versity College of Dublin, Carnegie-Mellon Univer- veloped in the framework of two large internation- sity and mostly at Simon Fraser University. This is al projects: the European Science Foundation (ESF) a modern introduction to the theory of tensor al- supported program NATEMIS (Nonlinear Acoustic gebra and tensor analysis. It discusses tensor alge- Techniques for Micro-Scale Damage Diagnostics) bra in Chapters 1 and 2. Differential manifold is in- (of which Professor Delsanto was the European co- troduced in Chapter 3. Tensor analysis, differential ordinator, 2000-2004) and a Los Alamos-based net- forms, connection forms, and curvature tensor are work headed by Dr. P.A. Johnson. The main topic discussed in Chapter 4. Chapters 5, 6 and 7 investi- of both programs and of this book is the description gate in great detail Riemannian and pseudo-Rieman- of the phenomenology, theory and applications of nian manifolds. Throughout the book, examples and nonclassical Nonlinearity (NCNL). In fact NCNL problems are furnished from the theory of relativity techniques have been found in recent years to be ex- and continuum mechanics. The extensive presenta- tremely powerful (up to more than 1000 times with tion of mathematical tools, examples and problems respect to the corresponding linear techniques) in a make this book a unique text for the pursuit of both wide range of applications, including Elasticity, Ma- the mathematical relativity theory and continuum terial Characterization, Ultrasonics, Geophysics to mechanics. Maintenance and Restoration of artifacts (paintings, stone buildings, etc.). The book is divided into three Features parts: Part I - defines and describes the concept of Many known concepts which are scattered in vari- NCNL and its universality and reviews several fields ous books are brought together in a rigorous, logi- to [..] cal way Chapter 7 contains discussion on extrinsic curvature which is more extensive than in any other Features book available Tensor analysis is further explained in Presents the results of two major international re- the book, touching on general differential manifolds, search projects on phenomenology, theory and ap- manifolds with connections and manifolds with met- plications of Nonclassical Nonlinearity Conveys rics and connections. Competing books have only [..] concepts, experimental techniques and applications which were previously found in specialized journals Contents Allows for an interdisciplinary audience to better un- Finite- Dimensional Vector Spaces and Linear Map- derstand the range of practical applications, and is pings.- Fields.- Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces.- timely and interesting to both researchers and pro- Linear Mappings of a Vector Space.- Dual or Covari- fessionals ant Vector Space.- Tensor Algebra.- The Second Or- der Tensors.- Higher Order Tensors.- Exterior or Contents Grassmann Algebra.- Inner Product Vector Spaces Towards a top-down approach in materials science. and the Metric Tensor.- Tensor Analysis on a Differ- -Nonlinear dynamical systems in economics.- Non- entiable Manifold.- Differentiable Manifolds.- Vec- linearity in medical sciences (oncology).- Nonlin- tors and Curves.- Tensor Fields over Differentiable earity as a structural feature of living systems.- Non- Manifolds.- Differential Forms and Exterior Deriva- linearity and complexity in Elastic Wave Motion.- tives.- Differentiable Manifolds with Connections.- The state of the art of nonlinear elasticity in geoma- The Affine Connection and Covariant [..] terials.- Nonlinear Rock Mechanics; Seasonality and Harvesting, Revisited.- Cancer growth is a nonclas- Fields of interest sical nonlinear phenomenon. -Multiscale Approach Mathematical and Computational Physics; Mathe- to Nonlinear and Hysteretic Elastodynamics in one- matical Methods in Physics and two- dimensions.- Inverse modelling of microdamage characteristics in specimens [..] Target groups Scientists and researchers in the fields of mathemati- Fields of interest cal physics, theoretical physics, applied mathematics, Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear and theoretical engineering Optics

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O. Descalzi, University of Los Andes, Las Condes-Santiago, Chile; A. Dobado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; F.J. E.V. Doktorov, Institute of Physics, Minsk, Belarus; S.B. Leble, Uni- O.A. Rosso, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Llanes-Estrada, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; V. versity of Technology, Gdansk, Poland H.A. Larrondo, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Vento, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain (Eds.) Plata, Argentina (Eds.) A Dressing Method in Mathematical The IVth International Conference Physics Nonequilibrium Statistical on Quarks and Nuclear Physics Mechanics and Nonlinear Physics QNP 2006 XV Conference on Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and This monograph systematically develops and consid- Nonlinear Physics ers the so-called "dressing method" for solving differ- ential equations (both linear and nonlinear), a means The QNP series of international conferences on to generate new non-trivial solutions for a given Quarks and Nuclear Physics is by now a well estab- equation from the (perhaps trivial) solution of the Statistical mechanics and nonlinear physics are re- lished and highly respected forum where the most same or related equation. The primary topics of the search areas that have developed a multidisciplinary recent developments in the field are discussed and dressing method covered here are: the Moutard and character with many applications. The scientific communicated. QNP 2006 is the forth edition of this Darboux transformations discovered in XIX century problems discussed in this volume include biological biennial meeting. Selected and refereed original con- as applied to linear equations; the Bäcklund transfor- applications of statistical physics, econophysics and tributions of QNP 2006 have been published in The mation in differential geometry of surfaces; the fac- sociologically related problems, chaos and nonlin- European Physical Journal A - Hadrons and Nuclei torization method; and the Riemann-Hilbert prob- ear dynamics, pattern formation and spatio-tempo- (EPJ A), while the present proceedings book, in ad- lem in the form proposed by Shabat and Zakharov ral complexity, fluids and granular media, q-thermo- dition to reprinting the articles published in EPJ A, for soliton equations, plus its extension in terms of statistics, stochastic processes, lasers and nonlinear further includes all other contributions selected and the d-bar formalism. Throughout, the text exploits optics, synchronization, wavelets and nonlinear time accepted by the organizing committee for publica- the "linear experience" of presentation, with special series analysis. tion and archiving. attention given to the algebraic aspects of the main Fields of interest Fields of interest mathematical constructions and to practical rules of Mathematical Methods in Physics; Statistical Physics; Elementary Particles and Nuclei obtaining new solutions. Various linear equations of Mechanics; Granular Media classical and quantum mechanics are solved by the Target groups Darboux and factorization methods. Target groups Researchers and libraries Physicists working in statistical mechanics, physicists Features working in nonlinear physics, as well as biologists Type of publication Unifying concept for solving linear and nonlinear Proceedings equations of mathematical physics Current status os Type of publication research in the field Proceedings Due May 2007 Contents Due June 2007 From the contents 1. Mathematical preliminaries. 2. Part of the articles in the book originally published in the jour- Factorization and dressing. 3. Darboux transforma- nal: Eurpean Physicsl Journal A - Hadrons and Nuclei, Volume 31, tions. 4. Applications in linear problems. 5. Dressing 2007. XIII, 224 p. (Mathematical and Statistical Phsyics, Vol. 913) Number 4, 2007 chain equations. 6. The dressing in 2+1. 7. Impor- Hardcover tant . 8. Dressing via the local Riemann-Hilbert 70,85 € 2007. XVIII, 615 p. Hardcover problem. 9. Dressing via the non-local RH problem. ISBN 978-0-7354-0421-2 10. Generating new solutions with the d-bar prob- 169,95 € lem. ISBN 978-3-540-72515-2 Fields of interest Mathematical Methods in Physics; Non-associative Rings and Algebras; Functions of a Complex Vari- able; Classical Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena

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C. Dumitrache, Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Acade- B. Duplantier, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; V. Rivasseau, L. El Nadi, Cairo University, Cairo-Giza, Egypt (Ed.) my, Bucharest, Romania; N.A. Popescu, Astronomical Institute of Université de Paris Sud, Orsay, France (Eds.) the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania; M.D. Suran, Astro- nomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Roma- Modern Trends in Physics Research nia; V. Mioc, Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Quantum Spaces Bucharest, Romania (Eds.) Second International Conference on Modern Trends in Physics Poincaré Seminar 2007 Research Fifty Years of Romanian

Astrophysics This book starts with an introduction by V. Pasquier All papers were peer reviewed. Modern Trends in on the usefulness of non-commutative geometry, Physics Research MTPR-06, took place at the Cairo especially in the condensed matter context of the Luxor in Egypt from April 6-11, 2006 and was the All papers have been peer reviewed. This confer- Hall effect. This theme is further developed by A. second of the International Conference series to be ence was organized for an anniversary moment to Polychronakos, who together with L. Susskind intro- carried out biannually by the Physics Department, bring together scientists from the main fields of as- duced the concept of non-commutative fluids. Jean- Faculty of Science, Cairo University. The purpose trophysics and space science. It was a celebration of Michel Maillet compares the experimental results on of the conference was to view an advanced picture the 50 years from the start of the solar observations one dimensional magnetic chains to the theoretical of the activities in some branches of the physics do- at Bucharest Observatory and the beginning of as- predictions based on the algebraic Bethe Ansatz and main in the last two years after the MTPR-04 con- trophysics research in Romania. Topics discussed in- related to quantum group symmetries that he active- ference. The results presented at the MTPR-06 con- clude: solar atmosphere, magnetic structure on the ly developed with many collaborators. On the high ference were an astonishing display of new and ex- Sun, solar and stellar winds, waves, oscillations and energy side of non-commutative geometry the book tremely breakthrough experimental and theoretical cyclicities, astroseismology, stellar astrophysics, and includes two complementary reviews. A. Connes de- discoveries in physics, in both its applied branches extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. scribes the striking progress recently made in gath- and technological aspects. This proceeding highlights ering all the interactions and fields of the standard the contributions presented at the conference. It pro- Fields of interest model into a non-commutative geometry on a sim- vides some detailed accounts of the latest results in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astro- ple internal space, while V. Rivasseau describes in a the fields of atomic, molecular, condensed matter, physics; Relativity and Cosmology large review the very recent technique of renormal- lasers, nuclear, particle and astrophysics. The papers ization of quantum field theories on non-commuta- and some of the review articles have been written by Target groups tive space-time, which lead to the surprising discov- international and national experts in these [..] Scientists in the field of astrophysics and cosmology, ery [..] and related fields Fields of interest Features Elementary Particles and Nuclei; Nuclear Physics, Type of publication New insights due to the confrontation between Alain Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Atoms, Molecules, Clusters Proceedings Connes' non commutative approach to the standard and Plasmas; Condensed Matter; Physical Chem- model and the discovery of the non commutative istry; Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics Due April 2007 renormalization group Confirmation of noncommu- tative geometry as an increasingly useful tool for the Target groups description of intricated condensed matter phenom- Physics, researchers and other scientists dealing 2007. X, 352 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 895) Hardcover ena with atomic, molecular, and chemical physics; con- densed matter; electronics; lasers; nuclear and parti- 110,90 € Contents cle physics; and space physics ISBN 978-0-7354-0400-7 Preface.- Introduction.- Non-commutative Renor- malization.- Non-commutative Fluids.- Quantum Type of publication Groups for Diffusion Experiments with Neutrons.- Proceedings Non-commutative Geometry and the Spectral Model of Space-Time. Due March 2007

Fields of interest Quantum Physics 2007. XXXVII, 412 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 888) Hard- cover Target groups 130,15 € Theoretical and mathematical physicists, geometers, ISBN 978-0-7354-0394-9 high energy physicists

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M.S. El-Genk, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, D.V. Ellis, Schlumberger - Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT, USA; J.M. R.A. Evarestov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia USA (Ed.) Singer, Richmond, UK Quantum Chemistry of Space Technology and Applications Well Logging for Earth Scientists International Forum-STAIF 2007 The LCAO First Principles Treatment of Crystals

11th Conference on Thermophysics Applications in Micrograv- Well logging lies at the intersection of applied geo- ity 24th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehen- 5th Symposium on Space Colonization 4th Symposium on physics, petroleum and geotechnical engineering. It New Frontiers and Future Concepts has its roots in the tentative electrical measurements sive account of the main features and possibilities of in well bores which were made by the Schlumberg- LCAO methods for the first principles calculations er brothers some 80 years ago in the earliest days of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first of systematic petroleum exploration. Today, a vari- part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO The proceedings of STAIF-2007 features a broad ety of specialized instruments is used to obtain mea- methods applied to periodic systems and the use of spectrum of topics on: space nuclear power and ther- surements from the borehole during, as well as after, wave-function-based (Hartree-Fock), density-based mal propulsion, science and technology; space explo- the drilling process. This readable and authoritative (DFT) and hybrid hamiltonians. The translation and ration; space colonization; advanced propulsion con- treatment of the physics of these measurements dis- site symmetry consideration is included to establish cepts; advanced radioisotope power systems; ther- pels the "black magic" of well log interpretation by connection between k-space solid-state physics and mophysics in microgravity; energy conversion tech- relating them, including those obtained by the latest real-space quantum chemistry methods in the frame- nologies; nuclear fuel and high temperature materi- generation of tools, to rock physics. It offers a thor- work of cyclic model of an infinite crystal. The in- als; high power electric propulsion, heat pipes and ough exposé of the physical basis of borehole geo- clusion of electron correlation effects for periodic capillary pumped loops and advanced radiators; nu- physical measurements, as well as an introduction to systems is considered on the basis of localized crys- clear reactor safety; simulation and modeling; space practical petrophysics -- extracting desired proper- talline orbitals. The possibilities of LCAO methods exploration, Lunar and Mars outposts; and advanced ties from well log measurements. Well Logging for for chemical bonding analysis in periodic systems are propulsion physics. These topics span the range from Earth Scientists, 2nd edition, is thoroughly revised discussed. The second part deals with the applica- basic research to the most recent technology ad- and extended with three new chapters, many new il- tions of LCAO methods for calculations of bulk crys- vances and hardware development and testing. lustrations and expanded and [..] tal properties, including magnetic ordering and crys- tal structure optimization. The [..] Fields of interest Features Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Physics and Dispels the "black magic" of well log interpretation Features Applied Physics in Engineering Thorough exposé of the physical basis of geophys- Comprehensive treatment of quantum chemistry of ical measurements in wells Introduction to practi- solids exceeding the scope of already existing books Target groups Appeals also to materials scientists Program managers, practicing engineers, academi- cal petrophysics - extracting desired properties from well log measurements Problems for students Com- cians, graduate students, system designers, and re- Contents bines a detailed review of the physics of measure- searchers interested in the fields of space technology From the contents Introduction.- Part 1 Theory: ments with an extensive introduction to their inter- and space science Symmetry of Periodic Solids. LCAO Hartree-Fock pretation and Density Functional Methods.- Space groups and Type of publication crystal structure. Irreducible representations of space Proceedings Contents Preface.- 1. An overview of Well Logging.- 2. Intro- groups.- Site symmetry and induced representations duction to Well Log Interpretation.- 3. Basic Resis- of point and space groups.- Use of the space symme- Due March 2007 tivity and Spontaneous Potential.- 4. Empiricism: try groups in LCAO methods.- One electron and one The Cornerstone of Interpretation.- 5. Resistivity: determinant approximations for crystals.- Hartree- 2007. Approx. 1254 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 880) Electrode Devices and How They Evolved.- 6. Other Fock-Roothaan (LCAO) method for periodic solids.- Hardcover Electrode and Toroid Devices.- 7. Resistivity: Induc- DFT LCAO methods for periodic solids.- Part 2 Ap- tion Devices.- 8. 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V. Eyert, University of Augsburg, Germany L.D. Faddeev, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Rus- B. Falkenburg, University of Dortmund, Germany sia; L. Takhtajan, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA The Augmented Spherical Wave Particle Metaphysics

Method Hamiltonian Methods in the Theory A Critical Account of Subatomic Reality A Comprehensive Treatment of Solitons

The empirical successes of atomic, nuclear, and par- ticle physics have not reduced -- and may never ful- The Augmented Spherical Wave (ASW) method is The main characteristic of this now classic exposi- ly resolve -- the philosophical controversies about one of the most powerful approaches for handling tion of the inverse scattering method and its applica- the inner constitution of matter. This book examines the requirements of finite basis sets in DFT calcula- tions to soliton theory is its consistent Hamiltonian these debates by exploring the particle concept in tions. While it is particularly suited for the calcula- approach to the theory. The nonlinear Schrödinger physics. Are the particles of modern physics "real" or tion of the electronic, magnetic, and optical prop- equation, rather than the (more usual) KdV equa- are they fictitious entities, their existence de- erties of solid-state materials, recent developments tion, is considered as a main example. The inves- duced merely by the careless application of abstract allow application, in addition, to the elastic prop- tigation of this equation forms the first part of the theories? Or are the philosophers involved in the de- erties and phonon spectra. The book addresses all book. The second part is devoted to such fundamen- bate about "scientific realism" dedicating themselves those who want to learn about methods for electron- tal models as the sine-Gordon equation, Heisenberg to a problem that has long been solved by physicists? ic structure calculations and the ASW method, in equation, Toda lattice, etc, the classification of in- Studies of the experimental basis and theoretical rel- particular. tegrable models and the methods for constructing evance of the particle concept reveal that these ques- their solutions. Contents tions are far from easy to answer, because, since the Introduction.- The Standard ASW Method.- Enve- Contents introduction of quantum theory, physical science no lope Functions and Structure Constants.- The Plane- Introduction.- The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation longer possesses a single unambiguous particle con- Wave Based Full-Potential ASW Method.- Details of (NS Model): Zero Curvature Representation. The cept. All those interested in the "true meaning" of the Standard ASW Method.- Details of the Envelope Riemann Problem. The Hamiltonian Formulation.- such physical concepts will find this book informa- Functions.- Details of the Plane-Wave Based Full- General Theory of Integrable Evolution Equations: tive and thought provoking. It is written at a level ac- Potential ASW Method.- Brillouin Integration.- In- Basic Examples and Their General Properties. Fun- cessible to [..] dex. damental Continuous Models. Fundamental Models Features on the Lattice. Lie-Algebraic Approach to the Classi- A unique publication that attempts to answer the Fields of interest fication and Analysis of Integrable Models.- Conclu- questions: Are the particles of particle physics real? If Condensed Matter; Numerical and Computational sion.- List of Symbols.- Index. Methods; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry so, in what sense? Fields of interest Contents Target groups Mathematical and Computational Physics; Partial Scientific Realism.- Extending Physical Reality.- Par- Graduate students, lecturers, researchers Differential Equations; Integral Equations; Global ticle Observation and Measurement.- Probing Sub- Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds Type of publication atomic Structure.- Measurement and the Unity of Monograph Target groups Physics.- Metamorphoses of the Particle Concept.- Researchers and graduate students in mathematical Wave-Particle Duality.- Appendices Due July 2007 and theoretical physics Fields of interest Type of publication Elementary Particles and Nuclei; Philosophy; Quan- 2007. X, 320 p. Also available online. (Lecture Notes in Physics, tum Physics Vol. 719) Hardcover Monograph Target groups 69,95 € Due May 2007 Scientists, Philosophers ISBN 978-3-540-71006-6

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J.L. Feng, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA (Ed.) R. Ferraro, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina J. Ferreira, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France; C. Douga- dos, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France; E. Whelan, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland (Eds.) SUSY06 Einstein's Space-Time

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This is a textbook addressed to students in Physics The SUSY conferences are the premier annual inter- and other people interested in Relativity and History national meetings devoted to new ideas and results of Physics. The book contains a complete account of This volume contains the edited lecture notes of the in theoretical particle physics, experimental particle Special Relativity that begins with the historical anal- First JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars: Mod- physics, and cosmology. SUSY06 took place just be- ysis of the reasons that led to a change in our man- els and Constraints, held by the Marie Curie Re- fore the start of the Large Hadron Collider widely ner of regarding the space and time. The first chap- search and Training Network on JET Simulations, anticipated to yield profound new results, and pro- ters are aimed to afford a deep understanding of the Experiments and Theory. At this school the lectur- vided a focus for the growing excitement in high en- relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dy- ers gave an introduction to observational proper- ergy physics through over 250 plenary and parallel namics. The chapter about covariant formulation in- ties and basic models describing the launching and talks. cludes the concepts of volume and hypersurfaces in collimation mechanisms of jets. The first half of the manifolds, energy-momentum tensor of a fluid, etc., book is devoted to general observational constraints, Fields of interest and prepares the language for General Relativity. The covering the outflow phenomenon in young stars, Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; last two chapters are devoted to introduce Gener- the identification of magneto-centrifugal process- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astron- al Relativity and Cosmology in a modern approach es as the main jet driving mechanism, and the mag- omy; Astrophysics; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, connected with the latest discoveries in these areas. netic interaction between the star and its accretion Hadrons disc. The second half of the book is devoted to the- Features oretical knowledge of magneto-hydrodynamic pro- Target groups This book is unique from its competitors because in cesses pertinent to the jet launching mechanism in Professors, researchers, high energy physics labora- addition to standard coverage of special and gener- young stars. This comprises a general introduction tory scientists, postdoctoral researchers; graduate al relativity, it also offers information in a historical to magneto-hydrodynamics, a description of the role students working in the areas of theoretical particle context Original Spanish-language book, published of MHD processes in Standard Accretion Discs, and physics, experimental physics, cosmology in 2005, reached #1 in Argentina and the author is the physics of steady state MHD outflows, from the very well-known among members of the General basic [..] Type of publication Relativity community Proceedings Features Contents Introduction to Astrophysics of Jets from young stars Due June 2007 Preface.- Space and Time Before Einstein.- Searching for advanced graduate, PhD students First of a series for the Ether.- Space and Time in Special Relativity.- of 6 volumes forming a comprehensive account of Jets from young stars 2007. XVII, 724 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 903) Hard- Geometric Structure of Spacetime.- Transformation cover of the Electromagnetic Field.- Energy and Momen- tum.- Covariant Formulation.- Inertia and Grav- Contents 226,40 € itation.- Results of General Relativity.- Appendix: Part I Observational Constraints.- The First Three ISBN 978-0-7354-0410-6 The Euler-Lagrange Equation; The Action Function- Million Years.- Jets From Young Stars: The Need al; The Metric Energy-Momentum Tensor; Gauge for MHD Collimation and Acceleration Processes.- Transformations and Source Conservation; Killing Star-Disk Interaction in Classical T Tauri Stars.- Part Vectors and Energy-Momentum Conservation.- Bib- II Magneto-Hydrodynamic Models.- Introduction liography.- References.- Index. to Magneto-HydroDynamics.- Theory and Models of Standard Accretion Disks.- Theory of MHD Jets Fields of interest and Outflows.- Transit Flows and Jet Asymptotics.- Relativity and Cosmology; Astronomy, Astrophysics MHD Disc Winds.- Stellar Wind Models.- List of and Cosmology; Astrophysics; History of Physics School Participants.- Index.

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F. Figueras, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain; J.M. Girart, Insti- A.C. Fischer-Cripps, Fischer-Cripps Laboratories Pty Ltd., K.E. Fishbaugh, ISSI, Bern, Switzerland; D.J. Des Marais, NASA tut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Spain; M. Hernanz, Institut Forestville, NSW, Austrailia Ames Research Center, CA, USA; O. Korablev, Russian Space Re- d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Spain; C. Jordi (Eds.) search Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia; P. Lognonné, IPGP, Paris, France; F. Raulin, LISA, UMR, CNRS, Cedex France (Eds.) Introduction to Contact Mechanics Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics IV Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets Proceedings of the VII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astro- Introduction to Contact Mechanics, Second Edition nomical Society (SEA) held in Barcelona, Spain, September is a gentle introduction to the mechanics of solid 12-15, 2006 bodies in contact for graduate students, post doctoral individuals, and the beginning researcher. This sec- Given the fundamental importance of and universal ond edition maintains the introductory character of interest in whether extraterrestrial life has developed the first with a focus on materials science as distinct or could eventually develop in our solar system and This volume documents the contributions present- from straight solid mechanics theory. Every chap- beyond, it is vital that an examination of planetary ed at the Seventh Scientific Meeting of the Span- ter has been updated to make the book easier to read habitability go beyond simple assumptions such as, ish Astronomical Society (Sociedad Española de and more informative. A new chapter on depth sens- "Where there is water, there is life". This book has re- Astronomía, SEA). The event bought together 301 ing indentation has been added, and the contents of sulted from a workshop at the International Space participants who presented 161 contributed talks the other chapters have been completely overhauled Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland which and 120 posters, the greatest numbers up to now. with added figures, formulae and explanations. The brought together planetary geologists, geophysicists, The fact that most exciting items of the current as- author begins with an introduction to the mechani- atmospheric scientists and biologists to discuss the tronomical research were addressed in the meeting cal properties of materials, general mechan- multi-faceted problem of how the habitability of a proofs the good health of the SEA, a consolidated or- ics and the fracture of brittle solids. This is followed planet co-evolves with the geology of the surface and ganization founded fifteen years ago in Barcelona. by a detailed description of indentation stress fields interior, the atmosphere, and the magnetosphere. Two plenary sessions of the meeting were devoted for both elastic and elastic-plastic contact. The dis- Each of the six chapters have been written by authors to the approved entrance of Spain as a full member cussion then turns to the formation of Hertzian cone with a range of expertise so that each chapter is itself of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and to cracks in brittle materials, subsurface damage in duc- multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, and accessible to the imminent first light of the greatest telescope in tile materials, and [..] scientists in all disciplines. These chapters delve into the world, the GTC (Gran Telescopio de Canarias), what life needs to exist and ultimately to thrive, the milestones that will certainly lead the Spanish As- Features early environments of the young terrestrial planets, tronomy in the next future. Includes a detailed description of indentation stress the [..] fields for both elastic and elastic-plastic contact Dis- Fields of interest cusses practical methods of indentation testing Sup- Features Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology ported by the results of indentation experiments un- Presents the combined scientific expertise of re- Type of publication der controlled conditions searchers studying the conditions of life on other Contributed volume planets Contents Mechanical Properties of Materials.- Linear Elas- Contents Due July 2007 tic .- Delayed Fracture in Brit- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Habitability.- Fun- tle Solids.- Statistics of Brittle Fracture.- Elastic In- damental Requirements for Life.- Emergence of 2007. XX,367p. With CD-ROM. 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M.E. Flatté, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; I. Tifrea, Babes- M.E. Flatté, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; I. Tifrea, Babes- R. Franklin, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania (Eds.) Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania (Eds.) USA; A. Mills, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA (Eds.)

Manipulating Quantum Coherence Manipulating Quantum Coherence The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in Solid State Systems in Solid State Systems in the Environment

The NATO Advanced Study Institute “Manipulat- The NATO Advanced Study Institute "Manipulat- ing Quantum Coherence in Solid State Systems”, ing Quantum Coherence in Solid State Systems", Features in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 29-September 9, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 29-September 9, Attempts to address issues of scale of microbes jux- 2005, presented a fundamental introduction to sol- 2005, presented a fundamental introduction to sol- taposed with the footprint of their activities on the id-state approaches to achieving quantum computa- id-state approaches to achieving quantum computa- landscape Includes discussion of fungi in soils and tion. This proceedings volume describes the proper- tion. This proceedings volume describes the proper- planktonic microorganisms in water in an attempt to ties of quantum coherence in semiconductor spin- ties of quantum coherence in semiconductor spin- reconcile differences in scale of those organisms to based systems and the behavior of quantum coher- based systems and the behavior of quantum coher- their activity footprint Provides a primer on quanti- ence in superconducting systems. Semiconductor ence in superconducting systems. Semiconductor tative methods used to evaluate scale issues and dis- spin-based approaches to quantum computation spin-based approaches to quantum computation tributions in an effort to allow readers to [..] have made tremendous advances in the past sever- have made tremendous advances in the past sever- al years. Coherent populations of spins can be ori- al years. Coherent populations of spins can be ori- Contents ented, manipulated and detected experimentally. ented, manipulated and detected experimentally. Contributing Authors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Rapid progress has been made towards performing Rapid progress has been made towards performing Introduction; Franklin, R.B., Mills, A.L. Statistical the same tasks on individual spins (nuclear, ionic, the same tasks on individual spins (nuclear, ionic, Analysis of Spatial Structure in Microbial Communi- or electronic) with all-electrical means. Supercon- or electronic) with all-electrical means. Supercon- ties; Franklin, R.B., Mills, A.L. Bacterial Interactions ducting approaches to quantum computation have ducting approaches to quantum computation have at the Microscale - Linking Habitat to Function In demonstrated single qubits based on charge eigen- demonstrated single qubits based on charge eigen- Soil; Nunan N., Young, I.M, Crawford, J.W., Ritz, states as well as flux eigenstates. These topics have states as well as flux eigenstates. These topics have K. Spatial Distribution of Bacteria at the Microscale been presented in a pedagogical fashion by leading been presented in a pedagogical fashion by leading In Soil; Dechesne, A., Pallud, C., Grundmann, G.L. researchers in the fields of [..] researchers in the fields of [..] Analysis Of Spatial Patterns Of Rhizoplane Colo- nization; Knudsen, G.R., Dandurand, L.-M. Micro- Features Features bial Distributions And Their Potential Controlling Presents both semiconducting and superconduct- Presents both semiconducting and superconduct- Factors In Terrestrial [..] ing approaches to manipulating quantum coherence ing approaches to manipulating quantum coherence in same book Emphasizes the material and physical in same book Emphasizes the material and physical Fields of interest properties of semiconductors and superconductors properties of semiconductors and superconductors Microbial Ecology; Statistics for Engineering, relevant for their application to quantum coherence relevant for their application to quantum coherence Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geo- manipulation Consolidates state of the art informa- manipulation Consolidates state-of-the-art informa- sciences; Biogeosciences tion in this area only otherwise available in journal tion in this area only otherwise available in journal Target groups articles articles Graduate students and scientists in the area of mi- Contents Contents crobial ecology, active investigators in general ecol- From the contents Preface. List of Participants. Semi- From the contents Preface. List of Participants. Semi- ogy who are interested in biogeochemical process- conductor Spintronics for Quantum Computation.- conductor Spintronics for Quantum Computation.- es, microbiologists who are just beginning to consid- Many-body effects in spin-polarized transport.- Nu- Many-body effects in spin-polarized transport.- Nu- er the environmental distribution of populations or clear spin dynamics in semiconductor nanostruc- clear spin dynamics in semiconductor nanostruc- communities of newly discovered organisms tures.- Spin Coherence in Semiconductors.- Quan- tures.-Spin Coherence in Semiconductors.- Quan- Type of publication tum computing with superconductors I: Architec- tum computing with superconductors I: Architec- Contributed volume tures.- Superconducting qubits II: Decoherence.- In- tures.- Superconducting qubits II: Decoherence.- In- dex. dex. 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F. Franks, BioUpdate Foundation, UK H. Fuess, Darmstadt University of Technology, Institute of Ma- terials Science, Structure Research, Germany; T. Hahn, Institut 2007. eReference. (8-volume-set). (International Tables for Crys- für Kristallographie, RWTH Aachen, Germany; H. Wondratschek, tallography, Vol. A-G) Freeze-Drying of Pharmaceuticals Institut fur Kristallographie, Karlsruhe, Germany; U. Müller, and Biopharmaceuticals: Principles Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany; U. Shmueli, School of 1.600,00 € Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel; E. Prince, NIST Center for ISBN 978-1-4020-5259-0 and Practice Neutron Research, National Institutes of Standards and Technol- ogy, Gaithersburg, USA; A. Authier, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; V. Kopský, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, and Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the This book describes the technology of freeze-dry- Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic; D.B. Litvin, Dept. of Physics, Penn State, Reading, PA, USA; M.G. Rossmann, Dept. of ing with particular emphasis on the properties of the Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; material to be processed, pre-freezing (formulation) E. Arnold, Biomolecular Crystallography Laboratory, CABM & Rut- and post-drying (stability and shelf life). Materials gers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA; S. Hall, University of West- science principles of , as applied to the study ern Australia, WA, Australia; B. McMahon, International Union of of dried, mainly protein-based biopharmaceuticals Crystallography, Chester, UK (Eds.) and analytical methods are also covered. Complete Online Set of Features First single-author publication, centred mainly on International Tables for the properties of the materials to be processed, stored Crystallography and marketed Aims to take away the mystique which is still surrounding the technology and points the way to "Stability by Design" "Real Life" cases from the author's archives will be presented and analysed as The International Tables for Crystallography are will dos and don'ts in process and product develop- jointly published with the International Union ment of Crystallography. Each print volume can be pur- chased individually. In addition the complete set of Contents Vol A-G is available both in print and online (see Historical Background.- The Process Sequence in right hand column). International Tables for Crys- Summary.- Essential Product and Process Param- tallography is the definitive resource and reference eters.- Essential Physics of Low Temperature and work for crystallography. Each volume in the series Freezing.- Essential Chemistry and Biochemistry as- contains articles and tables of data relevant to crys- sociated with low temperature and freezing.- Physi- tallographic research and to applications of crystal- cal properties of crystalline and amorphous solids.- lographic methods in all sciences concerned with Excipients: their role in rational formulation design.- the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis Primary Drying - the Sublimation of Ice.- Secondary is given to symmetry, diffraction methods and tech- Drying.- Some Practical Aspects - Economics and niques of crystal structure determination, and the Engineering.- The Dried Product.- Case Histories.- physical and chemical properties of crystals. The da- Beyond Freeze-drying.- Acknowledgements.- Bibli- ta are accompanied by discussions of theory, practi- ography. cal explanations and examples, all of which are use- ful for teaching. International Tables for Crystallog- Fields of interest raphy Online provides the full set of all the Volumes Physical Chemistry; Crystallography; Medicinal A to G including A1 (6000 pages) in [..] Chemistry; Biochemistry, general Features Target groups Information from 8 different volumes in one very Consultants, government agencies, industrials convenient online source

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M. Fujimoto, University of Guelph, ON, Canada T. Fukuda, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; V.I. Chani, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Eds.) Physics of Classical Electromagnetism Shaped Crystals Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique

The classical electromagnetism described by the Maxwell equations constitutes a fundamental law in This volume presents an overview of the growth of contemporary physics. With the advent of sophis- shaped crystals (oxides, fluorides, etc.) by the mi- ticated new materials, the principles are still active cro-pulling-down technique. Both melt and solution in various applied areas in today’s advanced com- (flux) growth are considered. The advantages and munication technologies. Referring to modern ma- disadvantages of the method are discussed in detail terials, this book is written with concise introducto- and compared with related crystal-growth processes. ry arguments for the physics of electromagnetism, The authors attempt to give a practical introduction covering basic topics including the nature of space- to this technique, thereby also explaining how its ap- time-dependent radiations in modern applications. plication can help to solve problems commonly en- However, noted that the classical concept fails gen- countered in other melt-growth methods. Currently erally at optical frequencies, the limit is a significant the micro-pulling-down technique is applicable to obstacle for further technical developments. Follow- the growth of crystals up to 1 m long with cross-sec- ing basic discussions of electromagnetism in a mod- tion ranging from 0.05 to 10 mm. This book repre- ernized approach, this book provides readers with sents a valuable resource for researchers, industrial an overview of current problems in high-frequency engineers, teachers, and students involved in materi- physics. Although written primarily for students of als science, crystal growth, physics, chemistry, optics physics and engineering at undergraduate levels, this and electronics. book should serve as a useful reference for graduate students and researchers as well. The [..] Features Presents a new tecchnique of growing small shaped Features crystals Integrates the basic physical and chemical Written with concise introductory arguments for the aspects with the manufacturing technology Useful to physics of electromagnetism, this book covers basic material scientists and practicioners topics including the nature of space-time-dependent radiations in modern applications In addition to be- Contents ing appropriate for undergraduates, this book serves Introduction.- Micro-Pulling-Down (µ-PD) and Re- as a useful reference for graduate students and re- lated Growth Methods.- Basics of µ-PD Method.- searchers as well Unique because unlike other books Equipment Configuration.- Growth Phenomena and on the subject which focus on mathematical [..] Crystal Chemistry.- Modification and Evolution of µ-PD Method.- Growth and Characterization of Ox- Contents ide µ-PD Crystals I.- Growth and Characterization of Preliminaries.- Currents and Voltages.- Part One: Oxide µ-PD Crystals II.- Growth and Characteriza- Electrostatics: Static Force and Induction in Uniform tion of Non-Oxide µ-PD Crystals Electric Fields.- The Gauss Theorem and Insula- tors.- Potentials and Boundary Conditions.- Electric Fields of interest Dipole and Quadrupole Potentials.- Part Two: Elec- Optical and Electronic Materials; Condensed Matter; tromagnetism: Magnetic Fields of Magnets and Elec- Physical Chemistry; Physics and Applied Physics in tric Currents.- Electromagnetic Induction.- Vector Engineering and Scalar Potentials.- Some Soluble Problems.- In- ductances and Magnetic Energies.- Oscillations and Target groups Alternating Currents.- Part Three: Maxwell’s Equa- Scientists, engineers, graduate students tions and Electromagnetic Waves: High-Frequency Type of publication Transmission.- The Maxwell Equations and [..] Monograph Fields of interest Classical Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena; Elec- Due June 2007 tromagnetism, Optics and Lasers; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Mathematical 2007. XV, 341 p. 254 illus. (Advances in Materials Research, Vol. Methods in Physics; Microwaves, RF and Optical En- 8) Hardcover gineering 129,95 € Target groups ISBN 978-3-540-71294-7 Scientists and researchers in the fields of Classical Electrodynamics, Electromagnetism, Optics, and Lasers

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2007. XII, 325 p. Hardcover

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P.L. Garrido, University of Granada,Spain; J. Marro, University of P. Gasparini, University of Napoli, Italy; G. Manfredi, University G. Genta, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Granada, Spain; J.J. Torres, University of Granada, Spain (Eds.) of Napoli, Italy; J. Zschau, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Ger- many (Eds.) Lonely Minds in the Universe Cooperative Behavior in Neural Systems Earthquake Early Warning Systems

Ninth Granada Lectures The possibility that humans are not alone in the Uni- verse and might in the future come in close contact During the past few decades of the 20th and the first with other intelligences is one of the most intrigu- years of the present Century, economic losses and ing questions of human history and has deep impli- All papers have been peer reviewed. This volume human casualties due to natural disasters increased cations for our understanding of the Universe and originated at the 9th Granada Seminar, which was exponentially on our planet, mainly because of the ourselves. In this book the subject is dealt with in an held at the "Facultad de Ciencias" of the University increased density of population and industry in high interdisciplinary way, giving the scientific and tech- of Granada, Spain, September 11-15, 2006, and con- hazard areas. Although the prediction of earthquakes nological implications, discussing the philosophical tains the main lectures as well as a selection of con- is not practicable yet, the present technology allows and religious connotations and rebuffing the pseu- tributed papers presented at the conference. This is a prompt identification of the onset of any danger- do-scientific statements. Based on our current scien- the ninth Volume of a series of Granada Lectures. ous seismic event before it hits an urban area. Hence tific understanding of the Universe, the possibility of One interesting aspect of this meeting is the oppor- early warning- and rapid disaster information sys- extraterrestrial life is discussed, summarizing cosmic, tunity given to the young scientists to present their tems are becoming important means for strength- chemical and biological evolution. What we now results and to discuss their problems with leading ening the resilience of our society against the nega- know of the Universe suggests that life is common specialists. The 9th Granada Seminar covered the tive consequences of extreme seismic events. Earth- and extraterrestrial intelligent life is a possibility. The computational and mathematical modeling of co- quake early warning can provide an alert within a problem of searching for extraterrestrial intelligent operative behavior in neural systems. Each topic is few tens of seconds in advance. This small lead time beings is often reduced to radiotelescope technology comprehensively described, and some practical ex- may be used to minimize property damage and loss or the possibility of decoding a possible message. In ercises are proposed. The "Granada Lectures" are a of lives in metropolitan areas and to aid emergency many cases the idea of ETIs is loaded with anthropo- series of books that help introduce the beginner to response. The book provides information on the ma- morphism. The [..] novel advances in statistical physics and to the cre- jor EEW systems in operation and on the state of the ative use of computers in scientific research, as well art of the different blocks forming an [..] Features as to serve as a work of reference for teachers, stu- Discusses the possibility that other intelligent beings dents, and researchers. Contents exist in the Universe whom we can contact through 1 Real-time Earthquake Damage Mitigation Mea- either radio communications or space travel Looks at Fields of interest sures.- 2 Can Earthquake Size be Controlled by the mankind’s perspective of its place in the Universe In Mathematical and Computational Physics; Statisti- Initial Seconds of Rupture?.- 3 The ElarmS Earth- addition to the scientific and technical implications, cal Physics; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Bio- quake Early Warning Methodology and Application looks at the philosophical and religious implications physics across California.- 4 Real-time Estimation of Earth- of extraterrestrial intelligence Looks at the possibility quake Magnitude for Seismic Early Warning.- 5 A of extraterrestrial life from our [..] Target groups New Approach to Earthquake Early Warning.- 6 Teachers, students, and researchers in physics, bio- Optimal, Real-time Earthquake Location for Early Contents physics and quantitative neurobiology, statistical Warning.- 7 The Virtual Seismologist (VS) Method: The historical and philosophical perspectives.- The physics, theoretical and computational neuroscience a Bayesian Approach to Earthquake Early Warn- religious perspective.- The bio-astronomical perspec- ing.- 8 A Strong Motion Attenuation Relation for tive.- The search for extraterrestrial intelligence.- Type of publication Early-warning Application in the Campania Region The search for extraterrestrial stupidity.- The possi- Proceedings (Southern [..] bility of contact.- Epilogue.- Appendix.

Due April 2007 Fields of interest Fields of interest Geophysics/Geodesy; Landscape/Regional and Mu- Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy; Astrobi- nicipal Planning; Geotechnical Engineering ology; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences 2007. IX, 268 p. (Mathematical and Statistical Phsyics, Vol. 887) Hardcover Target groups Target groups 84,70 € Academics, scientists and researchers Space and popular science enthusiasts ISBN 978-0-7354-0390-1 Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Popular science

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J.D. Gillaspy, National Institute of Standards and Technology, N.K. Glendenning, Laurence Berkeley National Institute, Berkeley, O. Gron, Oslo Engineering College, Oslo, Norway; S. Hervik, Dal- Gaithersburg, MD, USA; J.J. Curry, National Institute of Standards CA, USA housie University, Halifax, NS, Canada and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA; W.L. Wiese, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA (Eds.) Special and General Relativity Einstein's General Theory of

With Applications to White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Relativity Atomic Processes in Plasmas Holes With Modern Applications in Cosmology The 15th International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas Special and General Relativity are concisely devel- The book introduces the general theory of relativi- oped together with essential aspects of nuclear and ty and includes applications to cosmology.  particle physics. Problem sets are provided for many All papers have been peer-reviewed. This volume re- The book contains a thorough introduction to chapters, making the book ideal for a course on the ports the latest work of 37 leading researchers invit- tensor calculus and curved manifolds.  Af- physics of white dwarf and neutron star interiors. ed to speak at the 15th International Conference on ter the necessary mathematical tools are intro- Atomic Processes in Plasmas. The topics span 11 or- Contents duced, we give a thorough presentation of the the- ders of magnitude of temperature (from laser-cooled Introduction.- Special Relativity.- General Relativ- ory of relativity.  Also, some advanced top- particles to fusion reactors) and 25 orders of magni- ity.- Compact Stars: From Dwarfs to Black Holes.- ics not previously covered by textbooks; e.g. Kaluza- tude of length scale (from nanolithography to astro- Cosmology.- References.- Index. Klein theory, Israel's formalism and branes.  physics). Topics discussed include: Plasmas, Atomic Anisotropic cosmological models are also included. Physics, High Energy Density Physics (HEDP), Mag- Fields of interest The book contains a large number of new exercises netic Fusion, Astrophysics, Lighting, Extreme Ultra- Relativity and Cosmology; Astrophysics; Astronomy, and examples, each with separate headings.  violet (EUV) Lithography, Laser Produced Plasmas, Astrophysics and Cosmology The reader will get an updated introduction to gen- Electron Beam Ion Traps (EBIT), Highly Charged eral relativity including the most recent develop- Ions, Atomic Data, Plasma Modeling, Plasma-Sol- Target groups ments in cosmology. id Interactions, Fourth Generation Light Sources Advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate (LCLS, XFEL), Plasma Diagnostics, Atomic Spec- students in physics Features troscopy. The book has over 200 pages with modern applica- Type of publication tions of the theory mostly in cosmology Several of Fields of interest Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook these topics have been developed recently and are Astrophysics; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, not present in other textbooks Standard model of Plasma Physics Due May 2007 cosmology discussed in detail as well as alternatives to the standard FRW cosmology Modern powerful Target groups techniques and tools some of which are indespensi- 2007. XII, 224 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) Hardcover PhD scientists and graduate students at national ble for the modern researcher discussed Techniques laboratories, universities, and industry working in 69,95 € then used on [..] Atomic Physics, Plasma Diagnostics, and Astrophys- ISBN 978-0-387-47106-8 ical Modeling Contents Newtonian Physics and Special Relativity.- Relativ- Type of publication ity Principals and Gravitation.- The Special Theory Proceedings of Relativity.- The Mathematics of the General The- ory of Relativity.- Vectors, Tensors, and Forms.- Ba- Due September 2007 sis Vector Fields and Metric Tensor.- Non-inertial Reference Frames.- Differentiation, Connections and Integration.- Curvature.- Einstein's Field Equations.- 2007. 328 p. With CD-ROM. (Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics, Vol. 926) Hardcover Einstein's Field Equations.- The Linear Field Ap- proximation.- The Schwarzschild Solution and Black 114,75 € Holes.- Cosmology.- Homogeneous and Isotropic ISBN 978-0-7354-0436-6 Universe Models.- Universe Models with Vacuum Energy.- An Anisotropic Universe.- [..]

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2007. XX, 538 p. Hardcover

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D. Gubbins, University of Leeds, UK; E. Herrero-Bervera, Universi- D. Gubbins, University of Leeds, UK; E. Herrero-Bervera, Universi- R.R. Gupta, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India; M. Jain, Malaviya ty of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA (Eds.) ty of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA (Eds.) National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India; M.D. Lechner, Uni- versity of Osnarbrück, Germany; B.M. Mikhova, Bulgarian Acade- my of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Paleomagnetism Heterocycles

Understanding the process underlying the origin of Understanding the process underlying the origin of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is based on the Earth magnetic field is one of the greatest challenges Earth magnetic field is one of the greatest challenges fact that certain nuclei exhibit a magnetic moment, left to classical Physics. Geomagnetism, being the left to classical Physics. Geomagnetism, being the orient by a magnetic field, and absorb characteristic oldest Earth science, studies the Earth’s magnetic oldest Earth science, studies the Earth’s magnetic frequencies in the radiofrequency part of the spec- field in its broadest sense. The magnetic record left field in its broadest sense. The magnetic record left trum. The spectral lines of the nuclei are highly influ- in rocks is studied in Paleomagnetism. Both fields in rocks is studied in Paleomagnetism. Both fields enced by the chemical environment i.e. the structure have applications, pure and applied: in navigation, have applications, pure and applied: in navigation, and interaction of the molecules. NMR is now the in the search for minerals and hydrocarbons, in dat- in the search for minerals and hydrocarbons, in dat- leading technique and a powerful tool for the investi- ing rock sequences, and in unraveling past geolog- ing rock sequences, and in unraveling past geolog- gation of the structure and interaction of molecules. ic movements such as plate motions they have con- ic movements such as plate motions they have con- The present Landolt-Börnstein volume III/35 Nucle- tributed to a better understanding of the Earth. Con- tributed to a better understanding of the Earth. Con- ar Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Data is therefore of sisting of more than 300 articles written by ca 200 sisting of more than 300 articles written by ca 200 major interest to all scientists and engineers who in- leading experts, this authoritative reference encom- leading experts, this authoritative reference encom- tend to use NMR to study the structure and the bind- passes the entire fields of Geomagnetism and Pale- passes the entire fields of Geomagnetism and Pale- ing of molecules. Volume III/35 ''NMR-Data'' is di- omagnetism in a single volume. It describes in fine omagnetism in a single volume. It describes in fine vided into several subvolumes and parts. Subvolume detail at an assessable level the state of the current detail at an assessable level the state of the current III/35A contains the nuclei B-11 and P-31, subvol- knowledge and provides an up-to-date synthesis of knowledge and provides an up-to-date synthesis of ume III/35B contains the nuclei F-19 and N-15, sub- the most basic concepts. As such, it will be an indis- the most basic concepts. As such, it will be an indis- volume III/35C contains the nucleus H-1, subvol- pensable working tool not only for geophysicists and pensable working tool not only for geophysicists and ume III/35D contains the nucleus C-13, subvolume geophysics students but also [..] geophysics students but also [..] III/35E contains the nucleus O-17, and [..]

Features Features Features -More than 300 entries by some 200 of the foremost -More than 300 entries by some 200 of the foremost Standard reference book with selected and easily re- experts from all over the world -Up-to-date and experts from all over the world -Up-to-date and trievable data from the fields of physics and chem- comprehensive. The first single encyclopedia to cov- comprehensive. The first single encyclopedia to cov- istry collected by acknowledged international scien- er the combined fields of Geomagnetism and Pa- er the combined fields of Geomagnetism and Pa- tists Also available online in www.springerLink.com leomagnetism -Individual entries range in length leomagnetism -Individual entries range in length http://www.springerlink.com/book-se- from 500 to 12000 words -Draws together a unique from 500 to 12000 words -Draws together a unique ries/?sw=landolt http://www.landolt-boernstein.com overview of world wide geomagnetic observatories overview of world wide geomagnetic observatories -Includes numerous illustrations and a 16 page full -Includes numerous illustrations and a 16 page full Contents color [..] color [..] Magnetic properties of nuclei - Spinning nuclei in magnetic fields - Theory of nuclear resonance Contents Fields of interest - Chemical shift - Coupling constant - Carbon-13 Aeromagnetic surveying.- Agricola, Georgius (1494– Geophysics/Geodesy; Geology; Statistics for Engi- NMR of heterocycles – Introduction - Chemical 1555).- Alfvén waves.- Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta neering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & shifts and coupling constants for Carbon-13. (1908–1995).- Alfvén's theorem and the frozen flux Geosciences; Mineralogy; Math. Applications in approximation.- Anelastic and Boussinesq approx- Geosciences Fields of interest imations.- Anisotropy, electrical.- Anti-dynamo Landolt-Börnstein; Solid State Physics and Spec- and bounding theorems.- Archaeology, magnet- Target groups troscopy ic methods.- Archaeomagnetism.- Auroral oval.- Faculty and students in geophysics, geology, physics, Baked contact test.- Bangui anomaly.- Barlow, Peter atmospheric science, environmental science, engi- Target groups (1776–1862).- Bartels, Julius (1899–1964).- Bauer, neering, mathematics, and biology Science and engineers in the fields of physics, chem- Louis Agricola (1865–1932).- Bemmelen, Willem istry and physical chemistry who inted to use NMR van (1868–1941).- Benton, Edward R. (1934–1992).- Type of publication to study the structure and the binding of molecules Bingham statistics.- Biomagnetism.- Blackett, Patrick Encyclop(a)edia [..] Type of publication Due July 2007 Reference work Fields of interest Geophysics/Geodesy; Geology; Statistics for Engi- 2007. eReference. (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series) Due April 2007 neering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences; Mineralogy; Math. Applications in 399,00 € 2007. VII, 342 p. (NMR Data for Carbon-13, Part 3) Hardcover Geosciences ISBN 978-1-4020-4423-6 4.190,00 € Target groups ISBN 978-3-540-29731-4 Faculty and students in geophysics, geology, physics, atmospheric science, environmental science, engi- neering, mathematics, and biology

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2007. XXVI, 1054 p. (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series) Hard- cover

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G. Gutin, University of London, UK; A.P. Punnen, University of A.M. Guénault, Lancaster University, UK P. Günter, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzer- New Brunswick, St. John, NB, Canada (Eds.) land; J.-P. Huignard, Thaler Research and Technology France, Palaiseau, France (Eds.) Statistical Physics The Traveling Salesman Problem and Its Variations Photorefractive Materials and Their Applications 3 In this revised and enlarged second edition of an es- tablished text Tony Guénault provides a clear and re- Applications This volume, which contains chapters written by freshingly readable introduction to statistical physics, reputable researchers, provides the state of the art an essential component of any first degree in physics. in theory and algorithms for the traveling salesman The treatment itself is self-contained and concen- This is the third and final volume of a three vol- problem (TSP). The book covers all important ar- trates on an understanding of the physical ideas, umes book series devoted to photorefractive ef- eas of study on TSP, including polyhedral theory for without requiring a high level of mathematical so- fects, photorefractive materials and their applica- symmetric and asymmetric TSP, branch and bound, phistication. A straightforward quantum approach to tions. Since the publication of our first two Springer and branch and cut algorithms, probabilistic aspects statistical averaging is adopted from the outset (easi- books on "Photorefractive Materials and Their of TSP, thorough computational analysis of heuris- er, the author believes, than the classical approach). Applications" (Topics in Applied Physics, Vols 61 tic and metaheuristic algorithms, theoretical analysis The initial part of the book is geared towards ex- and 62) almost 20 years ago a lot of research has been of approximation algorithms, including the emerg- plaining the equilibrium properties of a simple iso- done in this area. New and often unexpected effects ing area of domination analysis of algorithms, dis- lated assembly of particles. Thus, several important have been discovered, theoretical models developed, cussion of TSP software and variations of TSP such topics, for example an ideal spin-½ solid, can be dis- known effects could be finally explained and novel as bottleneck TSP, generalized TSP, prize collecting cussed at an early stage. The treatment of gases gives applications had been proposed. We believe that the TSP, maximizing TSP, orienteering problem, etc. full coverage to Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac field has now reached a high level of maturity, even The book is appropriate as a reference work or as a and Bose-Einstein statistics. Towards the end of the if research continues in all areas mentioned above main or supplemental textbook in graduate and se- book the student is introduced to a wider viewpoint and with new discoveries arriving quite regularly. nior undergraduate courses and projects. and new chapters are included on chemical thermo- dynamics, interactions in, [..] We therefore have decided to invite some of the top Features experts in the field to put together the state of the Provides the state of the art in theory and algorithms Features art in their respective fields. This after we had been for the traveling salesman problem (TSP) Written by A comprehensive and fundamental, but down-to- encouraged to do so for more than ten years by the reputable researchers, covering all important areas of earth approach of statistical physics Also featuring publisher, due to the fact that the former volumes study on TSP Intended for researchers, practitioners, statistics of gases, condensed matter physics, appli- were out of print since long [..] and academicians in mathematics, computer science, cations such as superfluids and astrophysics, and a Features and operations research Appropriate as a reference discussion of chemical thermodynamics including Photorefractive materials is an important and grow- work or as a main or supplemental textbook in grad- chemical equilibrium ing area of research The book series is an up-to- uate and senior undergraduate courses and projects Contents date overview written by leading experts and clearly Fields of interest Preface. 1: Basic Ideas. 2: Distinguishable Particles. structured into 3 volumes This second volume cov- Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science; Opti- 3: Two Examples. 4: Gases: The Density of States. ers the most important photorefractive materials and mization; Operation Research/Decision Theory; Al- 5: Gases: The Distributions. 6: Maxwell-Boltzmann provides a useful source of reference for researchers gorithms Gases. 7: Diatomic Gases. 8: Fermi-Dirac Gases. 9: in this field Bose-Einstein Gases. 10: Entropy in Other Situa- Target groups tions. 11: Phase Transitions. 12: Two New Ideas. 13: Contents Researchers, practitioners, and academicians in Chemical Thermodynamics. 14: Dealing with Inter- Introduction.- Digital holographic memories.- The mathematics, computer science, and operations re- actions. 15: Statistics under Extreme Conditions. Ap- transfer function of volume holographic optical sys- search pendix A – Some Elementary Counting Problems. tems.- Photorefractive memories for optical process- Appendix B – Some Problems with Large Numbers. ing.- True-time-delay adaptive array processing us- Type of publication Appendix C – Some Useful Integrals. Appendix D – ing photorefractive crystals.- Photorefractive meso- Contributed volume Some Useful Constants. Appendix E – Exercises. [..] genic composites for applications to image process- ing.- Solid-State Lasers with a Photorefractive Phase Conjugate Mirror.- Dynamic holographic interfer- Due May 2007 Fields of interest Statistical Physics; Thermodynamics; Statistics for ometry: Devices and applications.- Self-organizing Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry laser cavities.- Slow and fast lights in photorefrac- 2007. XVIII, 830 p. (Combinatorial Optimization, Vol. 12) Softcov- & Geosciences tive materials.- Holographic filters.- Neutron physics er with photorefractive materials. Target groups 69,95 € Undergraduate and graduate students Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-387-44459-8 Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Con- Type of publication densed Matter; Quantum Optics, Quantum Elec- Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook tronics, Nonlinear Optics

Due September 2007 Target groups Optical engineers, laser physicists, physicists

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2007. IX, 366 p. 316 illus. (Springer Series in Optical Sciences, Vol. 115) Hardcover

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D.W. Hafemeister, California Polytechnic University, San Luis R. Handy, D.B. Moody, J. Perez, E. Rix, S. Robbins A. Hanslmeier, University of Graz, Austria Obispo, CA, USA Astronomical Sketching: A Step-by- The Sun and Space Weather Physics of Societal Issues Step Introduction Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy This second edition is a great enhancement of lit- erature which will help the reader get deeper into If you have ever gazed through the eyepiece of a tele- the specific topics. There are new sections includ- Physics of Societal Issues is a textbook for all those scope at the magnificent rings and banded globe of ed such as space weather data sources and exam- who wish to discuss the fundamental issues of en- Saturn, or found yourself breathless at the sight of ples, new satellite missions, and latest results. At the ergy use, nuclear weapons, and the environment long shadows jutting across crater floors on the ter- end a comprehensive index is given which will allow using facts and figures instead of slogans and pos- minator of the Moon, then you will understand the the reader to quickly find his topics of interest. The tures. It will provide the reader with the tools and in- power of those direct visual experiences. You are Sun and Space weather are two rapidly evolving top- sights needed to analyze many complex issues with present at a unique event, a connection between a ics. The importance of the Sun for the Earth, life on insights gained from informed estimates and sim- part of the cosmos, your eye and brain. Sketching Earth, climate and weather processes was recognized ple calculations. Taking his inspiration from Fermi's preserves this tie with direct observation because it long ago by the ancients. Now, for the first time there famous "back of the envelope" calculations, Hafe- allows the observer to spend time at the eyepiece sur- is a continuous surveillance of solar activity at nearly meister shows how to capture the essence of a prob- veying the object intimately while drawing. This per- all wavelengths. These data can be used to improve lem in rough estimates of the important parameters sonal experiential relationship to celestial objects dif- our understanding of the complex Sun-Earth inter- and then to use those estimates to gauge the effects ferentiates astronomical sketching from photograph- action. The first chapters of the book deal with the of policy decisions. Hafemeister draws on dozens ic or CCD imaging. Sketching is an excellent way to Sun as a star and its activity phenomena as well as of years of experience working on just these issues record personal encounters with the celestial won- its activity cycle in order to understand the complex in the US Senate, the national Academy of Sciences, ders, because as you are drawing, you are training physics of the Sun-Earth system. The reader will see and several Federal agencies, as well as the Lawrence- your eye to perceive ever greater detail, taking the that there are many phenomena but still no definite Berkeley, Los Alamos, and Argonne national labo- fullest advantage of your telescope's light grasp and explanations and [..] ratories to provide details and examples as well as resolution. Moreover, astronomical sketches can be insight into the issues needed to plan public policy. artwork in themselves, for [..] Contents The book is divided into three parts, each [..] 1. Introduction, What is Space Weather? 2. The Sun Features a Typical Star. 3. The Solar Atmosphere and Active Features Provides step-by-step tutorials in several media, Regions. 4. MHD and the Solar Dynamo. 5. The Textbook for all those who wish to discuss the fun- from pencil to computer graphics Detailed descrip- Earth's Atmosphere and Climate. 6. Space Weather damental issues of energy use, nuclear weapons, and tions of required supplies and equipment used for and Climate. 7. Space Weather and Radiation Dam- the environment using facts and figures instead of each medium Allows the amateur astronomer to age. 8. Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Space Weather. slogans and postures Deals with national security, choose between several accurate record keeping 9. Real-Time Space Weather and Forecasts. 10. As- the environment, and energy policy, providing the forms that describe the time, telescope configuration teroids, Comets, Meteorites. 11. Space Debris. Ap- reader with the tools and insights needed to analyze and conditions during the sketch Exposes the reader pendix. Bibliography. Index. many complex issues with insights gained from in- to fine examples of historical and contemporary as- formed estimates and simple calculations Only [..] tronomical [..] Fields of interest Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Extrater- Contents Contents restrial Physics, Space Sciences; Geophysics/Geodesy; National Security.- Nuclear Weapons.- The Of- Introduction.- Sketching the Moon.- Sketching Climate Change fense: Missiles and War Games.- The Defense: ABM/ the Sun.- Sketching Comets.- Sketching the Plan- SDI/BMD/NMD.- 4 - Verification and Arms Con- ets.- Sketching Nebulae.- Sketching Star Clusters.- Target groups trol Treaties.- Nuclear Proliferation.- Environ- Sketching Planetary Nebulae.-Sketching Galaxies.- Academic, Corporate and Hospital Libraries; Scien- ment.- Air and Water Pollution.- Radioactive Pol- Record keeping.- Index. tists; Researchers; Lecturers. lution.- Climate Change.- EM-Fields and Epidemi- ology.- Energy.- The Energy Situation.- Energy in Fields of interest Type of publication Buildings.- Solar Buildings.- Renewable Energy.- Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy Monograph Enhanced-End-Use Efficiency.- Transportation.- Energy Economics.- Appendices.- Nuclear Arms Target groups Due June 2007 Chronology.- Energy/Environment Chronology.- Primary: Practical and Amateur Astronomers Units.- WWW Sites.- Symbols.- Glossary.- Index. Type of publication Originally published as volume 277 in the same series Fields of interest Popular science Physics, general; Engineering, general; Environment, 2007. XIII, 315 p. (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Vol. general Due June 2007 347) Hardcover Target groups 2007. XVII, 195 p. (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) 119,95 € Undergraduates in physics, physicists Softcover ISBN 978-1-4020-5603-1

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D. Harland, Glasgow, UK; B. Harvey, Dublin, Ireland R. Harshaw, Stardeck Observatory, Kansas City, MO, USA S.S. Hasan, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India; D. Banerjee, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India (Eds.) Space Exploration 2008 The Complete CD Guide to the Universe Kodai School on Solar Physics

The aim of the Space Exploration annuals is to pro- vide a yearly update on recent space launches, mis- The Kodaikanal School on Solar Physics offered and This is without doubt the largest and most compre- sions and results, to be published every September. intensive two week course on topics related to the hensive atlas of the universe ever created for amateur The annual will cover space exploration from a va- Physics of the Sun. The school had a truly interna- astronomers. It is the first major observing guide riety of angles, looking back at past missions, re- tional character and was attended by both students for amateurs since Burnham’s Celestial Handbook. viewing those currently under way and detailing and lecturers from different parts of the globe. The With finder charts of large-scale and unprecedent- those planned for the future, and encompassing both course was aimed at Ph.D. students or final year ed detail, in both normal and mirror-image views manned and unmanned spaceflight. The invited con- M.Sc (physics) students interested in solar physics (for users of the ubiquitous Meade and Celestron tributions, authored by leading figures in astronomy and who want to pursue it further. The purpose of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope ranges), and an exten- and space exploration and which make up the bulk the school was to provide an introduction to solar sive list of 14,000 objects, it will provide a detailed of the annual each year, will cover a variety of topics physics for students who do not have an opportunity observing guide for almost any practical amateur as- and are written to appeal to a wide readership. One to take such a course at their homeinstitutions. There tronomer, up to the most advanced. Spanning some feature introduced in the first volume ‘Solar System were 42 lectures, 5 evening seminars, 10 observation 3,000 pages, this is a project that is possible only on Log’ featuring the very latest in the exploration of the oriented projects, and three computer lab exercises. CD-ROM. The atlas covers the whole range of ob- planets, their moons and small Solar System bodies, The students were given the opportunity to observe jects viewable by amateur astronomers with 8- to 11- will be retained for Space Exploration 2008, and will the Sun with the existing facilities in the observatory. inch telescopes, from latitude approx +40 degrees. comprise seven chapters. In addition, there will be The projected total number of objects is (currently) a special additional section entitled, ‘Return to the Fields of interest 13,238, compared with Burnham’s approximately Moon’ containing three chapters. Astrophysics; Astronomy; Astronomy, Astrophysics 5,000 double stars (in three volumes). This is much and Cosmology; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Features more than just a catalog of objects. As planned, the Optical Devices The second regular space exploration annual Written atlas will have about 270 double star images [..] at an accessible level for both young and older space Target groups Features enthusiasts Provides a regular, balanced review of all Graduate students working in the field of astro- Large-scale and very detailed finder charts for every the world’s major space programmes, past, present physics, specifically on theoretical and observational part of the sky, from –40° declination to the North and future Will detail annual statistical material on problems in solar physics Celestial Pole in both normal and mirror image space developments Will have a strong appeal to views, let the observer find things just as they appear Type of publication younger enthusiasts and be a perfect Christmas gift in his telescope Extensive catalog of 14,000 objects, Proceedings Contents including double stars, nebulae, planetary nebulae, Preface – Welcome to Space Exploration, 2008.- The open clusters, globular clusters, galaxies, etc. Plenty Due August 2007 Journey Continues, The Annual Review by Bri- to observe for years and years Detailed [..] an Harvey.- Prepare for Lift-off! The Future of Space Contents 2007. 360 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 919) Hardcover Tourism by Erik Seedhouse.- Stepping Out into the Book: Introduction.- How to observe different types Solar System, A Human Mission to an Asteroid by of objects.- How to rate the sky.- How to keep a log.- 110,15 € Leonard David.- Long Duration Spaceflight, The How to observe double stars.- Detailed instructions ISBN 978-0-7354-0429-8 Work of the Institute of Bio-Medical Problems by on how to use the CD-R, with screen shots, exam- Dominic Phelan.- Another Giant Leap, Human Mis- ples, and a tutorial.- Appendix : summaries of the sions to Mars by Donald Rapp.- Beyond the Solar CD-R contents.CD-ROM: Approximately 3,000 System, Technologies for Ultra-Deep Space Probes pages (in PDF format) of maps and descriptive ma- by Greg Matloff.- Reviving the Old, Introducing the terial, broken down as follows.- Double Stars.- Dark New, Russia’s New Space Science Projects by Igor [..] nebulae.- Bright nebulae.- Planetary nebulae.- Super- Fields of interest nova remnants.- Open clusters.- Globular clusters.- Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy; Extrater- Galaxies.- Quasi stellar objects.- Other.- Index.- Ac- restrial Physics, Space Sciences robat ® Reader.- Appendices.

Target groups Fields of interest Popular science – space enthusiasts from teens Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy upwards through to professionals working in the Target groups worldwide space industry and journalists covering Practical astronomers space issues Type of publication Type of publication Popular science Popular science

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B. Hedman, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stan- G. Heiken, Freeland, WA, USA; E. Jones, Wodonga, VIC, Australia M. Henkel, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France; M. Pleim- ford, CA, USA; P. Pianetta, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Labo- ling, Virginia State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; R. Sanctuary, ratory, Stanford, CA, USA (Eds.) Université de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Eds.) On the Moon

X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure -- The Apollo Journals Ageing and the Transition XAFS13

13th International Conference Public interest in the first lunar landing transcend- Understanding cooperative phenomena far from ed political, economic and social borders – the world equilibrium is one of fascinating challenges of was briefly united by the courage of the crew, and present-day many-body physics. Glassy behaviour The scope of this Conference was X-ray Absorption the wonder of the accomplishment. Prompted by the and the physical ageing process of such materials Fine Structure (XAFS) and related techniques and rivalry of the Cold War, Apollo 11 and the five mis- are paradigmatic examples. The present volume, pri- topics using synchrotron radiation. Many techniques sions that subsequently landed on the Moon were ar- marily intended as introduction and reference for and theories focusing on XAFS-related phenomena guably the finest feats of exploration in human histo- postgraduate students and nonspecialist researchers are presented. These techniques are used in many ry. But these were more than exercises in ‘flags and from related fields, collects six extensive lectures ad- scientific areas to study electronic and real space footprints’, because the missions involved the crews dressing selected experimental and theoretical is- structure of a multitude of materials. making geological field trips on a low gravity site sues in the field of glassy systems. Lecture 1 gives an while wearing pressure suits, carrying life-support introduction and overview of the time-dependent Fields of interest systems on their backs and working against an un- behaviour of magnetic spin glasses. Lecture 2 is de- Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy; Biophysics; forgiving time line. The missions delivered not only voted to an in-depth discussion on the nature of the Nanotechnology samples of moonrock, but also hard-learned lessons thermal glass-transition in structural glasses. Lecture for how to work on the surface of another planet, 3 examines the glassy behaviour of granular systems. Target groups and this experience will be crucial to planning the re- Lecture 4 gives a thorough introduction to the tech- X-ray absorption spectroscopy practitioners, instru- sumption of the human exploration of the Moon and niques and applications of Monte-Carlo simulations ment developers, beam line staff, scientists in applied going on to Mars. and the analysis of the resulting data through scaling science, synchrotron radiation facilities methods. Lecture 5 introduces the zero-range-pro- Features cess concept as simple but subtle model to [..] Type of publication Describes the challenging yet exhilarating lunar envi- Proceedings ronment facing the Apollo astronauts Reveals their Contents courageous, sometimes creative and occasionally hu- Introduction.- Ageing, Rejuvenation and Memory: Due March 2007 morous adaptation to the field conditions on another the Example of Spin Glasses.- About the Nature of planet Provides excerpts from the mission transcripts the Structural Glass Transition: an Experimental Ap- in which the Apollo astronauts on the lunar surface 2007. XXII, 937 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 882) Hard- proach.- Glassy Behaviours in a-Thermal Systems, cover discuss their progress between themselves and with the Case of Granular Media.- Introduction to Simu- their colleagues on Earth Explains how each [..] lation Techniques.- From Urn Models to Zero-Range 266,45 € Processors: Statics and Dynamics.- Field-Theory Ap- ISBN 978-0-7354-0384-0 Contents proaches to Nonequlibrium Dynamics. Adapting to a New World.- A Damned Hard Walk, Followed by a Little Golf.- The Lunar Dune Buggy.- Fields of interest The Descartes Highlands - High Land but no Vol- Partially Ordered Systems, Glasses, Quasicrys- canoes.- Drilling Troubles.- The Volcanoes of Tau- tals; Statistical Physics; Solid State Physics and rus-Littrow - Explosive Volcanism on the Moon.- Spectroscopy; Granular Media; Thermodynamics; Boulder Rolling - Surprises During the Last Manned ,Glass,Composites,Natural Materials Lunar Mission. Target groups Fields of interest Graduate students, researchers, lecturers Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy Type of publication Target groups Monograph Space exploration enthusiasts, space historians, stu- dents and engineers in the aviation industry and Due April 2007 space agencies

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C. Hermans, KU Leuven, Belgium; M. Steyaert, KU Leuven, Bel- R.K. Hobbie, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; B.J. ISBN 978-0-387-30942-2 gium Roth, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

Broadband Opto-Electrical Intermediate Physics for Medicine Receivers in Standard CMOS and Biology

Broadband Opto-Electrical Receivers in Standard Intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning CMOS starts from the basic fundamentals necessary graduate students in biophysics, physiology, med- for the design of opto-electronic interface circuits. ical physics, cell biology, and biomedical engineer- The book continues with an in-depth analysis of the ing, this wide-ranging text bridges the gap between photodiode, transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and introductory physics and its application to the life limiting amplifier (LA). To thoroughly understand and biomedical sciences. This extensively revised and the light detection mechanisms in silicon, first a one- updated fourth edition reflects new developments dimensional and second a two-dimensional model is at the burgeoning interface between physics and developed. Analytical design equations are derived biomedicine. Among the many topics treated are: to guide the design of the amplifying circuits. For the forces in the skeletal system; fluid flow, with exam- TIA, the focus is on the sensitivity-speed trade-off. ples from the circulatory system; the logistic equa- For the LA, a high gain-bandwidth is pursued. Sever- tion; scaling; transport of neutral particles by diffu- al practical design examples reveal the subtleties and sion and by solvent drag; membranes and osmosis; challenges encountered during the design of high- equipartition of energy in statistical mechanics; the performance analog circuits. Broadband Opto-Elec- chemical potential and free energy; biological mag- trical Receivers in Standard CMOS covers the total netic fields; membranes and gated channels in mem- design flow of monolithic CMOS optical receivers. branes; linear and nonlinear feedback systems; non- All material is experimentally verified with several linear phenomena, including biological clocks and CMOS implementations, with ultimately a fully inte- chaotic behavior; signal analysis, noise and stochastic grated Gbit/s optical receiver [..] resonance detection of weak signals; image [..]

Features Features Summary of 5 year research at one of Europe’s most Provides an excellent background in physics for famous analog design research group Provides in- physicians, biomedical engineers, and biologists depth understanding of light detection mechanisms Includes a new chapter on sound and ultrasound Numerous practical design examples of CMOS ana- and presents stochastic processes as an integral part log circuits Includes a full chapter dedicated to the of biological systems Emphasizes applications of measurements of opto-electrical CMOS realizations physics to biomedicine rather than molecular bio- physics Contains numerous problems and exercises Contents for course use and as a reference for self study &nb- From the contents Preface. List of Abbreviations and sp; Symbols.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Optical Receiver Fun- damentals.- 3 Standard CMOS Photodiodes. 4 Tran- Contents simpedance Amplifier Design.- 5 Post-Amplifier De- 1. Mechanics; 2. Exponential Growth and Decay; 3. sign.- 6 CMOS Realizations.- 7 Conclusions.- Refer- Systems of Many Particles; 4. Transport in an Infi- ences. Index. nite Medium; 5. Transport Through Neutral Mem- branes; 6. Impulses in Nerve and Muscle Cells; 7. Fields of interest The Exterior Potential and the Electrocardiogram; 8. Circuits and Systems; Applied Optics, Optoelectron- Biomagnetism; 9. Electricity and Magnetism at the ics, Optical Devices; Electronics and Microelectron- Cellular Level; 10. Feedback and Control; 11. The ics, Instrumentation; Electromagnetism, Optics and Method of Least Squares and Signal Analysis; 12. Lasers Images; 13. Sound and Ultrasound; 14. Atoms and Light; 15. Interaction of Photons and Charged Parti- Target groups cles with Matter; 16. Medical Use of X Rays; 17. Nu- Scientists, master and Ph.D. students, analog design clear Physics and Nuclear Medicine; 18. [..] engineers, researchers in the field Fields of interest Type of publication Biophysics; Biomedical Engineering Monograph Target groups Due May 2007 Advanced undergraduate and beginning grad- uate students in biophysics, physiology, medical physics, cell biology, and biomedical 2007. Approx. 250 p. (Analog Circuits and Signal Processing) Hardcover engineering; medical students; biological and medical physicists. Prerequesites are a general 99,95 € course in physics and in calculus. ISBN 978-1-4020-6221-6 Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook

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Th. Hockey, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA; R. Holze D. Home, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India; A. Whitaker, Queen's Uni- V. Trimble, University of California, Irvine, California, USA; Th. versity Belfast, UK Williams, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA; K. Bracher, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA; R. Jarrell, York University, Electrochemical Thermodynamics Toronto, ON, Canada; J.D. Marché, University of Wisconsin, Madi- Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum son, WI, USA; F.J. Ragep, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, and Kinetics USA; J. Palmeri, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA; M. , Theory Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, USA (Eds.) A Reappraisal Volume 9 of group IV consideres and describes The Biographical Encyclopedia of the electrochemical processes at the boundaries of electrodes and electrolytes. All related phenome- Astronomers Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum Theory: A Re- na require a precise knowledge of the involved sys- Appraisal, presents an account of all aspects of tems. The volume thus presents firstly a thorough Einstein’s encounter with quantum theory. Un- overview on the field of electrochemistry and sec- til recently it was accepted that, after important The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is ondly collects all relevant data of electrochemical early work, Einstein was simply unable to follow nearing completion and should serve as a valuable systems as reported up to now. Phenomena and da- Niels Bohr’s approach to quantum theory, and that resource for historians and astronomers alike. The ta are considered and reported from the constitu- Einstein’s own views, centered on realism, were of no work is expected to be published in two volumes tive viewpoints of electrochemistry, which also form interest. This book follows modern scholarship argu- in 2006, and will include approximately 1550 bio- the five chapters of the subvolume A: electrode po- ing that Einstein’s arguments were well constructed, graphical sketches on astronomers from antiquity tentials - cell voltages - electrode potentials of zero in the Einstein-Bohr debate his position was legiti- to modern times. This status report will summarize charge - free enthalpy of adsorption - exchange cur- mate, and his pragmatic approach to realism stim- the project, the collective work of about 400 authors rent densities. Each chapter introduces to the partic- ulated John Bell and encouraged the emergence of edited by an editorial board of 9 historians and as- ular subject matter and lists the data in concise ta- quantum information theory. The book provides a tronomers, and will provide additional details on the bles, arranged, as far as possible, according to the ex- readable account of Einstein’s achievements in quan- nature of an entry and some summary statistics on amined values. tum theory, his own views, and the progress his work the content of entries. Features has stimulated since his death. While some chapters Features Standard reference book with selected and easily re- use mathematics at an undergraduate physics level, a a new resource for historians, astronomers and the trievable data from the fields of physics and chem- path is provided for the reader more concerned with interested public that will provide biographical in- istry collected by acknowledged international scien- ideas than equations, and the book should be of in- formation on the next generation of astronomers be- tists Also available online in www.springerLink.com terest to anybody interested in Einstein and his ap- yond the DSB enhance the information on earlier pe- http://www.springerlink.com/book-se- proach [..] riods by including more astronomers and by utiliz- ries/?sw=landolt http://www.landolt-boernstein.com Features ing contemporary historical scholarship BEA entries Comprehensive treatment of Einstein’s interaction were drawn from hundreds of institutions around Contents with quantum theory There is a non-mathe- the world as is appropriate for a work of this breadth Electrode potentials - Cell voltages - Electrode po- tentials of zero charge - Free enthalpy of adsorption - matical route through the book Fields of interest Exchange current densities. Contents Astronomy; History of Physics; Astronomy, Astro- Foreword.- Preface.- Setting the Scene.- The Philo- physics and Cosmology; Astrophysics; History of Fields of interest sophical Background: Einstein and Mach.- Einstein Science Landolt-Börnstein; Mechanics, Fluids, Thermody- namics; Physical Chemistry and Quantum Theory: The Early Years.- Quan- Target groups tum Theory and its Obvious Problems.- The Stan- historians, astronomers and the interested public Target groups dard Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.- Inter- Scientists and researchers in the fields of physics and lude.-Einstein Confronting Quantum Theory from Type of publication chemistry 1925.-Einstein’s Approaches to Quantum Theory Reference work 1925-1935.- EPR and its Aftermath.- Einstein and Type of publication the Macroscopic Limit of Quantum Mechanics.- Summary of Einstein’s views.- Interlude.- Denoue- Due September 2007 Reference work ment.- Bell’s Contributions and Quantum Nonlocal- Due June 2007 ity.- Non-Standard Quantum Interpretations.- Ein- 2008. eReference. stein and Quantum [..]

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A. Hora, Nagoya University, Japan; N. Obata, Tohoku University, Y. Horie, AFRL/NMNE Munitions Directorate, Eglin AFB, FL, USA A. Ide-Ektessabi, Kyoto University, Japan Sendai, Japan (Ed.) Applications of Synchrotron Quantum Probability and Spectral Shock Wave Science and Radiation Analysis of Graphs Technology Reference Library, Vol. 2 Micro Beams in Cell Micro Biology and Medicine

Solids I This is the first book to comprehensively cover the quantum probabilistic approach to spectral analysis This book demonstrates the applications of syn- of graphs. This approach has been developed by the chrotron radiation in certain aspects of cell microbi- authors and has become an interesting research area This book is the first of several volumes on solids in ology, specifically non-destructive elemental analy- in applied mathematics and physics. The book can be the Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference ses, chemical-state analyses and imaging (distribu- used as a concise introduction to quantum probabil- Library. These volumes are primarily concerned with tion) of the elements within a cell. The basics for un- ity from an algebraic aspect. Here readers will learn high-pressure shock waves in solid media, includ- derstanding and applications of synchrotron radia- several powerful methods and techniques of wide ap- ing detonation, high-velocity impact, and penetra- tion are also described to make the contents easier plicability, which have been recently developed un- tion. Of the eight chapters in this volume three chap- to be understood for a wide group of researchers in der the name of quantum probability. The exercis- ters survey recent, exciting experimental advances medical and biological sciences who might not be fa- es at the end of each chapter help to deepen under- in: - Ultra-short shock dynamics at the atomic and miliar with the physics of synchrotron radiation. The standing. Among the topics discussed along the way molecular scale (D.S. More, S.D. Mcgrane, and D.J. two main techniques that are discussed in this book are: quantum probability and orthogonal polynomi- Funk), - Z accelerator for ICE and Shock compres- are the x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and als; asymptotic spectral theory (quantum central lim- sion (M.D. Knudson), and - Failure waves in glass the x-ray fine structure analysis (XAFS). Application it theorems) for adjacency matrices; the method of and ceramics (S.J. Bless and N.S. Brar). The subse- of these techniques in investigations of several im- quantum decomposition; notions of independence quent four chapters are foundational, and cover the portant scientific fields, such as neurodegeneration and structure of graphs; and asymptotic representa- subjects of : - Equation of state (R. Menikoff), - Elas- and other diseases related to cell malfunctioning, are tion theory of the symmetric groups. tic-plastic shock waves (R. Menikoff), - Continuum demonstrated in this book. (R. M. Brannon), and - Numerical methods Features Features (D. J. Benson). The last chapter, but not the least, de- Covers the appplication of synchrotron radiation to This is the first monograph written on the quantum scribes a tour de force illustration of today’s comput- microscopic studies in cell biology, such as cell mal- probability approach to spectral analysis of graphs, a ing power in modeling heterogeneous reactive solids functioning and neurodegenerations Displays the subject initiated by the authors many years ago at the grain scale (M.R. [..] basics to apply synchrotron radiation for analytical Contents Features purposes Integrates physics and biology to also give Introduction.- Quantum Probability and Orthogonal Numbered and bounded collection of specifically access to graduate students and newcomers Polynomials.- Adjacency Matrices.- Distance-Reg- commissioned volumes on basic fundamental and Contents ular Graphs.- Homogeneous Trees.- Hamming applied aspects of shock wave science and technolo- Introduction.- Synchrotron Radiation and X-ray Graphs.- Johnson Graphs.- Regular Graphs.- Comb gy Unique collection, the library as a whole sets out Fluorescence Spectroscopy.- X-ray Absorption Fine Graphs and Star Graphs.- The Symmetric Group and to comprehensively and authoritatively cover and Structure Spectroscopy.- SR Microbeam Analysis at Young Diagrams.- The Limit Shape of Young Dia- reveiw at research level the subject matter with all its Cellular Level.- Investigation of Differentiation of grams.- Central Limit Theorem for the Plancherel ramifications Measures of the Symmetric Groups.- Deformation of Mouse ES Cells .- Investigation of Neurodegenera- Kerov's Central Limit Theorem.- References.- Index. Contents tive Disorders (I).- Investigation of Neurodegenera- Mesoscale Modeling of Shocks in Heterogenous Re- tive Disorders (II).- SR Analysis of Tissues. Fields of interest active Materials (Baer).- Failure Waves and their Fields of interest Mathematical Methods in Physics; Algebra; Quan- Effects on Penetration Mechanics in Glass and Ce- Biophysics; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical tum Physics ramics (Bless/Brar).- Elements for Phenomenolog- Devices; Biological Microscopy ical Plasticity (Brannon).- Use of the Z Accelera- Target groups Waves (Menikoff).- Emperical EOS for Solids Researchers Target groups (Menikoff).- Ultrashort Laser Shock Dynamics Scientists, advanced students (Moore et al.). Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Fields of interest Monograph Condensed Matter; Materials Science; Theoretical Due May 2007 and Applied Mechanics; Mechanics, Fluids, Thermo- dynamics; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineer- Due March 2007 2007. XVIII, 371 p. (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics) Hard- ing cover 2007. XIV, 218 p. 135 illus., 4 in color. (Biological and Medical Target groups Physics, Biomedical Engineering) Hardcover 89,95 € Scientists and engineers in academic and industrial ISBN 978-3-540-48862-0 R&D 119,95 € ISBN 978-3-540-46424-2 Type of publication Reference work

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K. Imai, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; T. Murakami, Kyoto Uni- versity, Kyoto, Japan; N. Saito, KEK - High Energy Accelerator Re- search Organization, Ibaraki, Japan; K. Tanida, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Eds.)

Proceedings of the 17th International Spin Physics Symposium

All papers have been peer reviewed. Spin is the fun- damental concept in physics. Using spin related phe- nomena, physicists are trying to reveal the funda- mental principles of nature. This volume is the pro- ceedings of the 17th International Spin Physics Sym- posium which is a forum to discuss spin physics and related topics. Among the topics discussed are parti- cle and nuclear physics; accelerator physics, and in- strumentation related to spin polarization phenome- na.

Fields of interest Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics

Target groups Graduate students, post doctorates; researchers in the areas of particle, nuclear accelerator, and materi- al physics

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2007. Approx. 1190 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 915) Hardcover

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M. Inglis, State University of New York, NY, USA Y. Itikawa, Tokyo, Japan V.G. Ivancevic, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Ade- laide, Australia; T.T. Ivancevic Astrophysics is Easy! Molecular Processes in Plasmas Complex Dynamics An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer Collisions of Charged Particles with Molecules Advanced System Dynamics in Complex Variables

Astrophysics is a subject that is often - with some A variety of plasmas include molecules rather than justification - regarded as extremely difficult, requir- only ions or atoms. Examples are ionospheres of the Complex Dynamics: Advanced System Dynamics in ing at least degree-level mathematics as a prerequi- Earth and other planets, stellar atmospheres, gaseous Complex Variables is a graduate-level monograph- site to its understanding. Consequently, many ama- discharges for use in various devices and process- ic textbook. It has seven Chapters. The introducto- teur astronomers just don't bother, and miss out on es, and fusion plasmas in the edge region. This book ry Chapter 1 explains ‘in plain English’ the objective the fascinating fundamentals of the subject, and of- describes the role of molecules in those plasmas of the book and provides the preliminaries in com- ten on an understanding of exactly what they are ob- by showing elementary collision processes involv- plex numbers and variables; it also gives a soft intro- serving. Mike Inglis' quantitative approach to astro- ing those molecules. All possible processes are pre- duction to quantum dynamics. Chapter 2 develops physics cuts through all the incomprehensible math- sented both for electron and ion collisions with the low-dimensional dynamics in the complex plane, ematics, and explains all aspects of astrophysics in molecules. On the basis of the accumulated knowl- theoretical and computational, continuous- and dis- simple terms. A unique feature of this book is the edge in atomic and molecular physics, a compact but crete-time. Chapter 3 presents a modern introduc- way that example objects for practical observation informative description is given for each process. tion to quantum dynamics, mainly following Dirac's are given at every stage, so that practical astronomers Specific emphasis is placed on the feature which ap- notation. Chapter 4 develops geometrical machin- can go and look at the objected or objects under dis- plication people often tend to overlook. ery of complex manifolds, essential for the further cussion, using only commercial amateur equipment. text. Chapter 5 develops high-dimensional complex Features continuous dynamics, which takes place on com- Features Only book on the role of collision processes of plex manifolds. Chapter 6 develops the formalism Explains basic mathematics leading to a deeper un- molecules in plasmas. of complex path integrals, which extends the contin- derstanding of astronomy Observers will know much uous dynamics to the general high-dimensional dy- more about the objects in the sky after reading this Contents namics, which can be both discrete and stochastic. In book 1. Introduction.- 2. Plasmas Involving Molecules.- the last, Chapter 7, all previously developed methods 3. Collision Cross Sections and Related Quanti- are employed to [..] Contents ties.- 4. Molecule as a Collision Partner.- 5. Elec- Preface and Thanks.- Acknowledgements.- tron Collisions with Molecules.- 6. Ion Collisions Features Overview.- Tools of the Trade.- The Interstellar with Molecules.- 7. Electron Collisions with Molec- Unique dynamics in complex variables Predictive Medium.- Stars.- Galaxies.- Appendices.- Book List.- ular Ions.- 8. Summary of the Roles of the Molecu- power of complex-valued geometry and topology in Topic Index.- Object Index. lar Processes in Plasmas.- A. Order of Magnitude of real life Unified to complex systems of various na- Macroscopic Quantities.- B. Molecular Properties.- tures Complex path integrals in physics, biophysics, Fields of interest C. Atomic Units and Evaluation of the Born Cross psychophysics, sociophysics and econophysics Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy Section.- D. Cross Section Sets for H2, N2, H2O, and CO2.- E. How to Find Cross Section Data.- F. Data Contents Target groups Compilations for Electron-Molecule [..] From the contents 1 Introduction. 2 Nonlinear Dy- Practical astronomers, astronomy enthusiasts namics in the Complex Plane. 3 Complex Quantum Fields of interest Dynamics. 4 Complex Manifolds. 5 Nonlinear Dy- Type of publication Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma namics on Complex Manifolds. 6 Path Integrals and Popular science Physics; Astrophysics Complex Dynamics. 7 Quantum Gravity and Cos- mological Dynamics. References. Index. Due September 2007 Target groups Scientists Fields of interest Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Chaos, 2007. XVI, 200 p. 40 illus. (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Type of publication Series) Softcover Neural Networks; Systems Theory, Control; Math- Monograph ematical Methods in Physics; Appl.Mathematics/ 32,95 € Computational Methods of Engineering; Biomedical ISBN 978-1-85233-890-9 Due August 2007 Engineering; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control

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Computational Mind: A Complex Dynamics Per- spective is a graduate–level monographic textbook in The Kinetic Theory of Gases has applications in the field of Computational Intelligence. It presents many areas of science and technology as well as a modern dynamical theory of the computational in our understandings of many natural processes mind, combining cognitive psychology, artificial and and phenomena from the nano-scale up to the cos- computational intelligence, and chaos theory with mic-scale. Some of the fields and topics affected in- quantum consciousness and computation. The book clude manufacturing, health care, weather, defence, introduces to human and computational mind, com- pollution, aerospace science and engineering, and paring and contrasting main themes of cognitive others. In particular, the interactions of rarefied gas- psychology, artificial and computational intelligence. es with surfaces are of great interest because such in- It presents brain/mind dynamics from the chaos the- teractions can have pronounced effects on the be- ory perspective, including sections on chaos in hu- haviour exhibited by those systems in all of the above man EEG, basics of nonlinear dynamics and chaos, fields. Such fundamental things as the transfer of techniques of chaos control, synchronization in mass, momentum, and energy between the compo- chaotic systems and complexity in humanoid robots. nents of a system can be significantly altered by such This book presents modern theory of quantum com- interactions. Collectively this transfer is typically putational mind, including sections on Dirac–Feyn- described in terms of Rarefied Gas Dynamics and man quantum dynamics, quantum consciousness, Transport Theory which generally go hand-in-hand and quantum computation using Josephson junc- with the Kinetic Theory of Gases. When this trans- tions. The book is designed as a one–semester course port involves small particles suspended in a gas such for computer scientists, [..] as air, it is typically termed Aerosol Mechanics. [..]

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Diamagnetic Susceptibility and Rainfall Rate and Radio Wave Anisotropy of Inorganic and Propagation (ISRR'07) From Parity Violation to Hadronic Organometallic Compounds Structure and more The First International Symposium on Rainfall Rate Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop Held at Milos, and Radio Wave Propagation (ISRR'07) has been Greece, May 16-20, 2006 The volume II/27A has been divided into three sub- conducted by the Department of Physics, Sona Col- volumes according to the classes of compounds: Sub- lege of Technology, in Salem, India during 29-30 volume A: Diamagnetic susceptibility and magnet- January 2007 at the college premises. The sympo- ic anisotropy of inorganic and organometallic com- This book contains the proceedings of the third sium was sponsored bythe Council of Scientific and pounds; Subvolume B: Diamagnetic susceptibility international workshop on “From Parity Viola- Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Space Research of organic compounds (Part 1); Subvolume C: Dia- tion to Hadronic Structure and more ...” which was Organization (ISRO), Tamilnadu State Council for magnetic susceptibility and magnetic anisotropy of held from May 16 to May 20, 2006, at the George Science and Technology (TNSCST) and co-spon- organic compounds (Part 2). The data presented in Eliopoulos conference center on the Greek island sored by various local agencies. The symposium con- this volume are based on the literature survey of the of Milos. 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The papers in this proceedings are classified focus to the application of Parity Violation using tists Also available online in www.springerLink.com in five sessions: Rain Characteristics and Measure- hadronic probes and to Parity Violation experiments http://www.landolt-boernstein.com in atomic physics. 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28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconduc- Operator Theory, Analysis and tors. ICPS 2006 Mathematical Physics Our contemporary understanding of brain func- tion is deeply rooted in the ideas of the nonlinear dynamics of distributed networks. Cognition and All papers have been peer reviewed. The purpose of motor coordination seem to arise from the interac- this biannual conference is to present and to discuss This volume contains lectures delivered by the par- tions of local neuronal networks, which themselves all important developments and outstanding recent ticipants of the International Conference Operator are connected in large scales across the entire results in the field of semiconductor physics - one of Theory and its Applications in Mathematical Physics brain. The spatial architectures between var- the most important disciplines in solid state physics. (OTAMP 2004), held at the Mathematical Research ious scales inevitably influence the dynamics of the Semiconductor physics provides the scientific basis and Conference Center in Bedlewo near Poznan, brain and thereby its function. But how can we in- for the microelectronic device industry. Most of the Poland. The idea behind these lectures was to present tegrate brain connectivity amongst these structural important innovations were developed in this com- interesting ramifications of operator methods in cur- and functional domains? Our Handbook provides munity and presented first in this conference series. rent research of mathematical physics. The main an account of the current knowledge on the mea- topics are functional models of non-selfadjoint oper- Fields of interest surement, analysis and theory of the anatomical and ators, spectral properties of Dirac and Jacobi matri- Condensed Matter; Electronic and Computer Engi- functional connectivity of the brain. All contribu- ces, Dirichlet-to-Neumann techniques, Lyapunov ex- neering tors are leading experts in various fields concerning ponents methods, and inverse spectral problems for structural and functional brain connectivity. In the quantum graphs. Target groups first part of the Handbook, the chapters focus on an Research physicists, scientists, industry professionals, introduction and discussion of the principles under- Features graduate students lying connected neural systems. The second part in- Contains most recent research results at the border troduces the currently available non-invasive tech- line of operator theory and mathematical physics All Type of publication nologies [..] contributions are original and have been reviewed by Proceedings acknowledged experts Features Due May 2007 Brings together research from theoretical and practi- Contents cal brain connectivity in a well structured handbook Introduction.- Contributions by P.A. Cohujari, M. form Combescure, P. Exner, R.L. Frank, T. Ichinose, A.V. 2007. CIX, 1504 p. (in 2 volumes, not available separately). (Mate- Kiselev, S. Kondej, J. Michor, A.B. Mikhailova, M. rials Physics and Applications, Vol. 893) Hardcover Contents Nowaczyk, B.S. Pavlov, V.I. Ryzhii, V. Ryzhof, H. Part 1 Principles underlying structural and function- 307,25 € Schulz-Baldes, R.G. Shterenberg, L.O. Silva, S. Si- al brain connectivity.- Part 2 Technology of struc- ISBN 978-0-7354-0397-0 monov, G. Teschl, A. Tikhonov. tural and functional brain imaging.- Part 3 Analysis and measures of brain connectivity.- Part 4 Behav- Fields of interest ioral, developmental and clinical applications. Operator Theory; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Functional Analysis Fields of interest Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Nonlinear Target groups Dynamics, Complex Systems, Chaos, Neural Net- Postgraduates and researchers in Operator Theory, works; Neurosciences; Appl.Mathematics/Computa- Functional Analysis and Mathematical Physics tional Methods of Engineering; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Biophysics Type of publication Proceedings Target groups Researchers, engineers, graduate students in com- Due March 2007 plexity, applied nonlinear dynamics, neuroscience

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S. Kalliadasis, Imperial College London, UK; U. Thiele, Max- M. Kaltenbacher, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Ger- M. Kaltschmitt, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany many Germany; W. Streicher, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Aus- (Eds.) tria; A. Wiese, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vilbel, Ger- many (Eds.) Numerical Simulation of Thin Films of Soft Matter Mechatronic Sensors and Actuators Renewable Energy

Technology, Economics and Environment A detailed overview and comprehensive analysis of The second edition of this book fully preserves the the main theoretical and experimental advances on character of the first edition to combine the detailed free surface thin film and jet flows of soft matter is physical modeling of mechatronic systems and their given. At the theoretical front the book outlines the precise numerical simulation using the Finite Ele- Features basic equations and boundary conditions and the ment (FE) method. Most of the text and general ap- Provides a survey of the most important renewable derivation of low-dimensional models for the evolu- pearance of the previous edition were retained, while energy sources Deals with technological as well as tion of the free surface. Such models include long- the coverage was extended and the presentation im- with economical and environmental aspects Pro- wave expansions and equations of the boundary lay- proved. In this second edition, the author enhances vides parameter and data sheets to provide useful es- er type and are analyzed via linear stability analysis, and improves many discussions on principles and timates of changes and limits of renewable energy weakly nonlinear theories and strongly nonlinear methods. For example, he included a discussion of sources analysis including construction of stationary periodic a priori estimates as well as a new section discussing and solitary wave and similarity solutions. At the ex- Contents locking effects as occurring in the numerical compu- perimental front a variety of very recent experimen- Introduction and Structure.- Fundamentals of Re- tation of thin mechanical structures. He also deep- tal developments is outlined and the link between newable Energy Resources.- Passive Use of Solar ens the discussion of the physics of sound generation theory and experiments is illustrated. Such experi- Energy.- Solar-Thermal Energy.- Photovoltaics.- and propagation as well as includes the case of flow ments include spreading drops and bubbles, imbibi- Wind Energy.- Hydropower.- Near-Surface Geother- induced sound. A large part of the book describes the tions, singularity formation at interfaces and exper- mal Energy and Energy from Ambient Air.- Deep application of the developed numerical calculation imental characterization of thin films using atom- Geothermal.- Energy.- Appendices: Ocean Energy, schemes to industrial problems, e.g.: analysis and op- ic force microscopy, ellipsometry and contact angle Solar-Thermal Electrical Power Generation, Energy timization of electrodynamic loudspeakers. In these measurements and analysis of patterns [..] from Biomass. parts, new computational [..] Contents Fields of interest Features Seemann, R., Herminghaus, S., Jacobs, K., Structure Renewable Energy Sources; Thermodynamics; Engi- Deals with CAE of Sensors and Actuators and mod- Formation in Thin Liquid Films: Interface Forces neering Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena; ern tools for the numerical simulation of Electrome- Unleashed. - Thiele, U., Structure Formation in Thin Energy Economics; Industrial Pollution Prevention; chanical Transducers Provides a comprehensive un- Liquid Films. - Eggers, J. G., Singularities and Simi- R & D/Technology Policy derstanding of the main phenomena related to cou- larities. - Quéré, D., Three-Phases Capillarity. - Kalli- pled fields of different physical origin (multifield adasis, S., Falling Films Under Complicated Condi- Target groups problems) Based on graduate courses at the Univer- tions. - Ben, Y., Demekhin, E. A., Chang, H.-C., Mis- Students in engineering, economics, and political sci- sity Erlangen-Nürnberg cible Fingering in Electrokinetic Flow: Symmetries ence and Zero Modes. Contents Type of publication Introduction.- The Finite Element (FE) Method.- Fields of interest Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Mechanical Field.- Electromagnetic Field.- Acous- Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Nonlinear Dynamics, tic Field.- Coupled Electrostatic-Mechanical Sys- Complex Systems, Chaos, Neural Networks; Fluids; tems.- Coupled Magnetomechanical Systems.- Cou- Due May 2007 Soft Matter, Complex Fluids; Surfaces and Interfaces, pled Mechanical-Acoustic Systems.- Piezoelectric Thin Films Systems.- Computational Aeroacoustics.- Algebraic 2007. XXXII, 564 p. 270 illus. Hardcover Target groups Solvers.- Industrial Applications. 69,95 € Applied mathematicians, physicists, physical Fields of interest ISBN 978-3-540-70947-3 chemists, chemical/mechanical engineers, students Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; in the mentioned fields Acoustics; Classical Electrodynamics, Wave Phe- Type of publication nomena; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Monograph Materials; Structural Mechanics; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering

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This book traces the history of celestial cartogra- phy and relates this history to the changing ideas of The Handbook of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment In recent years submicron and nanoscale systems man’s place in the universe and to advances in map- is a unique compendium. Recognized internation- have featured strongly on the research agenda due to making. Photographs from actual antiquarian celes- al leaders in their field contribute chapters on basic the technological progress and new physics that have tial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, topics of solar physics, space plasmas and the Earth's emerged from studies of ultra-small systems. A fun- enrich the text, and a legend accompanies each illus- magnetosphere, and on applied topics like the auro- damental understanding of basic physical phenom- tration to explain its astronomical and cartographic ra, magnetospheric storms, space weather, space cli- ena on the mesoscopic and nanoscopic scales is re- features. Also included in the book are discussions matology and planetary science. This book will be of quired to exploit the technological potential offered of non-European celestial maps and chapters on ear- highest value as a reference for researchers working by these exotic materials. The present book contains ly American influences and celestial map-collect- in the area of planetary and space science. However, review-like chapters by some of the leading experts ing. With the construction of the International Space it is also written in a style accessible to graduate stu- in the field, covering topics such as the Kondo effect, Station, and new plans for manned missions to the dents majoring in those fields. electron transport, disorder and quantum coherence Moon, Mars and beyond, there is renewed interest with electron-electron interaction, persistent current, in the heavens. An ever-increasing number of peo- Features thermoelectric phenomena, etc. in quantum dots, ple are fascinated with the science of space and are A unique compendium on the Solar-Terrestrial quantum wires, carbon nanotubes and more. This becoming amateur astronomers. Antiquarian map Environment by the leading experts worldwide book will be valuable to researchers and students in societies are prospering, and celestial maps are now Contains parts on the Sun and the Solar condensed matter physics. Wind, the Earth, Space Plasmas, and on Processes viewed as a specialty of map collecting. The beauty and Phenomena in the Solar-Terrestrial Environ- and awe generated by the celestial void captures our Features ment imagination and delights our aesthetic sense. Overview of exciting field Leading experts cover their special fields Contents Features The Solar-Terrestrial Environment.- The Solar Focuses on the history of celestial cartography from Contents Interior: Radial Structure, Rotation, Solar Ac- ancient to modern times Describes the development From Dilute Magnetic Alloys to Confined Nanos- tivity Cycle.- The Solar Atmosphere.- How the Coro- and relationships between different sky maps and tructures: Evolution of the Kondo Effect.- The Two na of the Sun becomes the Solar Wind.- Magneto- atlases Demonstrates contemporary cosmological Channel Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots.- Kondo sphere.- Ionosphere.- Thermosphere.- Space Plas- ideas, constellation representations, and cartographic Physics in Artificial Molecules.- Low Temperature mas.- Reconnection in the Earth's Magnetosphere.- advances Contains unique material on early Amer- Decoherence and Relaxation in Charge Josephson Nonlinear Processes in Space Plasmas.- Coronal ican influences and collecting celestial maps and Junction Qubits.- Low-Energy Physical Properties Mass Ejections.- Solar Radio Emissions.- The Au- prints Includes non-European constellation [..] of Edge States in Nanographite Systems.- Coherence rora.- Substorms.- Geomagnetic Storms.- Magnetic and Interactions in Diffusive Systems.- Transport Contents Pulsations.- Space Weather.- Effects of the 11-year and Persistent Currents in Mesoscopic Rings: In- Introduction.- Non-European cosmology and con- Sunspot Cycle on the Earth's Atmospere.- Planetary terplay Between Electron-Electron Interaction and stellations.- European systems of cosmology.- Con- Magnetospheres.- The Solar-Comet Interaction. Disorder.- Electron Transport Throught Mesoscop- stellation development.- Early star maps.- The “Big ic Closed Loops and Molecular Bridges.- 2D Disor- 4” of the Golden Age (1600-1800) and their spin- Fields of interest dered [..] Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Geo- offs.- Other important star atlases of the Golden physics/Geodesy; Meteorology/Climatology; Astron- Age.- Special topics (e.g., celestial globes, astronom- Fields of interest omy; Planetology ical instruments, solar system, etc.).- Early Ameri- Nanotechnology; Quantum Physics; Solid State can influences.- The transition to non-pictorial star Physics and Spectroscopy Target groups atlases.- Appendix: Collecting celestial maps and Researchers, libraries prints.- Glossary.- Index. 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Fundamental Astronomy Science Perspectives for 3D The formation of galaxies is one of the greatest puz- Spectroscopy zles in astronomy, the solution is shrouded in the depths of space and time, but has profound implica- Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and tions for the universe we observe today. The book 10-14 October 2005 comprehensive introduction to the topics of classical discusses the beginnings of the process from cosmo- and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the logical observations and calculations, considers the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical broad features of galaxies that we need to explain principles, the text provides a sound basis for more This volume contains the proceedings of the and what we know of their later history. The author profound studies in the astronomical sciences. The last conference ever on integral-field spec- compares the competing theories for galaxy forma- fifth edition of this successful undergraduate text- troscopy. A daring statement, indicating that in- tion and considers the progress expected from new book has been extensively modernized and extended tegral-field spectroscopy has evolved into a ma- generations of powerful telescopes both on earth in the parts dealing with the Milky Way, extragalac- ture technique - a common us- and in space. In this second edition the author has tic astronomy and cosmology as well as with extra- er utility for astronomical research. Nowadays retained the observationally-based approach of the solar planets and the solar system (as a consequence many integral-field spectrographs are installed on first edition, a feature which was particularly well- of recent results from satellite missions and the new 4m to 8-10m class telescopes around the world. reviewed: Writing in Nature, Carlton Baugh not- definition by the International Astronomical Union While many of those instruments are referred to ed in February 2003 that “It is refreshing, in a mar- of planets, dwarf planets and small solar-system bod- in this volume, the book is ket dominated by theorists, to come across a book ies). Furthermore a new chapter on astrobiol- explicitly not dedicated to technical issues, but is on galaxy formation written from an observational ogy has been added.Long considered a standard text focusing on the scientific questions that can be an- perspective. The Road to Galaxy Formation should for physical science majors, Fundamental Astrono- swered with integral-field spectroscopy. These range prove to be a handy primer on observations for [..] my is also an excellent reference and entrée for dedi- from solar system studies all the way to high redshift cated amateur astronomers. Features surveys. Deals solely with the processes and results of galaxy Features Features formation – a subject usually discussed only briefly Fundamental Astronomy is an established, wide- Reviews state of the art of astronomical 3-D spec- as a subfield of cosmology Written from an observa- ly-adopted textbook for physical-science majors that troscopy tional perspective Discusses the theories for galaxy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive, calcu- formation, and shows where each theory either suc- lus-based introduction to the topics of classical and Contents ceeds or fails in explaining what we actually observe modern astronomy and astrophysics Richly illustrat- 3D Instrumentation.- Solar System(s).- Nearby Draws on the most recent observations of galaxies in ed with more than 400 images, including 36 color Galaxies.- Lensing Studies.- Intermediate z Galaxies.- the early universe, obtained by the very latest [..] plates New edition offers substantial new material on Centres of Galaxies.- Emission Nebulae and resolved Populations.- Extended Emission Line Regions.- The extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, and extra-solar Contents high Redshift Universe. planets [..] 1. A cosmological cartoon.- 2. Galaxies today.- 3. The fossil record in nearby galaxies.- 4. Measuring galax- Fields of interest Fields of interest ies.- 5. Galaxy evolution.- 6. The intergalactic medi- Astronomy; Astrophysics; Extraterrestrial Physics, Astronomy; Measurement Science, Instrumentation um.- 7. The initial conditions before galaxy forma- Space Sciences; Geophysics/Geodesy; Popular Sci- tion.- 8. Active galactic nuclei in the early Universe.- Target groups ence in Astronomy 9. Approaching the dark ages.- 10. The processes of PHD students, researchers Target groups galaxy formation.- 11. Forward to the past. Type of publication Students of physics and astronomy, stargazers Fields of interest Proceedings Type of publication Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Relativity Undergraduate textbook and Cosmology Due September 2007 Target groups Due June 2007 Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students 2007. XVIII, 402 p. 174 illus. (ESO Astrophysics Symposia) Hard- cover

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C. Kitchin, University of Hertfordshire, UK K.-L. Klein, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France; A.L. MacKin- K.-R. Koch, University of Bonn, Germany non, University of Glasgow, UK (Eds.) Galaxies in Turmoil Introduction to Bayesian Statistics The High Energy Solar Corona: The Active and Starburst Galaxies and the Black Holes That Drive Them Waves, Eruptions, Particles The Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (2nd edition) presents Bayes’ theorem, the estimation of unknown parameters, the determination of confidence regions Astronomers' Universe Series is a new series, An outgrowth of a workshop held by the Commu- and the derivation of tests of hypotheses for the un- aimed at the same people as the Practical Astron- nity of European Solar Radio Astronomers (CES- known parameters, in a manner that is simple, intu- omy Series - in general, active amateur as- RA), this volume collects reviews on current research itive and easy to comprehend. The methods are ap- tronomers. However, it is also appropriate to a wider and perspectives on the variable solar corona: high- plied to linear models, in models for a robust esti- audience of astronomically-informed readers. The energy particles, large-scale disturbances such as mation, for prediction and filtering and in models aim of this book is to provide an up-to-date account mass ejections and waves, and radio diagnostics of for estimating variance components and covariance of active galaxies that is appropriate to the back- the coronal plasma. Multiwavelength observations components. Regularization of inverse problems and ground knowledge of amateur astronomers, but of the Sun with radio instruments and recent space pattern recognition are also covered while Bayesian might also be picked-up and read for interest by missions are drawn on extensively, as well as input networks serve for reaching decisions in systems any reader with a scientific bent. Active galaxies (in- from neighbouring fields e.g. solar wind, Earth's bow with uncertainties. If analytical solutions cannot be cluding Quasars, QSOs, Radio galaxies, BL Lacs, shock. Recent developments are discussed alongside derived, numerical algorithms are presented, such Blazars, LINERS, ULIRGS, Seyfert galaxies, Star- key developments in this rapidly evolving field. as the Monte Carlo integration and Markov Chain burst galaxies, N galaxies, etc.) are a major field of Monte Carlo methods. current astronomical research. Up to a fifth of all re- Contents search astronomers are working on active galaxies. Introduction: The High-Energy Corona-Waves, Eruptions, Particles.- Part I Particle Acceleration Features Huge amounts of time on major telescopes are de- An easy to understand introduction to Bayesian voted to their study. In almost all cases the galaxies During Flares.- Part II Large-Scale Disturbances.- Part III Plasma of the Solar Corona. statistics Compares traditional and Bayesian meth- are thought to be powered by 100 million solar mass ods with the rules of probability presented in a logi- black holes at their centres. Some of the objects are Fields of interest cal way allowing an intuitive understanding of ran- bright enough to be seen in small telescopes, and an Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Atoms dom variables and their probability distributions to [..] and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Physics; be formed Geophysics/Geodesy Features Contents Accessible to amateur astronomers who do not have Target groups 1 Introduction.- 2 Probability.- 3 Parameter Estima- a formal background in physics and math Makes Graduate students, lecturers, researchers tion, Confidence Regions and Hypothesis Testing.- 4 sense of the chaotic and apparently innumerable Linear Model.- 5 Special Models and Applications.- 6 types of violently active galaxy Shows how many of Type of publication Numerical Methods.- References.- Index. the apparently very different phenomena seen in Monograph deep space arise from a single cause Explains how Fields of interest huge jets of material travelling at close to the speed Due August 2007 Geophysics/Geodesy; Statistics for Engineering, of light can develop near black holes where normal Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geo- expectations [..] sciences; Geoinformation/Cartography; Image Pro- 2007. X, 294 p. (Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 725) Hardcover cessing and Computer Vision Contents Introduction.- What is a galaxy?- Galaxies in gen- 79,95 € Target groups eral.- The difference between 'ordinary' and active ISBN 978-3-540-71569-6 Students and practitioners applying Bayes statistics galaxies.- The panoply of active galaxies: (Quasars, to geophysical and geodetic problems QSOs, Radio galaxies, BL Lacs, Blazars, LINERS, ULIRGS, Seyfert galaxies, Starburst galaxies, N galax- Type of publication ies, etc.).- What they are and what they do? (The im- Monograph ages of many active galaxies are beautiful and spec- tacular, and the inclusion of a significant number of Due July 2007 colour photographs is essential to the book.).- Ac- tive galaxies across the spectrum (Activities and be- haviours at radio, infrared, ultra-violet, x-ray and 2007. XII, 249 p. 17 illus. 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T. Kogure, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; K.-C. Leung, University N.I. Kolev, Herzogenaurach, Germany N.I. Kolev, Herzogenaurach, Germany of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA Multiphase Flow Dynamics 2 Multiphase Flow Dynamics 3 The Astrophysics of Emission-Line Thermal and Mechanical Interactions Turbulence, Gas Absorption and Release, Diesel Fuel Proper- Stars ties

Multi-phase flows are part of our natural environ- Many types of stars show conspicuous emission lines ment such as tornadoes, typhoons, air and water pol- in their optical spectra. These stars are broadly re- lution and volcanic activities as well as part of indus- Features ferred to as emission line stars. Emission line stars trial technology such as power plants, combustion Devoted to selected chapters of multiphase fluid dy- are attractive to many people because of their spec- engines, propulsion systems, or chemical and biolog- namics that are important for practical applications tacular phenomena and their amazing varieties and ical industry. The industrial use of multi-phase sys- State of the art of the turbulence modeling in multi- variability. This book offers general information on tems requires analytical and numerical strategies for phase flows is presented Vol 3 of a successful book emission line stars, starting from a brief introduction predicting their behavior. In its third extended edi- package Multiphase flow to stellar astrophysics, and then moving to a broad tion this book contains theory, methods and practi- Contents overview of emission line stars including early and cal experience for describing complex transient mul- Some basics of the single-phase boundary layer the- late type stars as well as pre-main sequence stars. De- ti-phase processes in arbitrary geometrical configu- ory.- Models for turbulent characteristics of mul- tailed references and index are prepared for further rations. This book provides a systematic presentation ti-phase flows.- Solubility of O2, N2, H2 and CO2 in reading. Tomokazu Kogure's email address:  of the theory and practice of numerical multi-phase water.- Transient solution and dissolution of gasses [email protected] fluid dynamics. In the present second volume the in liquid flows.- Thermodynamic and transport mechanical and thermal interactions in multiphase Features properties of diesel fuel. dynamics are provided. This third edition includes Offers general information on all types of emission various updates, extensions, improvements and cor- line stars for students and researchers who are inter- Fields of interest rections. ested in the active state of stars Emission line stars Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluids; Thermodynam- ics; Numerical and Computational Methods in En- are closely related to variable stars and together yield Features gineering; Systems and Information Theory in Engi- the observational basis for an understanding of the First book with a systematic presentation of theory neering evolutionary processes of stars in their active phases and practice of numerical multi-phase dynamics Emission line stars are intrinsically attractive due to Target groups their amazing variety and [..] Contents Applied scientists and practising engineers in the From the contents Flow regime transition criteria.- field of complex multi-phase flows Contents Drag, lift and virtual mass forces.- Friction pressure Preface.- Introduction.- Stellar Atmospheres and drop.- Diffusion velocities for algebraic slip mod- Formation of Emission Lines.- Stellar Spectra and Type of publication els.- Entrainment in annular two-phase flow.- De- Monograph Radiation Fields.- Dynamic Processes in Stellar At- position in annular two-phase flow.- Introduction mospheres.-Emission-Line Stars.- Early-type Emis- to fragmentation and coalescence.- Acceleration in- sion-line Stars.- Late-Type Stars and Close Binaries.- duced droplet and bubble fragmentation.- Turbu- Due July 2007 Pre-main Sequence Stars .- Author Index.- Subject lence induced particle fragmentation and coales- Index.- Index of Stellar Objects. cence .- Liquid and gas jet disintegration.- Fragmen- 2007. XII, 308 p. 55 illus. Hardcover tation of melt in coolant.- Nucleation in liquids.- Fields of interest Bubble growth in superheated liquid.- Condensation 99,95 € Astrophysics; Astronomy of a pure steam bubble in a subcooled [..] ISBN 978-3-540-71442-2 Target groups Fields of interest Academic Libraries and graduate students Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluids; Thermodynam- Type of publication ics; Numerical and Computational Methods in En- Monograph gineering; Systems and Information Theory in Engi- neering

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N.I. Kolev, Herzogenaurach, Germany S.J. Kowalski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland (Ed.) U. Krey, University of Regensburg, Germany; A. Owen, University of Regensburg, Germany Multiphase Flow Dynamics 1 Drying of Porous Materials Basic Theoretical Physics Fundamentals A Concise Overview This book provides recent advances in research on drying of particulate and porous materials. It is based Multi-phase flows are part of our natural environ- on a selection of papers presented at the XI the Pol- ment such as tornadoes, typhoons, air and water pol- This concise treatment embraces, in four parts, all ish Drying Symposium 2005. The selected contri- lution and volcanic activities as well as part of indus- the main aspects of theoretical physics (I . Mechanics butions cover theoretical, as well as experimental trial technology such as power plants, combustion and Basic Relativity, II. Electrodynamics and Aspects and modeling research on heat and mass transfer engines, propulsion systems, or chemical and biolog- of Optics, III. Non-relativistic Quantum Mechan- processes during drying of porous material, and flu- ical industry. The industrial use of multi-phase sys- ics, IV. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics). idized beds. The comprehensiveness and in depth tems requires analytical and numerical strategies for It summarizes the material that every graduate stu- treatment of the subject makes this book an excellent predicting their behavior. In its third extended edi- dent, physicist working in industry, or physics teach- pioneering contribution to the science and technolo- tion this monograph contains theory, methods and er should master during his or her degree course. It gy of drying of particulate solids. practical experience for describing complex transient thus serves both as an excellent revision and prepara- multi-phase processes in arbitrary geometrical con- Contents tion tool, and as a convenient reference source, cov- figurations, providing a systematic presentation of Preface.- An overview of global R and D in indus- ering the whole of theoretical physics. It may also be the theory and practice of numerical multi-phase trial drying; current status and future directions.- successfully employed to deepen its readers' insight fluid dynamics. In the present first volume the fun- Modern methods of drying nanomaterials.- Internal and add new dimensions to their understanding of damentals of multiphase dynamics are provided, as heating effect and enhancement of drying these fundamental concepts. Recent topics such as well as various interactive multimedia demonstra- by microwave heating with dynamic control.- The holography and quantum cryptography are included, tions on an accompanying CD-ROM. This third edi- vapor-liquid interface and stresses in dried bodies.- thus making this a unique contribution to the learn- tion includes various updates, extensions and im- Multiscale aspects of heat and mass transfer dur- ing material for theoretical physics. provements in all book chapters, including addition- ing drying.- Theoretical models of vegetables dry- Features al test problems, experiments and movies in the [..] ing by convection.- Analysis of the mechanism of Serves as a concise review and preparation aid Com- counter-current spray drying.- New modelling and Features prehensive compendium in one volume Summarizes measuring methods in drying science and technolo- First book with a systematic presentation of theory what a graduate student, physicist working in indus- gy.- Non-linear heat and mass transfer during [..] and practice of numerical multi-phase dynamics try, or a physics teacher should master during his or Fields of interest her degree course Comprehensively embraces the Contents Process and Chemical Engineering; Mechan- whole of theoretical physics Also useful to deepen Mass conservation.- Momentums conservation.- ics, Fluids, Thermodynamics; Materials Science; one’s insight and add new dimensions to one's un- Derivatives for the equations of state.- On the vari- Ceramics,Glass,Composites,Natural Materials; Food derstanding of these elemental concepts Addresses ety of notations of the energy conservation for sin- Science recent [..] gle-phase flow.- First and second laws of the thermo- dynamics.- Some simple applications of the mass and Target groups Fields of interest energy conservation.- Exergy of multi-phase mul- Scientists, engineers and professionals working in Quantum Physics; Thermodynamics; Mechanics; ti-component systems.- One-dimensional three-flu- Chemical Engineering, Industrial Drying (Ceramics, Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy; Physics and id flows.- Detonation waves caused by chemical re- Wood, Food, Polymer), Mechanics of Porous Me- Applied Physics in Engineering actions or by melt-coolant interactions.- Conserva- dia, Physical Chemistry, Applied Mechanics, Applied Target groups tion equations in general curvilinear coordinate sys- Physics tems.- Type of the system of PDEs.- Numerical solu- Undergraduate and graduate students tion methods for multi-phase flow problems.- [..] Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Fields of interest Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluids; Thermodynam- Due March 2007 ics; Numerical and Computational Methods in En- Due July 2007 gineering; Systems and Information Theory in Engi- Reprinted from Transport in Porous Media 66 (1-2), 2007 neering 2007. 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C.M. Krowne, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA; Y. Zhang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA (Eds.)

Physics of Negative Refraction and Negative Index Materials

Optical and Electronic Aspects and Diversified Approaches

This book deals with the subject of optical and elec- tronic negative refraction (NR) and negative index materials NIM). Diverse approaches for achieving NR and NIM are covered, such as using photon- ic crystals, phononic crystals, split-ring resonators (SRRs) and continuous media, focusing of waves, guided-wave behavior, and nonlinear effects. Specif- ic topics treated are polariton theory for LHMs (left handed materials), focusing of waves, guided-wave behavior, nonlinear optical effects, magnetic LHM composites, SRR-rod realizations, low-loss guid- ed-wave bands using SRR-rods unit cells as LHMs, NR of electromagnetic and electronic waves in uni- form media, field distributions in LHM guided-wave structures, dielectric and ferroelectric NR bicrystal heterostructures, LH metamaterial photonic-crys- tal lenses, subwavelength focusing of LHM/NR pho- tonic crystals, focusing of sound with NR and NIMs, and LHM quasi-crystal materials for focusing.

Features Perhaps the most comprehensive book on the new class of negative refraction materials, covering all as- pects of negative refraction and negative index mate- rials Unique integrates physics, materials science and applications of these new materials Reference work for both researchers and engineers, plus basic expla- nations for students

Contents 1. Negative Refraction of Electromagnetic and Elec- tronic Waves in Uniform Media.- 2. Anisotropic Field Distributions in Left-Handed Guided Wave Electronic Structures and Negative Refractive Bicrys- tal Heterostructures.- 3. Left-Handed Magnetic Granular Composites.- 4. Spatial Dispersion, Polari- tons and Negative Refraction.- 5. Negative Refrac- tion in Photonic Crystals.- 6. Negative Refraction and Subwavelength Focusing in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals.- 7. Negative Refraction and Imag- ing with Quasi-Crystals.- 8. Generalizing the Con- cept of Negative Medium to Acoustic Waves.- 9. [..]

Fields of interest Condensed Matter; Optical and Electronic Materials; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering

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W. Kuhs, University of Göttingen, Germany (Ed.) A. Kundu, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India (Ed.) O. Lacombe, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris; J. Lavé, Uni- versité J. Fourier, St-Martin-d'Hères; F. Roure, Institut Francais du Pétrole, Rueil-Malmaison, France; J. Verges, Institut Ciencies de la Physics and Chemistry of Ice Tsunami and Nonlinear Waves Tierra, Barcelona (Eds.)

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins The need for tsunami research and analysis has grown dramatically following the devastating tsuna- From Fold Kinematics to Hydrocarbon Systems mi of December 2004, which affected Southern Asia. Physics and Chemistry of Ice is an authoritative This book pursues a detailed theoretical and math- summary of state-of the-art research contributions ematical analysis of the fundamentals of tsunamis, from the world's leading scientists. A key selection of What is the important geologic information record- especially the evolution and dynamics of tsunamis submissions from the 11th International Conference ed in Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins (TBFB) on and other great waves. Of course, it includes spe- on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice, 2006 are pre- the evolution of orogens? How do they transcript the cific measurement results from the 2004 tsunami, sented here with a foreword by Werner F. Kuhs. An coupled influence of deep and surficial geological but the emphasis centres on the nature of the waves invaluable resource this book provides researchers processes? Is it still worth looking for hydrocarbons themselves and their links to nonlinear phenomena. and professionals with up-to-date coverage on a wide in foothills areas? These and other questions are Throughout, methods of nonlinear dynamics and in- range of aspects in ice science. Looking in detail in- addressed in the volume edited by Lacombe, Lavé, tegrable systems are employed to develop novel con- to topical aspects of ice research this text is a key Roure and Vergés, which constitutes the Proceed- cepts for more accurate prediction and hence the re- point of reference for physicists, chemists, galciolo- ings of the first meeting of the new ILP task force on duction of related impacts. gists, cryo-biologists and professionals working in "Sedimentary Basins", held in December 2005 at the the fields of ice and hydrogen bonding. Institut Français du Pétrole, on behalf of the Société Features Géologique de France and the Sociedad Geologica de Includes specific measurement results from the 2004 Features España. This volumes spans a timely bridge tsunami but with emphasis on the nature of the Gives insight into a large number of topical as- between recent advances in the understanding of waves themselves and their links to nonlinear phe- pects of ice research – of interest to all physicists surface processes, field investigations, high resolu- nomena and chemists working in the field of ice and hydro- tion imagery, analogue-numerical modelling, and hydrocarbon exploration in TBFB. With 25 themat- gen-bonding, but also to all glaciologists and cryo- Contents ic papers including well-documented regional case biologists Waves in shallow water, with emphasis on the tsuna- studies, it provides a milestone publication as a new mi of 2004.- Integrable Nonlinear Wave Equations Contents in-depth examination of TBFB. and Possible Connections to Tsunami Dynamics.- Spectroscopic and diffraction studies.- Molecular Solitary waves propagating over variable topogra- dynamics simulations.- Studies of Ice Mechanics.- Features phy.- Water waves generated by a moving bottom.- Quantum mechanical ab initio calculations.- Ice and Very successful international meeting of the French Tsunami surge in a river: a hydraulic jump in an in- hydrate crystal growth and inhibition studies.- Bulk and Spanish Geological Societies, hosting the first homogeneous channel.- On the modelling of huge and surface properties of ice and gas hydrates.- Snow workshop of the new ILP Task Force on Sedimentary water waves called rogue waves.- Numerical Verifi- physics and chemistry. basins cation of the Hasselmann equation.- Runup of non- Fields of interest linear asymmetric waves on a plane beach.- Tsunami Contents Process and Chemical Engineering; Thermodynam- Runup in Lagrangian Description.- Analytical and Surficial and deep processes in thrust belts.- Explo- ics; Inorganic Chemistry; Crystallography numerical models for tsunami run-up.- Large waves ration of thrust belts (1): Seismic imaging and traps.- [..] Exploration of thrust belts (2): Fluid flows and hy- Target groups drocarbon systems.- Structural modeling/restora- Professional and scholarly Fields of interest tion.- Zagros/Makran thrust belts.- Carpathian Oceanography; Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Sys- thrust belt.- Tectonics, sedimentation and denuda- Type of publication tems, Chaos, Neural Networks; Geoecology/Natural tion in thrust belts. Proceedings Processes; Fluids; Geophysics/Geodesy; Computer Applications in Geosciences Fields of interest Due August 2007 Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Applied Geosciences; Target groups Meteorology/Climatology; Sedimentology Scientists, researchers, institutes, libraries Distribution rights outside North and South America: Royal Soci- Target groups ety of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK Type of publication Scientists, researchers, professionals; libraries Monograph 2007. 430 p. (Special Publications, Vol. 311) Hardcover Type of publication Due April 2007 Proceedings ISBN 978-0-85404-350-7

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F. Leal-Calderon, Université Bordeaux 1, France; V. Schmitt, Cen- S.V. Lebedev, Imperial College London, UK (Ed.) F.v. Leeuwen, Instiute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK tre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Pessac, France; J. Bibette, ESPCI, Paris, France High Energy Density Laboratory Hipparcos, the New Reduction of Emulsion Science Astrophysics the Raw Data

Basic Principles During the past decade, research teams around the This book provides overviews of the new reduction world have developed astrophysics-relevant research as well as on the use of the Hipparcos data in a va- This book gives an overview of the most recent ad- utilizing high energy-density facilities such as in- riety of astrophysical implementations. A range of vances in emulsion science, from the preparation to tense lasers and z-pinches. Every two years, at the new results, like cluster distances and luminosity the destruction of these materials. This book is in- International conference on High Energy Density calibrations, is presented. The Hipparcos data pro- tended for a large audience, from undergraduate stu- Laboratory Astrophysics, scientists interested in this vide a unique opportunity for the study of satellite dents to senior scientists. A progressive and didac- emerging field discuss the progress in topics cover- dynamics. The orbit covered a wide range of alti- tic approach is proposed for that purpose. The con- ing: - Stellar evolution, stellar envelopes, opacities, tudes, showing in detail the different torques acting cepts presented should provide a useful guidance for radiation transport- Planetary Interiors, high-pres- on the satellite. One part of the book details these formulating and controlling the lifetime of emulsion sure EOS, dense plasma atomic physics- Supernovae, studies and their impact on the new reduction. It fur- at laboratory and industrial scales. For easy compre- gamma-ray bursts, exploding systems, strong shocks, thermore presents an extensive summary on a wide hension, the text is illustrated by more than 70 fig- turbulent mixing - Supernova remnants, shock pro- range of spacecraft and payload calibrations, which ures. This book is a new edition of the one published cessing, radiative shocks - Astrophysical jets, high- provide a detailed record of the conditions under in the series "Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (vol. Mach-number flows, magnetized radiative jets, mag- which these unique Hipparcos data have been ob- 181)". The main difference is a more didactic ap- netic reconnection - Compact object accretion disks, tained. The book is accompanied by a DVD with the proach which will allow the non-specialist reader x-ray photoionized plasmas - Ultrastrong fields, par- new catalogue and the underlying data. to capture the essential concepts. We shall also in- ticle acceleration, collisionless shocks. These pro- corporate the very last research results (solid-stabi- ceedings cover many of the invited and contributed Features lized emulsions, metastability) and novel applica- papers presented at the 6th International Conference Presents a complete new reduction of the unique tions (Biotechnology). on High Energy Density Laboratory [..] Hipparcos data, with very significant improvements in the results Presents an overview of methods for Features Features analysing the Hipparcos data, not available anywhere Gives an overview of the most recent advances in the Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory As- else Presents a wide range of significant new scientif- area Basic principles and applications are outlined trophysics, which was held on March 11-14, 2006 at ic results derived from the new reduction Provides Important for scientists and developers of new mate- Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. Topics cov- details on a unique dynamical study of the Hipparcos rial alike ered by the conference and by this book: Stellar evo- satellite Provides a comparison with the forthcoming lution, stellar envelopes, opacities, radiation trans- [..] Contents port Planetary Interiors, high-pressure EOS, dense Introduction.- Emulsification.- Force measure- plasma atomic physics Supernovae, gamma-ray Contents ments.- Phase transitions.- Compressibility and elas- bursts, exploding systems, strong shocks, turbulent From the contents List of Figures. List of Tables. List ticity of concentrated emulsions.- Stability of con- mixing [..] of Acronyms. Preface. Introduction. Dedication.- centrated emulsions.- Double emulsions.- New chal- Part I The Hipparcos mission. 1. The Hipparcos Mis- lenges for emulsions: Biosensors, Nano-reactors and Fields of interest sion. 2. Hipparcos Astrometry.- Part II Exploring templates.- Conclusion. Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas; Astro- the Hipparcos astrometric data. 3. Individual, Single physics; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plas- Stars. 4. The Astrometric Data For Composite Im- Fields of interest ma Physics; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmolo- ages And Orbital Binaries. 5. Groups Of Single Stars. Soft Matter, Complex Fluids; Physical Chemistry; gy; Fluids 6. Kinematics Of The Solar Neighbourhood.- Part Nanotechnology; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films III Hipparcos Photometric data. 7 The Photometric Target groups Data. 8. A Free-Floating Rigid Body In Space. 9. The Target groups Academic libraries, practitioners / professionals, sci- Torques On Hipparcos As Observed Over The Mis- Physicists and chemists working in the area of soft entists / Researchers, lecturers / tutors, graduates, sion. 10. Fully-Dynamic Attitude [..] matter physics and interfaces undergraduates Fields of interest Type of publication Type of publication Astronomy; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Monograph Proceedings Mechanics

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LRT 2006 The present volume is an introduction to nonlinear Photovoltaic solar-energy conversion is one of the waves and soliton theory in the special environment most promising technologies for generating renew- of compact spaces such a closed curves and surfaces The main purpose of the 2nd Topical Workshop able energy, and conversion of concentrated sunlight and other domain contours. It assumes familiarity on Low Radioactivity Techniques was to share the can lead to reduced cost for solar electricity. In fact, with basic soliton theory and nonlinear dynamical knowledge on techniques and developments aim- photovoltaic conversion of concentrated sunlight in- systems. The first part of the book introduces the ing at ultra-low level backgrounds. Extremely low sures an efficient and cost-effective sustainable pow- mathematical concept required for treating the man- backgrounds are needed for searches looking for rare er resource. This book gives an overview of all com- ifolds considered. Emphasis on the relevant notions events such as dark matter, neutrinoless double be- ponents, e.g. cells, concentrators, modules and sys- from topology and differential geometry. An intro- ta decay or solar neutrinos. Experts from all over the tems, for systems of concentrator photovoltaics. The duction to the theory of motion of curves and sur- world have participated in this Workshop. The arti- authors report on significant results related to de- faces - as part of the emerging field of contour dy- cles gathered in this proceeding are unique since they sign, technology, and applications, and also cover namics - is given. The second and third parts discuss provide technical details on low radioactivity tech- the fundamental physics and market considerations. the modeling of various physical solitons on compact niques developments. Researchers working in this Specific contributions include: theory and practice systems, such as filaments, loops and drops made field will find essential information in these articles. of sunlight concentrators; an overview of concentra- of almost incompressible materials thereby inter- tor PV activities; a description of concentrator solar Fields of interest secting with a large number of physical disciplines cells; design and technology of modules and systems; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astro- from hydrodynamics to compact object astrophysics. manufacturing aspects; and a market study. physics This book is intended for graduate students and re- searchers in mathematics, physics and engineering. Features Target groups Most application-oriented book on photovoltaics Researchers in astroparticle physics Contents Introduction.- Mathematical Prerequisites.- The Im- Contents Type of publication portance of the Boundary.- Vector Fields, Differen- 1. Past Experiences and New Challenges of PV Con- Proceedings tial Forms, and Derivatives.- Geometry of Curves.- centrators.- 2. III-V Heterostructures in Photo- Motion of Curves and Solitons.- Geometry of Sur- voltaics.- 3. Silicon Concentrator Solar Cells.- 4. Due April 2007 faces.- Theory of Motion of Surfaces.- Kinematics Multi-Junction Concentrator Solar Cells.- 5. Very of Hydrodynamics.- Dynamics of Hydrodynamics.- High Concentration Challenges of III-V Multi-Junc- Nonlinear Surface Waves in One-Dimension.- Non- tion Solar Cells.- 6. Concentrator Optics.- 7. So- 2007. VII, 152 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 897) Hardcov- linear Surface Waves in Two-Dimensions.- Nonlin- lar Cell Cooling.- 8. Terrestrial PV Concentration er ear Surface Waves in Three-Dimensions.- Other Spe- Systems.- 9. Solar Thermophotovoltaics.- 10. Mul- 130,15 € cial Nonlinear Compact Systems.- Filaments, Chains ti-Junction Concentrator Solar Cells: An Enabler for ISBN 978-0-7354-0402-1 and Solitons.- Solitons on the Boundaries of Micro- Low-Cost Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems.- 11. scopic Systems.- Nonlinear Contour Dynamics in [..] Inspira's CPV Sun Tracking.- 12. The Amonix High Concentration Pholovoltaic System.- 13. The [..] Fields of interest Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Chaos, Fields of interest Neural Networks; Differential Geometry; Mathemat- Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Applied ical Methods in Physics; Fluids Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Renewable En- Target groups ergy Sources Postgraduate students and researchers Target groups Type of publication Scientists Monograph Type of publication Due September 2007 Monograph

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G. Lutz, Max-Planck-Institutes for Physics and Extraterrestrial B. Lüthi, University of Frankfurt, Germany K. Mainzer, Universität Augsburg, Germany Physics, München, Germany Physical Acoustics in the Solid State Thinking in Complexity Semiconductor Radiation Detectors The Computational Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind Device Physics Suitable for researchers and graduate students in physics and material science, "Physical Acoustics in The theory of nonlinear, complex systems has be- the Solid State" reviews the modern aspects in the Starting from basic principles, the author, whose come by now a proven problem-solving approach in field, including many experimental results, especial- own contributions to these developments have been the natural sciences. And it is now also recognized ly those involving ultrasonics. Practically all fields of significant, describes the rapidly growing field of that many if not most of our social, ecological, eco- solid-state physics are covered: metals, semiconduc- modern semiconductor detectors used for energy nomical and political problems are essentially of a tors, magnetism, superconductivity, different kinds and position measurement radiation. This develop- global, complex and nonlinear nature. And it is now of phase transitions, low-dimensional systems, and ment was stimulated by requirements in elementary further accepted than any holistic perspective of the the quantum Hall effect. After a review of the rele- particle physics where it has led to important scien- human mind and brain can hardly be achieved by vant experimental techniques and an introduction tific discoveries. It has now spread to many other any other approach. In this wide-ranging, scholar- to the theory of elasticity, emphasizing the symme- fields of science and technology. The book is writ- ly but very concise treatment, physicist, computer try aspects, applications in the various fields of con- ten in a didactic way and includes an introduction scientist and philosopher Klaus Mainzer discusses, densed matter physics are presented. Also treated are to semiconductor physics. The working principles in essentially nontechnical language, the common Brillouin-scattering results and results from thermo- of semiconductor radiation detectors are explained framework behind these ideas and challenges. Em- dynamic investigations, such as thermal expansion in an intuitive way, followed by formal quantitative phasis is given to the evolution of new structures in and specific heat. analysis. Broad coverage is also given to electronic natural and cultural systems and we are lead to see signal readout and to the subject of radiation dam- Features clearly how the new integrative approach can give age. The book is the first to comprehensively cover Only comprehensive book on acoustic effects in insights not available from traditional reductionis- the semiconductor radiation detectors currently in solids on the market tic methods. The fifth edition enlarges and revises al- use. It is useful as a teaching guide and as a reference most all sections and supplements an entirely new work for research and applications. 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F.G. Major, Severna Park, MD, USA F. Mancini, Università di Salerno, Baronissi, Italia; A. Avella, Uni- S. Mancuso, University of Florence, Italy; S. Shabala, University of versità di Salerno, Baronissi, Italia (Eds.) Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia (Eds.) The Quantum Beat Lectures on the Physics of Strongly Rhythms in Plants Principles and Applications of Atomic Clocks Correlated Systems XI Phenomenology, Mechanisms, and Adaptive Significance Eleventh Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Correlated Intended for nonspecialists with some knowledge Systems of physics or engineering, The Quantum Beat cov- Rhythmic behaviour is quintessential to life itself. ers a wide range of salient topics relevant to atom- Advances in plant molecular biology, micro/nan- ic clocks, treated in a broad intuitive manner with a All papers have been peer reviewed. This volume otechnology and applied mathematics provide new minimum of mathematical formalism. 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This book reviews re- optical pumping, the formation of "optical molasses," field of condensed matter physics through high lev- cent progress in assessing underlying mechanisms and the cesium "fountain" standard; and the time- el lectures and afternoon seminars by participants. controlling plant circadian and ultradian oscillations, based global navigation systems, Loran-C and the Main topics include: Mott transition and the physics and their physiological implications for growth, de- Global Positioning System. Also included are topics of Anderson impurities, numerical studies of disor- velopment, and adaptive responses to the environ- that bear on the precision and absolute accuracy of dered tight-binding Hamiltonians, optical probes ment. 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H. Mehrer, Universität Münster, Germany R. Menzel, University of Potsdam, Germany P. Meystre, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; M. Sargent, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA Diffusion in Solids Photonics Elements of Quantum Optics Fundamentals, Methods, Materials, Diffusion-Controlled Pro- Linear and Nonlinear Interactions of Laser Light and Matter cesses

Elements of Quantum Optics gives a self-contained The definition of "photonics" has been broadened and broad coverage of the basic elements neces- Diffusion is a vital topic in solid-state physics and in recent years to include nonlinear and quantum sary to understand and carry out research in laser chemistry, physical metallurgy and materials science. optics, today usually based on laser light. This book physics and quantum optics, including a review of Diffusion processes are ubiquitous in solids at ele- covers the fundamental properties of photon and basic quantum mechanics and pedagogical introduc- vated temperatures. A thorough understanding of light beams, both experimentally and theoretical- tions to system-reservoir interactions and to second diffusion in materials is crucial for materials devel- ly. It covers the essentials of linear interactions and quantization. The text reveals the close connection opment and engineering. This book first gives an ac- most of the nonlinear interactions between light between many seemingly unrelated topics, such as count of the central aspects of diffusion in solids, for and matter in both the transparent and absorbing probe absorption, four-wave mixing, optical insta- which the necessary background is a course in solid cases. It also provides a basic knowledge of modern bilities, resonance fluorescence and squeezing. It al- state physics. It then provides easy access to impor- lasers, as well as the principles of nonlinear optical so comprises discussions of cavity quantum electro- tant information about diffusion in metals, alloys, spectroscopy. It is self-consistent and enriched by a dynamics and atom optics. The 4th edition includes semiconductors, ion-conducting materials, glasses large number of calculated illustrations, examples, a new chapter on quantum entanglement and quan- and nanomaterials. Several diffusion-controlled phe- and descriptive tables. Graduate students in physics tum information, as well as added discussions of the nomena, including ionic conduction, grain-bound- and electrical engineering, as well as other sciences, quantum beam splitter, electromagnetically induced ary and dislocation pipe diffusion, are considered as will find this book a thorough introduction to the transparency, slow light, and the input-output for- well. Graduate students in solid-state physics, phys- field, while for lecturers and scientists it offers a rich malism needed to understand many problems in ical metallurgy, materials science, physical and inor- source of useful information and a ready-to-hand quantum optics. It also provides an expanded treat- ganic chemistry or geophysics will benefit from this reference. About 4000 references open access to orig- ment of the minimum-coupling Hamiltonian and a book as will physicists, chemists, metallurgists, mate- inal literature. 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Features Features Features Nonlinear phenomena play a more and more impor- New chapter on quantum entanglement and quan- Most comprehensive and modern one on diffusion tant role for everybody using the laser "as a tool" The tum information Added discussions of the quantum in the various classes of materials text is unique in this respect and shows how to use beam splitter, electromagnetically induced trans- photons from laser light as a nonlinear tool A realm parency, slow light and the input-output formalism Contents of nonlinear effects can be found in the text About Fundamentals of Diffusion.- Experimental Meth- 4000 references listed Contents ods.- Diffusion in Metallic Materials.- Diffusion in Classical Electromagnetic Fields.- Classical Non- Semiconductors.- Diffusion and Conduction in Ion- Contents linear Optics.- Quantum Mechanical Background.- ic Materials.- Diffusion in Glasses.- Diffusion along Topics in Photonics.- Properties and Description Mixtures and the Density Operator.- CW Field In- High-Diffusivity Paths and in Nanomaterials. of Light.- Linear Interactions between Light and teractions.- Mechanical Effects of Light.- Introduc- Matter.- Nonlinear Interactions of Light and Mat- tion to Laser Theory.- Optical Bistability.- Saturation Fields of interest ter without Absorption.- Nonlinear Interactions of Condensed Matter; Optical and Electronic Materials; Spectroscopy.- Three and Four Wave Mixing.- Time- Light and Matter with Absorption.- Lasers.- Nonlin- Varying Phenomena in Cavities.- Coherent Tran- Characterization and Evaluation Materials; Thermo- ear Optical Spectroscopy.- References. dynamics; Physical Chemistry sients.- Field Quantization.- Interaction between Atoms and Quantized Fields.- System-Reservoir Fields of interest Interactions.- Resonance Fluorescence.- Squeezed Target groups Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Laborato- States of Light.- Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics.- Engineers, scientists, researchers and graduate stu- ry Medicine; Physical Chemistry; Quantum Optics, Quantum Theory of a Laser.- Entanglement, [..] dents Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics; Electronic and Computer Engineering Type of publication Fields of interest Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Quantum Monograph Target groups Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics Physicists in the field of applied optics, lasers, spec- Due July 2007 troscopy Target groups Students, scientists Type of publication 2007. 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O. Miranda, Cinvestav, México City, México; M. Carbajal, Cin- T.N. Mitchell, University of Dortmund, Germany; B. Costisella, M. Mobberley, Suffolk, UK vestav, México City, México; L.M. Montaño, Cinvestav, México University of Dortmund, Germany City, México; O. Rosas-Ortiz, Cinvestav, México City, México; S.A. Tomas, Cinvestav, México City, México (Eds.) Supernovae NMR - From Spectra to Structures and How to Observe Them Advanced Summer School in An Experimental Approach Physics 2006 This book is intended for amateur astronomers who Frontiers in Contemporary Physics EAV06 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is are readers of Sky and Telescope magazine or simi- one of the most powerful analytical methods. This lar astronomy periodicals – or are at least at the same practice-oriented textbook aims at teaching how level of knowledge and enthusiasm. Supernovae, the All articles were peer reviewed. The aim of the Ad- NMR experiments should be used to make structural subject of this book, represent the most violent stel- vanced Summer School in Physics 2006 was to of- asssignments. The book is intended as lar explosions in the universe. It is a unique guide fer a series of courses which could be attended by a practical guide for students and laboratory person- to supernova facts, and it is also an observing/dis- graduate and advanced undergraduate students. This nel, so that the emphasis is on practical rather than covery guide, all in one package. Supernovae are of- book collects the material presented throughout the on theoretical aspects, which are treated only to the ten discovered by amateur astronomers, and Martin course. The courses covered several frontier topics extent necessary to understand the experiments and Mobberley describes the best strategies for discover- on physics such as Rigged Hilbert spaces, neutrinos, to interpret the results. The second edition has been ing and observing them. Moreover, Supernovae and nanostructures, complex networks, and colloidal sys- expanded to include several other heteronuclei (15N, How to Observe Them contains detailed information tems. 19F, 29Si, 77Se, 113Cd, 117Sn/119Sn, 195Pt, 207Pb) about the probable physics of supernovae, a subject and a new chapter on solid state NMR. The problems which even today is imperfectly understood. Here is Fields of interest section has been enlarged and now includes 50 prob- a book that is essential reading for any amateur as- Physics, general; Nanotechnology lems. These are of different degrees of complexity tronomer who is interested in discovering, observ- and in all cases include two-dimensional (2D) meth- ing, or learning about supernovae. Target groups ods as well as standard proton and carbon 1D spec- Graduate students, advanced undergraduate stu- tra. Features dents, faculty, and researchers Contains all the currently-known facts on super- Features novae, in a single book Explains in clear, readable Type of publication The practical guide to today’s NMR experiments language what supernovae are, and how we current- Proceedings aims at teaching how to use the huge variety of NMR ly believe the physics of supernovae operate Con- experiments available today The emphasis is on tains detailed galaxy images for readers to begin their Due March 2007 practical rather than on theoretical aspects Now in- own search for new supernovae Describes how the cludes the nuclei 1H/2H, 13C, 31P, 17O, 15N, 19F, world’s top supernova hunters conduct their search- 29Si, 77Se, 113Cd, 117Sn/119Sn, 195Pt, 207Pb and 2007. XV, 270 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 885) Hardcov- es The only book about supernovae – the most vio- er a new chapter on solid state NMR The collection of lent stellar [..] 50 problems of different complexity is an invaluable 90,10 € help for [..] Contents ISBN 978-0-7354-0385-7 Part 1. Supernovae facts and feats.- Supernova Contents Physics – what they are.- Supernovae as a measure 1D Experiments.- 2D Experiments.- Quadrupolar of the Universe.- Supernovae in History.- The Top Nucleus Experiments.- HPLC-NMR Coupling.- Oth- 100 Supernovae.- Supernovae – a threat to life on er Spin-1/2 Nuclei.- Solid State NMR. Earth?.- Part 2. Observing and Discovering Super- novae.- Supernovae as visual variable stars.- Super- Fields of interest nova photometry and light curves.- Amateur super- Analytical Chemistry; Measurement Science, Instru- nova hunting in the 21st Century.- The 40 Messier mentation; Organic Chemistry galaxies – images and locations.- The Caldwell galax- ies – images and locations- The first 200 Supernovae Target groups (thumbnail mosaics). Graduate and undergraduate students in chemistry; graduate students in biochemistry, pharmacology, Fields of interest experienced personnel in analytical laboratories Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy

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M. Mobberley, Suffolk, UK K.D. Moeller, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, S. Molokov, University of Coventry, UK; R. Moreau, EPM-MADY- USA LAM, St Martin d'Hères, France; H.K. Moffatt, University of Cam- bridge, UK (Eds.) Total Solar Eclipses and How to Optics Observe Them Magnetohydrodynamics Learning by Computing, with Examples Using Maple, Math- Cad®, Matlab®, Mathematica®, and Maple® Historical Evolution and Trends This is the ultimate, easy-to-read guide for "eclipse- chasers". Eclipse chasers are now numbered in the tens of thousands. Every total solar eclipse sees This new edition is intended for a one semester Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) studies the inter- dozens of cruise ships, each with about a thousand course in optics for juniors and seniors in science action between the flow of an electrically conduct- people on board, steaming along the track of the and engineering. It uses scripts from Maple, Math- ing fluid and magnetic fields. It involves such diverse eclipse. Tens of thousands of observers travel to the Cad, Mathematica, and MATLAB to provide a sim- topics as the evolution and dynamics of astrophys- eclipse track on land, to witness these rare astro- ulated laboratory where students can learn by explo- ical objects, thermonuclear fusion, metallurgy and nomical events. There are some important eclipses ration and discovery instead of passive absorption. semiconductor crystal growth, etc. Although the first coming up in the years ahead: in 2008 August across The text covers all the standard topics of a tradition- ideas in magnetohydrodynamics appeared at the be- Siberia, and then through the Gobi Desert. In 2009, al optics course, including: geometrical optics and ginning of the last century, the "explosion" in the- there is a 6 minute 38 second eclipse (very long) in aberration, interference and diffraction, coherence, oretical and experimental studies occurred in the China, south of Japan, and the Pacific Ocean. There Maxwell's equations, wave guides and propagating 1950s-60s. This state-of-the-art book aims at revising will be two more big ones in the south Pacific in 2010 modes, blackbody radiation, atomic emission and the evolution of ideas in various branches of magne- and 2012, then in 2017 there is a solar eclipse that lasers, optical properties of materials, Fourier trans- tohydrodynamics (astrophysics, earth and solar dy- will be visible right across the USA. The technolo- forms and FT spectroscopy, image formation, and namos, plasmas, MHD turbulence and liquid metals) gy available to amateur astronomers is improving holography. 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These can of course be used to in Maple, MathCad, Mathematica, and MATLAB Unique in that it contains the review articles on the view prominences without an eclipse [..] (many of which are in the text; al scripts are included development of the subject by pioneers in the field as on the CD), each suggesting programs to solve a par- well as leading experts, not just in one, but in various Features ticular problem, and each linked to a topic in [..] branches of magnetohydrodynamics, such as liquid Describes the astronomy, science and physics of to- metals, astrophysics, dynamo and pinch tal solar eclipses, and the phenomena that can be ob- Features served only during a total eclipse Enables members Book will include dynamic and interactive computer Contents of the growing community of "eclipse chasers" to en- files Matlab, Mathematica and Maple files have been From the contents Part I Dynamo, Astrophysics, and sure that they have with them all the right equipment added to the Mathcad files of the first edition The Plasmas.- Part II High Magnetic Fields.- Part III Tur- to observe or image a total solar eclipse Describes three fold arrangement of text, applications and files bulence.- Part IV Electromagnetic Processing of Ma- what to expect during a total solar eclipse, in differ- makes the book suitable for “self-learning” May be terials. ent conditions and in different [..] used in optical laboratories with faculty-student in- teraction Fields of interest Contents Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Fluids; Astro- Introduction.- Part 1. 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J. Mullaney, Rehoboth Beach, DE, USA G.R. Myneni, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA; T. B. Möller, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; U. Reuter, Carneiro, CBMM, Sao Paulo, Brazil; A. Hutton, Jefferson Laborato- Technische Universität Dresden, Germany ry, Newport News, VA, USA (Eds.) The Herschel Objects and How to Observe Them Uncertainty Forecasting in Single Crystal - Large Grain Niobium Engineering Technology

Amateur astronomers – particularly deep-sky ob- Proceedings of the International Niobium Workshop servers – are always on the lookout for new observ- This book deals with uncertainty forecasting based ing challenges. The Herschel Objects, and How to on a fuzzy time series approach, including fuzzy ran- dom processes and artificial neural networks. A con- Observe Them offers the exciting opportunity of re- All papers have been peer-reviewed. SRF Technolo- sideration of data and measurement uncertainty en- tracing the steps of the greatest visual observer and gy based accelerators, FEL’s, and ERL’s are becom- hances forecasting in a wide range of applications, celestial explorer that ever lived. This is a practical ing common worldwide. Several new frontier tech- particularly in the fields of engineering, environmen- guide to seeing the most impressive of Herschel’s star nologies and applications are expected to be evolv- tal science and civil engineering. Uncertain data are clusters, nebulae and galaxies. There has never been ing in coming years as the cost of SRF technology described by means of a new incremental fuzzy rep- – and as of the time of submitting this proposal there comes down because the Large Grain—Single Crystal resentation which permits a complete and accurate still isn’t – an observer’s book devoted to the Her- Niobium Technology is maturing very rapidly. Ter- estimation of uncertainty. The book is aimed at en- schel objects. The US-based Astronomical League ra Hertz (THz) Science could benefit from these ad- gineers as well as professionals working in related has for several years sponsored a "Herschel Club", vances, and many applications are likely to be devel- fields. Descriptive, modeling and forecasting meth- reflecting the interest amateur astronomers have in oped in the fields of medical imaging, material sci- ods pertaining to fuzzy time series are introduced this important but less widely known listing. The ence, pharmaceuticals, communications etc. Herschel Objects, and How to Observe Them cov- and explained in detail. Emphasis is placed on fore- ers more than 600 of the brightest of the objects that Fields of interest casting with the aid of fuzzy random processes, such Herschel saw, with detailed descriptions and images Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; as fuzzy ARMA processes and fuzzy white-noise pro- of 150 to 200 of the very best for viewing with ama- Crystallography; Partially Ordered Systems, Glasses, cesses, as well as forecasting based on artificial neural teur telescopes. Quasicrystals; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons networks. All numerical algorithms are comprehen- sively described and demonstrated by way of practi- Features Target groups cal examples. Fills a definite need for active observers seeking ex- Scientists, engineers, technologists and materials sci- citing new celestial targets to explore with their tele- entists Features scopes. Goes far beyond those of the standard (i.e. Fuzzy time series can be applied in many fields in Messier and Caldwell) listings The first book of its Type of publication engineering like environmental engineering or civil kind devoted entirely to viewing the deep-space dis- Proceedings engineering Two simulation-based important fore- coveries of Sir William Herschel, the greatest visual casting strategies are explained: forecasting based on observer and amateur/professional astronomer that Due September 2007 fuzzy-ARMA-processes or fuzzy-white-noise-pro- ever lived and discoverer of the planet [..] cesses and forecasting based on fuzzy artificial neural networks A complete new description of uncertain Contents 2007. 214 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 927) Hardcover data as incremental fuzzy data is given Contents.- Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Part 1. Sir 62,40 € William and his catalog.- Part 2. Exploring the Her- Contents ISBN 978-0-7354-0437-3 schel Showpieces.- Appendices.- Index.- About the Introduction.- Mathematical Description of Uncer- Author. tain Data.- Analysis of Time Series Comprised of Uncertain Data.- Forecasting of Time Series with Fields of interest Uncertain Data.- Uncertain Forecasting in Engineer- Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy ing and Environmental Science.- References.- Index.

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W.G. Müller, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria H. Nersisyan, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, P.V. Nickles, Max Born Institute for Non-Linear Optics and Short Ashtarak, Armenia; C. Toepffer, University of Erlangen, Germany; Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany; K.A. Janulewicz, Max Born G. Zwicknagel, University of Erlangen, Germany Institute for Non-Linear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Collecting Spatial Data Berlin, Germany (Eds.)

Optimum Design of Experiments for Random Fields Interactions Between Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field X-Ray Lasers 2006 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, August The book is concerned with the statistical theory A Theoretical Approach to Ion Stopping in Magnetized Plas- 20-25, 2006, Berlin, Germany mas for locating spatial sensors. It bridges the gap be- tween spatial statistics and optimum design theo- ry. After introductions to those two fields the topics The search for table-top and repetitive pump of exploratory designs and designs for spatial trend This monograph focusses on the influence of a schemes during the last decade has been the driving and variogram estimation are treated. Special atten- strong magnetic field on the interactions between force behind the spectacular advances demonstrated tion is devoted to describing new methodologies to charged particles in a many-body system. Two com- during the 10th International Conference on X-Ray cope with the problem of correlated observations. plementary approaches, the binary collision model Lasers, organized in 2006 in Berlin. Since 1986, inter- A great number of relevant references are collect- and the dielectric theory are investigated in both an- national experts have gathered every two years at this ed and put into a common perspective. The theo- alytical and numerical frameworks. In the binary col- established conference to discuss the progress in the- retical investigations are accompanied by a practi- lision model, the Coulomb interaction between the ory, experiment and application of plasma-based soft cal example, the redesign of an Upper-Austrian air test and the target particles is screened because of the X-ray lasers. Traditionally, the conference sessions pollution monitoring network. A reader should be polarization of the target. In the continuum dielec- devoted to complementary and alternative sources able to find respective theory and recommendations tric theory one considers the interactions between of short wavelength radiation, such as high harmon- on how to efficiently plan a specific purpose spatial the test particle and its polarization cloud. In the ics, XFEL or incoherent X-rays are organized so as monitoring network. The third edition takes into presence of a strong magnetic field, there exists no to emphasize the role of X-ray laser research in rela- account the rapid development in the area of suitable parameter of smallness. Linearized and per- tion to the other short wavelength sources. Grazing spatial statistics by including new relevant research turbative treatments are not more valid and must be incidence pumping (GRIP) and seeding with high and references. The revised edition contains addi- replaced by numerical grid or particle methods. Ap- harmonics were the dominant topics of the confer- tional material on design for detecting spatial [..] plications include the electron cooling of ion beams ence. High repetition rate and portable X-ray lasers in storage rings and the final deceleration of antipro- were reported to have been applied in metrology and Features tons and heavy ion beams in traps. Book bridges the gap between spatial statistics and photochemistry for the first time. The proceedings of optimum design theory New edition includes new Features this series of conferences constitute [..] relevant research and references First book on this topic Features Contents Contents A comprehensive source of reference of the acknowl- Introduction.- Fundamentals of Spatial Statistics.- Previous Work, Status and Overview.- Challenges edged state-of-the-art in this specific area of laser Fundamentals of Experimental Design.- Exploratory Imposed by the Magnetic Field.- Binary Collision and plasma physics Designs.- Designs for Spatial Trend Estimation.- De- Model (BC), Dielectric Theory (DT).- Classical Tra- Fields of interest sign and Dependence.- Multipurpose Designs.- Ap- jectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) Simulations.- Particle Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers; Atoms and pendix. in Cell (PIC) Simulations.- Binary Collisions.- La- Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Physics; Mea- grangian Formulation.- Force Formulation.- Veloci- surement Science, Instrumentation Fields of interest ty Transfer in Second-Order Perturbation Theory.- Regional Science; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, CTMC.- Dielectric Theory.- Vlasov-Poisson, PIC.- Target groups Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences; Math. Linearized Dynamic Collective Response.- Confor- Researchers, libraries Appl. in Environmental Science; Math. Applica- mity of DT and BC in the Linear Regime.- Quantum tions in Geosciences; Statistics for Business/Eco- Description.- Applications.- Drag Force on Ions.- Type of publication nomics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance Electron Coolers in Storage Rings.- Diffusion [..] Proceedings

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"Laser-Tissue Interactions” provides a thorough de- In Spies in the Sky Patrick Norris responds to the oc- scription of the fundamentals and applications in casion of the 50th Anniversary of the dawn of the These proceedings contain an up-to-date series of this field. Basic concepts such as the optical and ther- Space Age – the launch of 1 – with a review lectures covering issues at the forefront of cosmolo- mal properties of tissue, the various types of tissue of the most important historical applications of space gy, gravitation, and astrophysics. Both observation- ablation, and optical breakdown and its related ef- science for the benefit of the human race during that al matters, such as accelerated expansion of the uni- fects are treated in detail. Special attention is given half century, focusing particularly on the prevention verse, and gamma ray bursts and theoretical issues, to mathematical tools (Monte Carlo simulations, of nuclear war. The author addresses the oft quot- such as loop quantum gravity and quantum field the- the Kubelka-Munk theory etc.) and approved tech- ed conclusion that the Moon landings and the ‘race ory in de Sitter space are presented. Being a school niques (photodynamic therapy, laser-induced in- to the Moon’ between the two superpowers were a for advanced students, many of the lectures were a terstitial thermotherapy etc.). The part on applica- side effect of the Cold War, by describing what he high level revision of recent developments, among tions reviews clinically relevant methods in modern believes was the more important event – the use of which could single out the results presented by Be- medicine using the latest references. The last chapter satellites by military to prevent the Cold War becom- linski regarding the absence of black hole evapora- covers today's standards of laser safety, with a care- ing a ‘hot war’. In developing the story the author tion, and Riffini regarding the origin of gamma-0 ray ful selection of essential guidelines published by the casts a spotlight on a little-known aspect of the Space bursts. Laser Institute of America. Numerous research pho- Age, namely the military dimension. Today military tographs, illustrations, tables and comprehensive satellites represent 25 percent of all satellites in orbit, Fields of interest summaries make this book a useful guide for grad- and they are just as important now in preventing re- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astrono- uate students, scientists, and medical practitioners. gional nuclear war as they were in preventing global my; Relativity and Cosmology New end-of-chapter exercises provide readers with Armageddon more than 30 years ago. the opportunity to check their [..] Target groups Features Advanced students and researchers in general, in Features Tells the story of the single most important contri- the areas of cosmology, astrophysics, high energy Presents the state of the art in the emerging field of bution which satellites have made to humankind in physics, and classical and quantum general relativity laser-tissue interaction the 50 years since the launch of Sputnik 1 Provides a different approach to the anniversary of the dawn Type of publication Contents of the Space Age to existing books Focuses on a lit- Proceedings Introduction.- Light and Matter.- Interaction Mech- tle-known aspect of the Space Age, namely the mili- anisms.- Clinical Applications of Laser.- Laser Safety. tary dimension Combines history, politics, defence Due July 2007 studies, science, technology and human interest in a Fields of interest novel way Biophysics; Surgery; Laser Technology and Physics, 2007. Approx. 440 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 910) Photonics; Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Contents Hardcover Nonlinear Optics; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Sputnik 1: its impact on the Soviets and the West.- Optical Devices; Operating Procedures, Materials After 50 years - satellites in our daily life.- Cold War 95,50 € Treatment nuclear stand-off – mutually assured destruction.- ISBN 978-0-7354-0418-2 Spy satellites – then and now.- Problems of verifying Target groups an arms limitation Treaty.- The first break through Advanced graduate students in the field of materials - ABM Treaty.- SALT – satellites underpin the agree- science and laser physics, scientists and practitioners ment.- Fringe players: UK, France, China.- After in this field the Cold War – regional tensions.- What the future holds. Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Fields of interest Popular Science in Astronomy; Extraterrestrial Due August 2007 Physics, Space Sciences; Space Exploration and As- tronautics; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineer- 2007. XVI, 305 p. 175 illus. (Biological and Medical Physics, ing Biomedical Engineering) Softcover Target groups 49,95 € Popular science and spaceflight enthusiasts ISBN 978-3-540-72191-8 Type of publication Popular science

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M. Ohsaki, Tohoku University, Japan; K. Ikeda, Kyoto University, G.V. Osipov, Nizhny Novgorod University, Nizhny Novgorod, Rus- Z.-Y.J. Ou, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA Japan sia; J. Kurths, University of Potsdam, Germany; C. Zhou, Universi- ty of Potsdam, Germany Multi-Photon Quantum Stability and Optimization of Interference Structures Synchronization in Oscillatory Networks Generalized Sensitivity Analysis Multi-Photon Quantum Interference covers the phe- nomena of quantum interference through the mul- The formation of collective behavior in large ensem- ti-photon effects of photon correlation. The author’s Stability and Optimization of Structures: General- bles or networks of coupled oscillatory elements is focus is on the temporal correlation among pho- ized Sensitivity Analysis is the first book to address one of the oldest and most fundamental aspects of tons and how it influences the interference effect. In- issues of structural optimization against nonlinear dynamical systems theory. Potential and present cluded is discussion of some of the well known mul- buckling. Through the investigation of imperfection applications span a vast spectrum of fields ranging ti-photon interference schemes, such as Hong-Ou- sensitivity, worst imperfection and random imper- from physics, chemistry, geoscience, through life- Mandel interferometer and Franson Interferometer fection based on concrete theoretical framework, it and neurosciences to engineering, the economic and for two-photon system, quantum state teleportation is shown that optimization against buckling does not the social sciences. This work systematically investi- and swapping for four-photon system, and quan- necessarily produce an imperfection-sensitive struc- gates a large number of oscillatory network config- tum state reconstruction for multi-photon system. A ture. This book offers the reader greater insight in- urations that are able to describe many real systems unique feature of the book is its quantitative charac- to optimization-based and computer-assisted stabili- such as electric power grids, lasers or the heart mus- terization of photon indistinguishability and its con- ty design of finite-dimensional structures. Using the cle - to name but a few. This book is conceived as nection to interference effects. unified approach to parameter sensitivity analysis, an introduction to the field for graduate students in it connects studies of elastic stability, computation- physics and applied mathematics as well as being a Features al mechanics and applied mathematics. Optimiza- compendium for researchers from any field of appli- No book available on this topic for graduate students tion based on stability theory is presented and ex- cation interested in quantitative models. who first come into the field Presents a systematic plained, with 140 figures to illustrate applications in treatment of the multi-photon interference phenom- the framework of finite element analysis. This book Features ena and their applications in quantum information serves as an illustrative introduction for profession- First monograph on this topic Written by interna- sciences Deals with a systematic treatment of para- al structural and mechanical engineers, graduate stu- tionally known exerts in the field metric down conversion and presents complete cov- dents in engineering, as [..] erage of various multi-photon interference effects Contents The model used is closely related to actual experi- Features Introduction.- Basic Models.- Synchronization Due ments Provides examples which demonstrate the compu- to External Periodic Forcing.- Synchronization of tational efficiency and accuracy, as well as imple- Two Coupled Systems.- Synchronization in Ensem- Contents mentation in FEM codes Serves as an illustrative in- bles of Phase Oscillators.- Synchronization in Chains Historical Background and General Remarks.- troduction to stability theory for graduate students of Coupled Limit-Cycle Oscillators.- Phase Synchro- Quantum State from Parametric Down Conversion.- Combines design sensitivity analysis developed in nization in Ensembles of Chaotic OscillatorsWith Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometer.- Phase-Indepen- structural optimization and imperfection-sensitiv- a Period-Doubling Route to Chaos. Rössler Oscilla- dent Two-Photon Interference.- Phase Dependent ity analysis developed in stability analysis Presents tors.- Synchronization of Intermittent-Like Two-Photon Interference: Two-Photon Interferom- numerical procedures of optimization within the Oscillations in Chains of Coupled Maps.- Regular etry.- Interference Between a Two-Photon State and framework of [..] and Chaotic Phase Synchronisation of Coupled Cir- a Coherent State.- Coherence and Multiple Pair Pro- cle Maps.- Controlling Phase Synchronization in Os- duction in Parametric Down-Conversion.- Quan- Contents cillatory Networks.- Synchronization Structures [..] tum Interference with Two Pairs of Down-Con- Part I: Generalized Sensitivity of Nonlinear Elastic verted Photons.- Temporal Distinguishability of a Systems.- Introduction to Design Sensitivity Analy- Fields of interest Multi-Photon State.- Homodyne of a Single-Pho- sis.- Methods of Design Sensitivity Analysis.- Imper- Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Chaos, ton State: A Special Multi-Photon Interference.- Ap- fection Sensitivity Analysis.- Part II: Optimization Neural Networks; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic pendix A: Lossless Beam [..] Methods for Stability Design.- Optimization Un- Theory; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. der Stability Constraints.- Optimal Structures Un- Sciences; Biophysics; Communications Engineering, Fields of interest der Snapthrough Constraint.- Shape Optimization Networks; Biomedical Engineering Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Quan- of Complaint Mechanisms.- Optimal Braced Frames tum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics; Target groups with Coincident Buckling Loads.- Hilltop Branching Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Graduate students, researchers Point I: Simple Bifurcation.- Hilltop Branching Point Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices II: Multiple Bifurcations.- Hilltop Branching Point Type of publication III: Degenerate.- Part III: Worst and [..] Target groups Monograph Graduate students and researchers in the fields of Fields of interest quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and quantum in- Structural Mechanics; Mechanics; Engineering De- Due August 2007 formation sign; Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Chaos, Neural Networks; Computational Science and Engi- Type of publication neering; Optimization 2007. 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J. Palmer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA C.N. Papanicolas, University of Athens, Greece; A.M. Bernstein, L. Papantonopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Greece (Ed.) (Eds.) Planar Ising Correlations The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter Shape of Hadrons and Dark Energy Steady progress in recent years has been made in un- derstanding the special mathematical features of cer- The workshop addressed the issue of the shape of tain exactly solvable models in statistical mechanics The nature and essence of Dark Matter and Dark En- hadrons by reviewing all relevant information both and quantum field theory, including the scaling lim- ergy have become the central issue in modern cos- theoretical and experimental. The focus was on pho- its of the 2-D Ising (lattice) model, and more gen- mology over the past years as they make up most to- and electro-excitation experiments on the nucle- erally, a class of 2-D quantum fields known as holo- of the matter and energy content of the known uni- on, and on lattice and effective field theory, nucleon nomic fields. New results have made it possible to verse. Accordingly, the subject matter is quite natu- models, and phenomenological calculations. obtain a detailed nonperturbative analysis of the rally tied to other fields such as astroparticle physics, multi-spin correlations. In particular, the book fo- Fields of interest quantum physics and general relativity. This exten- cuses on deformation analysis of the scaling func- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons sive volume, an outgrowth of a topical and tutorial tions of the Ising model, and will appeal to gradu- summer school, has been set up with the aim of con- ate students, mathematicians, and physicists interest- Target groups stituting an advanced-level, multi-authored textbook ed in the mathematics of statistical mechanics and Theorists, experimentalists, particle and nuclear which meets the needs of both postgraduate students quantum field theory. physicists who are interested in hadron structure and young researchers in the fields of modern cos- and dynamics, and the understanding of QCD in the mology and astrophysics. Features confinement regime Focuses on the new mathematical methods and re- Contents sults of the author and others Places the treatment of Type of publication Part I Dark Matter: The Missing Matter of the Uni- the Ising model in a mathematically rigorous frame- Proceedings verse as Seen by Astroparticle Physics and Astro- work Covers an important and active area of re- physics.- Part II Dark Energy: The Energy Balance search Due May 2007 of the Universe Within the Standard Cosmological Model.- Part III Dark Matter and Dark Energy Be- Contents yond the Standard Theory of General Relativity.- In- Preface.- I. Ising Model on a Finite Square Lattice.- 2007. XV, 290 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 904) Hardcover dex. II. Infinite Volume Limits.- III. Scaling Limits.- IV. Monodromy Preserving Deformations of the Eu- 98,60 € Fields of interest clidean Dirac Equation.- V. Analysis of Tau Func- ISBN 978-0-7354-0411-3 Relativity and Cosmology; Physics beyond the Stan- tions.- VI. Holonomic Quantum Fields.- Appendix: dard Model; Astrophysics Infinite Dimensional Spin Groups.- Bibliography.- Index. Target groups Graduate students, lecturers, researchers Fields of interest Applications of Mathematics; Statistical Physics; Type of publication Mathematical Methods in Physics; Probability Theo- Monograph ry and Stochastic Processes Due July 2007 Target groups Graduate students and researchers interested in sta- tistical physics and quantum field theory 2007. XIII, 436 p. Also available online. (Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 720) Hardcover Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook 69,95 € ISBN 978-3-540-71012-7 Due August 2007

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I.A. Parinov, South Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Y.E. Penionzhkevich, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, L.I. Perlovsky, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; R. Kozma, Dubna, Russia; E.A. Cherepanov, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Re- University of Memphis, TN, USA (Eds.) actions, Dubna, Russia (Eds.) Microstructure and Properties of High-Temperature Superconductors Neurodynamics of Cognition and International Symposium of Exotic Consciousness Nuclei

An intrinsic brittleness of oxide cuprates, the layered anisotropic structure and the supershort coherence This book addresses dynamical aspects of brain func- length are the main features of HTS defining their This book is a collection of talks presented at the tions and cognition. Experimental evidence in hu- properties. Taking into account these features, the International Symposium on "Exotic Nuclei" EX- mans and other mammalians indicates that complex researching of HTS microstructure and properties ON2006 which was held in Khanty-Mansiysk Rus- neurodynamics is crucial for the emergence of high- is presented, and also the possibilities of optimiza- sia (Russia, west Siberia) during 17-22 July 2006. er-level intelligence. Dynamical neural systems with tion of the preparation techniques and supercon- The International Symposium of Exotic Nuclei (EX- encoding in limit cycle and non-convergent attrac- ducting compositions are considered. The link "com- ON2006) was dedicated to the problems of produc- tors have gained increasing popularity in the past position-technique-experiment-theory-model" in- ing and investigating nuclei far from the line of sta- decade. The role of synchronization, desynchroniza- vestigated in the book, assuming considerable HTSC bility. The main goal of the Symposium was to dis- tion, and intermittent synchronization on cognition defectiveness and structure heterogeneity, forms cuss the latest results on the production and study has been studied extensively by various authors, in whole picture of modern representations on the mi- of the properties of the lightest to heaviest nuclei, as particular by authors contributing to the present vol- crostructure, strength and connected with them the well as, the plans for future joint investigations in the ume. This volume gives an overview of recent ad- structure-sensitive properties of the materials con- field of exotic nuclei. The big interest in the synthesis vances in this interdisciplinary field of cognitive sci- sidered. Especial attention is devoted in the book to of new isotopes of the light elements could explain ence related to dynamics of cognition, including ex- the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O and Y-Ba-Cu-O families, that to- the numerous reports on this topic. In principle, in perimental studies, dynamical modelling and inter- day are most perspective for applications. The book the region of neutron-rich isotopes of light elements pretation of cognitive experiments, and theoretical includes great number of illustrations and references. the nucleon dripline has been reached. Principally approaches. The following topics are covered in this The monograph is addressed to students, post-grad- new information was obtained for the neutron-rich book: spatio-temporal dynamics of neural correlates uate students and specialists, taking part in the [..] nuclei close to the magic neutron numbers N = 20 of higher-level cognition; dynamical neural memo- and N = 28. It turned out that, what concerns their ries, including continuous and discrete [..] Features stability, the magicity of these [..] Comprehensive presentation of all types of HTSC Features Includes broad overview on HTSC computer simula- Fields of interest Addresses the operation and design of intelligent sys- tions and modelling Fluids; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Nu- tems from a dynamic perspective Triggered by dis- clear Fusion cussions at the Session Special on “Neurodynam- Contents ics of Higher-Level Cognitive Behavior” at the 2006 Superconductors and Superconductivity. General Is- Target groups World Conference on Computational Intelligence sues.- Composition Features and HTSC Preparation Physicists, chemists and materials scientists, also ad- Techniques.- Experimental Investigations of HTSC.- vanced undergraduates and graduate students in Contents Carbon Problem.- General Aspects of HTSC Model- physics, as well as non-experts interested in physics Neurodynamics of Cognition and Consciousness.- ing.- Modeling BSCCO Systems and Composites.- of exotic nuclei Part I: Neurocognition and Human Consciousness.- Modeling YBCO Oxide Superconductors.- Comput- Proposed Cortical "Shutter" Mechanism in Cine- Type of publication er Simulation of HTSC Microstructure and Tough- matographic Perception.- Toward a Complementary Proceedings ening Mechanisms.- Mechanical Destructions of Neuroscience: Metastable Coordination Dynamics HTSC Josephson Junctions and Composites.- Mod- of the Brain.- The Formation of Global Neurocogni- eling of Electromagnetic and Superconducting Prop- Due June 2007 tive State.- Neural Dynamic Logic of Consciousness: erties of HTSC.- Appendix A. Classification of Su- the Knowledge Instinct.- Cortical Circuits of Cogni- perconductors.- Appendix B. Finite Element Imple- 2007. LXXXII, 606 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 912) Hardcover tion and Consciousness.- Using ADP to Understand mentation of [..] and Replicate Brain Intelligence: the Next Level De- 163,25 € sign?.- Neurodynamics of Intentional Behavior Gen- Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-0420-5 eration.- How Does the Brain Create, Change, and Superconductivity, Superfluidity, Quantum Fluids [..]

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M. Peston, Romford, UK M. Pettini, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy H. Pham, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA (Ed.) A User's Guide to the Meade LXD55 Geometry and Topology in and LXD75 Telescopes Hamiltonian Dynamics and Springer Handbook of Engineering Statistical Mechanics Statistics

This book provides a comprehensive introductory guide to "choosing and using" an LXD55 / 75 com- In today’s global and highly competitive environ- This book explores the foundations of hamiltoni- puter-controlled "Goto" series of telescopes, and ment, continuous improvement in the processes and an dynamical systems and statistical mechanics, in is useful for both beginners and more advanced products of any field of engineering is essential for particular phase transitions, from the point of view practical amateur astronomers. It also provides a survival. Many organisations have shown that the of geometry and topology. A broad participation of comprehensive guide to using Autostar(TM), the first step to continuous improvement is to integrate topology in these fields has been lacking and this computerized "Goto" handset. There is already the widespread use of statistics and basic data analy- book will provide a welcome overview of the current a large user-base of these telescopes around the sis into the manufacturing development process as research in the area, in which the author himself is world, but there is as yet no single comprehensive well as into the day-to-day business decisions tak- a pioneer. Using geometrical thinking to solve fun- guide commercially available for users to fully get to en in regard to engineering processes. The Springer damental problems in these areas, compared to the grips with using the LXD series of telescopes. The Handbook of Engineering Statistics gathers together purely analytical methods usually used in physics manufacturer’s manuals are not detailed enough to the full range of statistical techniques required by en- could be highly productive. The author skillfully be of real help to beginners, nor does it provide ad- gineers from all fields to gain sensible statistical feed- guides the reader, whether mathematician or physi- vanced technical tips and user information to help back on how their processes or products are func- cists through the background needed to understand the experienced astronomer get the best out of these tioning and to give them realistic predictions of how and use these techniques. instruments. This guide brings together the informa- these could be improved. Featuring: Contributions tion needed to help owners get the best out of their Features from leading experts in statistics and their applica- LXD telescopes. The subject of the book is very original and nothing tion to engineering from industrial control to aca- similar has been written hitherto Will be of interest demic medicine and financial risk management giv- Features to both mathematicians and physicists Numerous il- ing all-round authoritative coverage. Wide-ranging First book to describe the Meade LXD telescope lustrations throughout selection of statistical [..] range in detail There is a large user-base of these telescope models worldwide Contains instructions Contents Contents for how to use a GOTO telescope for beginners and Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- Background in Part A: Fundamental Statistics and Its Applications advanced amateurs alike Not solely aimed at just Physics.- Geometrization of Hamiltonian Dynam- Statistical Reliability with Applications.-Weibull Dis- the owners of the telescope models – opens out to a ics.- Integrability.- Geometry and chaos.- Geometry tributions and Their Applications.-Characteriza- wider audience by comparing models pre-purchase of chaos and phase transitions.- Topological Hypoth- tions of Probability Distributions.-Two-Dimension- esis on the origin of phase transitions.- Geometry, al Failure Modelling.-Prediction Intervals for Re- Contents topology and thermodynamics.- Phase transitions liability Growth Models with Small Sample Sizes.- Introduction.- Astronomy as a Hobby.- Choosing and topology: necessity theorems.- Phase transitions Promotional Warranty Policies: Analysis and Per- an LXD Telescope.- Setting Up the Telescope.- Po- and topology: exact results.- Future developments.- spectives.-Stationary Marked Point Processes.-Mod- lar Alignment and Goto Setup.- First Night's Observ- Appendix 1: Elements of geometry and topology of eling and Analyzing Yield, Burn-in and Reliability ing.- Telescope Operations, Abilities and Observing differentiable manifolds.- Appendix 2: Elements of for Semiconductor Manufacturing: Overview.- Part Techniques.- The Universe at a Touch of a Button.- Riemannian geometry.- Appendix 3: Summary of el- B: Process Monitoring and Improvement Statistical Connecting to a Personal Computer.- Taking Im- ementary Morse theory.- References. Methods for Quality and Productivity [..] ages.- Keeping Your Telescope in Peak Condition.- Gadgets and Gizmos.- Where Did It All Go Wrong.- Fields of interest Fields of interest Appendices. Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Mathemat- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Statis- ical Methods in Physics; Quantum Physics; Applica- tics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Fields of interest tions of Mathematics; Statistical Physics Chemistry & Geosciences; Industrial and Production Popular Science in Astronomy; Astronomy Engineering; Business/Management Science, general; Target groups Process and Chemical Engineering Target groups Researchers, graduate students Amateur astronomers Type of publication Type of publication Handbook Type of publication Monograph Popular science Due July 2007 Due August 2007 Due June 2007 2006. eReference. 2007. XVI, 451 p. (Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, Vol. 33) 2007. XIV, 254 p. 119 illus. 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R. Plonsey, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; R.C. Barr, Duke F. Poli, Università di Parma, Italy; A. Cucinotta, Università di Par- G. Privett, Herefordshire, UK University, Durham, NC, USA ma, Italy; S. Selleri, Università di Parma, Italy Creating and Enhancing Digital Bioelectricity Photonic Crystal Fibers Astro Images A Quantitative Approach Properties and Applications

The book will, in jargon-free blow-by-blow terms, The study of electrophysiology has progressed rapid- Photonic crystal fibers, also known as microstruc- describe how to create the best astronomical images ly because of the precise, delicate, and ingenious ex- tured or holey fibers, have recently generated great you can with the digital camera equipment at your perimental studies of many investigators. The field interest in the scientific community thanks to the disposal. It will explain the steps we go through to has also made great strides by unifying these ex- new ways provided to control and guide light, not extract results from the raw-and-dirty original im- perimental observations through mathematical de- obtainable with conventional optical fibers. Proposed agery, and then transform them into high quality scriptions based on electromagnetic field theory, for the first time in the 90’s, photonic crystal fibers pictures that you could hang on your wall. The ad- electrochemistry, etc., which underlies these experi- have driven an exciting and irrepressible research vent of CCDs, and more recently inexpensive web- ments. In turn, these quantitative materials provide activity all over the World, starting in the telecom- cams, has led to a much greater proportion of ama- an understanding of many electrophysiological ap- munication field and then touching metrology, spec- teur astronomers becoming involved in digital imag- plications through a relatively small number of fun- troscopy, microscopy, astronomy, micromachining, ing. The low price of the new Meade Deep Sky Im- damental ideas. Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Ap- biology and sensing. This book is intended to pro- ager - $299 (2005) – suggests that within a few years proach, is the new edition of the classic introductory vide an expert guidance through the properties of a simple digital camera will become a standard acces- text to electrophysiology. It covers many topics that photonic crystal fibers, with a specific focus on the sory for any telescope. To summarise; this is a book are central to the field including: Electrical proper- telecommunication aspects. The authors believe that that tells practical astronomers (and that includes ties of the cell membrane; Action potentials; Cable photonic crystal fibers can revolutionize the field of some but not all professionals) what is needed to theory; Electrical Stimulation; Extracellular Wave- guided optics and its applications, especially when get from standing in the dark with a telescope and a forms; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Function Stimula- considering signal processing and specific functions camera, to showing your spouse, local society friends tion (FES). rather than the usage in long distance transmission. or even supervisor the astonishing images that can be They provide a deep analysis of how the physical and obtained with simple equipment but the right [..] Features geometrical characteristics [..] New edition updates the classic introductory text in Features electrophysiology Covers the most recent develop- Features Written by one of the world’s professional experts in ments in the field, including experimental discov- The first book to provide a complete overview of image processing Explanations that clarify the jargon eries and new mathematical descriptions Includes photonic crystal fibre analysis and design for telecom (with box-outs where necessary) Non-mathemati- Testing and Solutions Manual (CD-ROM) which applications cal approach Illustrated examples of an image pro- provides solutions with commentary, useful appen- cessing session Illustrated examples (in colour and dices and study guides Contents monochrome) State-of-the-art techniques with vari- From the contents Preface. Acknowledgements. ous software packages Contents Introduction. 1. Basics of photonic crystal fibers. Introduction.- Electrical Properties of the Cell Mem- 2. Guiding properties. 3. Dispersion properties. Contents brane.- Action Potentials.- Cable Theory.- Neuro- 4. Nonlinear properties. 5. Raman properties. 6. Acknowledgements.-The myriad advantages of im- muscular Junction.- Extracellular Fields.- Cardiac Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. 7. Finite element age processing (introduction).- Choosing a camera.- Electrophysiology.- Index.- CD-ROM Testing and method. Acquiring images (and choosing software).- Display- Solutions Manual. ing images.- Image reduction.- Flat fields.- Dark sub- Fields of interest traction.- Image transformations.- Image stacking.- Fields of interest Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Electro- Image mosaicing.- Image scaling and histograms.- Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics; Neurosciences; magnetism, Optics and Lasers; Numerical and Com- Background gradients.- Image enhancement.- Im- Cardiology; Evolutionary Biology putational Methods in Engineering age sharpening.- Image unsharp masking.- Image de- convolution.- Handling colour images.- Achieving Target groups Target groups colour balance.- CMY or RGB?- Other problems.- Advanced undergraduates and graduate students in Researchers, scientists, lecturers and graduate stu- Handling image sequences and webcams.- Image ac- biomedical engineering, biophysics, and pharmaceu- dents in telecommunication applications design and quisition.- Image quality techniques.- Automated tical engineering engineering image [..]

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J.D. Puglisi, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA (Ed.) J.D. Puglisi, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA (Ed.) A. Quadt, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Structure and Biophysics - Structure and Biophysics - Top Quark Physics at Hadron New Technologies for Current New Technologies for Current Colliders Challenges in Biology and Beyond Challenges in Biology and Beyond

More than ten years after its discovery, still relative- ly little is known about the top quark, the heaviest This volume is a collection of articles from the pro- This volume is a collection of articles from the pro- known elementary particle. The present extensive ceedings of the ISSBMR 7th Course: Structure and ceedings of the ISSBMR 7th Course: Structure and survey summarizes and reviews top-quark physics Biophysics - New Technologies for Current Chal- Biophysics - New Technologies for Current Chal- based on the precision measurements at the Fermilab lenges in Biology and Beyond. This NATO Advanced lenges in Biology and Beyond. This NATO Advanced Tevatron Collider, as well as the sensitivity of these Institute (ASI) was held in Erice at the Ettore Majo- Institute (ASI) was held in Erice at the Ettore Majo- experiments to new physics. Finally, an outlook on rana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture rana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture top quark physics at the Large Hadron Collider is on 22 June through 3 July 2005. The ASI brought on 22 June through 3 July 2005. The ASI brought given. together a diverse group of experts in the fields of together a diverse group of experts in the fields of Structural Biology, Biophysics and Physics. Promi- Structural Biology, Biophysics and Physics. Promi- Contents nent lecturers, from seven different countries, and nent lecturers, from seven different countries, and Introduction.- Top Quark Production and Decay students from around the world participated in the students from around the world participated in the at Hadron Colliders.- Accelerator and Detectors.- NATO ASI organized by Professors Joseph Puglisi NATO ASI organized by Professors Joseph Puglisi Measurement of the ttbar Production Cross Section (Stanford University, USA) and Alexander Arseniev (Stanford University, USA) and Alexander Arseniev at the Tevatron.- Search for Single Top Quark Pro- (Moscow, RU). Advances in nuclear magnetic reso- (Moscow, RU). Advances in nuclear magnetic reso- duction.- Top Quark Interactions to Gauge Bosons.- nance spectroscopy (NMR) and x-ray crystallogra- nance spectroscopy (NMR) and x-ray crystallogra- Fundamental Properties of the Top Quark.- Anoma- phy have allowed the three-dimensional structures phy have allowed the three-dimensional structures lous Top Quark Production.- Anomalous Top Quark of many biological macromolecules and their com- of many biological macromolecules and their com- Decays.- New Physics in Events with ttbar Topolo- plexes, including the ribosome and RNA polymerase plexes, including the ribosome and RNA polymerase gy.- Top Quark Physics at the LHC.- Summary. to be solved. Fundamental principles of NMR spec- to be solved. Fundamental principles of NMR spec- troscopy and dynamics, x-ray crystallography, com- troscopy and dynamics, x-ray crystallography, com- Fields of interest putation and experimental [..] putation and experimental [..] Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Mea- surement Science, Instrumentation Features Features Presents state of the art information on NMR spec- Presents state of the art information on NMR spec- Target groups troscopy, and its place in the broader field of bio- troscopy, and its place in the broader field of bio- Libraries physics No other volume presents such a wide range physics No other volume presents such a wide range of topics, including 1. NMR spectroscopy; 2. Protein of topics, including: 1. NMR spectroscopy; 2. Protein Type of publication folding; 3. X-ray crystallography; 4. Spectroscopy; 5. folding; 3. X-ray crystallography; 4. Spectroscopy; 5. Monograph Applications Applications Due May 2007 Contents Contents Preface.- Structural Genomics by NMR Spec- Preface.- Structural Genomics by NMR Spec- troscopy.- Investigation of Proteins in Living Bacte- troscopy.- Investigation of Proteins in Living Bacte- Reprinted from "The European Physical Journal C" Volume 48, ria with in-Cell NMR Experiments.- Protein-Mem- ria with in-Cell NMR Experiments.- Protein-Mem- 835-1000 (2006) brane Interactions: Lessons from In Silico Studies.- brane Interactions: Lessons from In Silico Studies.- Anything Goes – Protein Structural Polymorphism.- Anything Goes – Protein Structural Polymorphism.- 2007. VI, 166 p. 134 illus. (Advances in the Physics of Particles and Tandem Interactions in the trp Repressor System Tandem Interactions in the trp Repressor System Nuclei, Vol. 28) Hardcover may Regulate Binding to Operator DNA.- Basic may Regulate Binding to Operator DNA.- Basic Principles of RNA NMR Spectroscopy.- Probabilistic Principles of RNA NMR Spectroscopy.- Probabilistic 59,95 € Structure Calculation.- Molecular Insights into PKR Structure Calculation.- Molecular Insights into PKR ISBN 978-3-540-71059-2 Activation by Viral Double-Stranded RNA.- Struc- Activation by Viral Double-Stranded RNA.- Struc- tural Dynamic Approach as Rational Input for Drug tural Dynamic Approach as Rational Input for Drug Design.- Max Perutz: Chemist, Molecular Biologist, Design.- Max Perutz: Chemist, Molecular Biologist, Human [..] Human [..]

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D.G. Rabus, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA M. Raffel, Göttingen, Germany; C.E. Willert, DLR, Göttingen, Ger- S. Ramachandran, OFS Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA many; S.T. Wereley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; J. Kompenhans, DLR, Göttingen, Germany Integrated Ring Resonators Fiber Based Dispersion

The Compendium Particle Image Velocimetry Compensation

A Practical Guide

The optical filter, which has emerged in the last few A pulse of light spreads in time as it propagates in years in integrated optics, is resonator based. Ring- a fiber due to the physical phenomenon called dis- resonator filters do not require facets or gratings This practical guide to PIV provides in a condensed persion. While dispersion can be deleterious in opti- for optical feedback and are thus particularly suited form most of the information relevant for the plan- cal communications systems, it can also be exploit- for monolithic integration with other components. ning, performance and understanding of experi- ed to manage the temporal and spectral shapes of Ring resonators find applications not only in opti- ments employing the PIV technique. In its second pulses and their interactions with other pulses. Much cal networks, but also as sensors. The required pass- edition, the authors updated the chapters on the of dispersion control is realized in optical commu- band shape of ring resonator-filters can be custom principles and included information on microscop- nications systems with discrete devices – the so- designed by the use of configurations of various ring ic, high-speed and three component measurements called dispersion compensators, and almost all com- coupled resonators. This book describes the current as well as a description of advanced evaluation tech- mercially deployed dispersion compensators today state of the art on these devices with respect to de- niques. Steve Wereley with his knowledge completed are based on specially designed fibers. This book sign, fabrication and application. the group of authors of the first edition and his par- addresses various aspects of this device technolo- ticipation as an author was the key for that update. gy, such as the physics of optical dispersive effects, Features But also the drastic increase in the range of possible the design philosophy and properties of devices de- In-depth knowledge of the simulation, fabrication applications has been taken into account as the chap- ployed in optical networks today, futuristic devices and characterization of ring resonators for use as for ter describing representative applications of the PIV utilizing novel fibers, and their systems level im- example filters, lasers, sensors technique has been expanded considerably. pact. Written by leaders in the field drawn from both academia and industry, this book serves as a compre- Contents Features hensive introduction to the topic of dispersion man- 1. Introduction.- 2. Ring Resonators: Theory and Well established book Important reference and text- agement of light for graduate students and [..] Modelling.- 3. Materials and Fabrication Methods.- book for industry, university and students Covers all 4. Building Blocks of Ring Resonator Devices.- 5. De- major applications of PIV New, completely updated Features vices.- 6. Whispering Gallery Mode Devices.- 7. Out- and enlarged edition Very comprehensive source for First book exclusively covering dispersion compen- look. PIV developers and users sation solutions used in optical communications sys- tems Treatment of Optical Dispersion Compensa- Fields of interest Contents tion – from physics and device-design, to systems Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Introduction.- Physical and Technical Background.- impact Detailed description of variety of technolo- Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering Mathematical Background of Statistical PIV Eval- gy-platforms by the world’s leading manufacturers uation.- PIV Recording Techniques.- Image Eval- of such systems One-stop reference for: device physi- Target groups uation Methods for PIV.- Post-Processing of PIV cists, component designers as well as network link Advanced students Data.- Three-Component PIV Measurements.- Mi- designers cro-PIV.- Examples of Application.- Related Tech- Type of publication niques. Contents Monograph Section I: Conventional Dispersion Compensating Fields of interest Fiber: Modeling dispersion in optical fibers: appli- Due April 2007 Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Thermodynamics; cations to dispersion tailoring and dispersion com- Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Physics and pensation.- Fiber designs for high figure of merit and Applied Physics in Engineering 2007. XV, 256 p. 243 illus. (Springer Series in Optical Sciences, high slope dispersion compensating fibers.- Design optimization of dispersion compensating fibers and Vol. 127) Hardcover Target groups their packaging techniques.- Dispersion compensat- Researchers and engineers in industry and at univer- 129,95 € ing fiber used as a transmission fiber - Inverse/Re- sities ISBN 978-3-540-68786-3 verse Dispersion fiber.- Dispersion Compensating Type of publication Fibers for Raman Applications.- Section II: Alterna- Monograph tive/Emerging technologies: Static and tunable dis- persion management, with higher order [..]

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M. Ratcliffe, Valley Center, KS, USA R.J. Read, University of Cambridge, UK; J.L. Sussman, Weizmann J.E.F.T. Ribeiro, Center for Physics of Fundamental Interactions, Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (Eds.) Lisbon, Portugal (Ed.) State of the Universe 2008 Evolving Methods for Quark Confinement and the Hadron Images, Discoveries and Events Macromolecular Crystallography Spectrum VII

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Quarks are the building Solar System and place them in the context of the understanding the detailed mechanisms of biolog- blocks not only of everyday matter but also of short- longer term goals of astronomers and astrophysicists ical processes, and to discovering novel therapeu- lived particles. They possess the unique property of around the world. The aim is to capture the - tics using a structure-based approach. As yet, struc- being confined inside particles and hence able to ment and vibrancy of modern astronomical research. tures are known for only a small fraction of the pro- elude, up to now, any attempt to isolate them. They This section also includes web links for all major teins encoded by human and pathogenic genomes. are glued together to ensembles of twos (quark-an- news stories, providing a bridge between the public To counter the myriad modern threats of disease, tiquark) and threes by a force mediated by gluons news stories and the actual research web sites. The there is an urgent need to determine the structures (who, by themselves, are also confined). This confer- invited contributions which make up the second half of the thousands of proteins whose structure and ence focused on the physics arising from such objects of the annual each year will cover a variety of topics function remain unknown. This volume draws on and its relation with particle physics, astrophysics, and are written to appeal to a wide readership. These the expertise of leaders in the field of macromolecu- and nuclear physics. It is of interest to all theoreti- are written by leading astronomers or science writ- lar crystallography to illuminate the dramatic devel- cians and experimentalists working in these areas. ers. opments that are accelerating progress in structural biology. 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A. Rigamonti, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy; P. Carretta, S. Ritz, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA; P. Michelson, Stanford W.A.J. Rodrigues, Universidade Estadual Campinas, Campinas, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy University, Stanford, CA, USA; C.A. Meegan, Marshall Space Flight Brazil; E.C.d. Oliveira, Universidade Estadual Campinas, Camp- Center, Hunstville, AL, USA (Eds.) inas, Brazil Structure of Matter The First Glast Symposium The Many Faces of Maxwell, Dirac An Introductory Course with Problems and Solutions and Einstein Equations

A Clifford Bundle Approach This symposium was the first in a series of meetings Nowadays in most Universities the studies are or- devoted to the science of the Gamma-ray Large Area ganized with a first period of three or four years, Space Telescope (GLAST), yet it was also a succes- common to all the students and devoted to elemen- sor of the five remarkable Compton Symposia and This book is a thoughtful exposition of the algebra tary aspects of the Physics, followed by a more ad- subsequent Gamma2001 meeting. The GLAST Sym- and calculus of differential forms, the Clifford and vanced program in rather specialized fields. The dif- posia provide an essential forum for exchange of Spin-Clifford bundles formalisms with emphasis in ficult task is to provide a common and formative in- ideas and information across a broad range of scien- calculation procedures, and vistas to a formulation troduction in the first period, still suitable as a basis tific investigations. GLAST, NASA's new gamma-ray of some important concepts of differential geome- for building up more advanced courses and thus to observatory to be launched within the next year, will try necessary for a deep understanding of spacetime bridge the large area between elementary physics and open a wide new window on the universe. Gamma physics. The formalism discloses the hidden geomet- the topics pertaining to research activities. This text- rays are the highest-energy form of electromagnet- rical nature of spinor fields. Maxwell, Dirac and Ein- book is essentially an attempt towards that aim and it ic radiation, and the gamma-ray sky is spectacularly stein fields, which were originally considered objects is based on a mixture of simplified institutional the- different from what we perceive with our own eyes. of a very different mathematical nature, are shown ory and solved problems. The hope, in this way, is With a huge leap in all key capabilities, GLAST data to have representatives as objects of the same mathe- to provide physical insights, basic culture and moti- will enable scientists to answer persistent questions matical nature, i.e. as sections of an appropriate Clif- vation, without deteriorating the possibility of more across a broad range of topics, including supermas- ford bundle. This approach reveals unity in the di- advanced subsequent learning. The choice has been sive black hole systems, pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, versity and also the many faces of the equations sat- to limit the attention to key concepts and to the most the origin of cosmic rays, and searches for signals of isfied by those fields. Moreover, it suggests relation- typical aspects of atoms, molecules and solids, look- new physics. An astro-particle physics partnership, ships which are hidden in the standard formalisms ing at the basic "structural" aspects without dealing GLAST was developed in collaboration with the U.S. and new paths for research. Some foundational is- in detail with the [..] [..] sues of relativistic field theories, in particular the one concerning the conditions for the existence of the Fields of interest Fields of interest conservation laws of [..] Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas; Condensed Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astrono- Matter; Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy; Quan- my; Astrophysics Features tum Physics; Statistical Physics Comprehensive reference on differential geometry Target groups Based upon the common mathematical features of Target groups High-energy astrophysicists; high-energy particle Maxwell, Dirac and Einstein Equations Calculation Undergraduate students, graduate students, libraries physicists procedures are illustrated by many exercises solved in detail Type of publication Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Proceedings Contents Introduction.- Multiform and Extensor Calcula.- Due March 2007 Due August 2007 The Hidden Geometrical Nature of Spinors.- Some Differential Geometry.- The Hidden Geometrical Nature of Spinors.- Some Differential Geometry.- 2007. XVII, 474 p. (Collana di Fisica e Astronomia) Softcover 2007. Approx. 632 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 921) Hardcover Some Issues in Relativistic Spacetime Theories.- Clif- 39,95 € ford and Dirac-Hestenes Spinor Fields.- Lagrangian ISBN 978-88-470-0559-4 116,30 € Formalism in Minkowski Spacetime.- Conservation ISBN 978-0-7354-0431-1 Laws on Riemann-Cartan and Lorentzian Space- times.- The DHE on a RCS and the Meaning of Ac- tive Local Lorentz Invariance.- Gravitational Theo- ry in Minkowski Spacetime.- On the Many Faces of Einstein`s Equations.- Maxwell, Dirac and Seiberg- Witten [..]

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Th.D. Rossing, Stanford University, CA, USA (Ed.) Th.D. Rossing, Stanford University, CA, USA (Ed.) E. Roueff, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France (Ed.)

Springer Handbook of Acoustics Springer Handbook of Acoustics Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications

5th International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into and Their Applications (ICAMDATA) a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the aca- a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the aca- demic disciplines of physics, engineering, psycholo- demic disciplines of physics, engineering, psycholo- gy, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiolo- gy, speech, audiology, music, architecture, physiolo- gy, neuroscience, and others. Here is an unparalleled gy, neuroscience, and others. Here is an unparalleled The International Conference on Atomic and Molec- modern handbook reflecting this richly interdisci- modern handbook reflecting this richly interdisci- ular Data and their Applications is a forum for in- plinary nature edited by one of the acknowledged plinary nature edited by one of the acknowledged teraction of Atomic and Molecular (AM) data pro- masters in the field, Thomas Rossing. Researchers masters in the field, Thomas Rossing. Researchers ducers and users and for information exchange on and students benefit from the comprehensive con- and students benefit from the comprehensive con- AM data needs and availability, AM data activities tents spanning: animal acoustics (plus infrasound tents spanning: animal acoustics including infra- and databases worldwide. These include applications and ultrasound); environmental noise control; mu- sound and ultrasound, environmental noise control, in magnetic and inertial fusion, industrial plasma sic and human speech and singing; physiological music and human speech and singing, physiological processing, astrophysics, lighting, medical radiation and psychological acoustics; architectural acoustics; and psychological acoustics, architectural acoustics, physics, atmospheric physics, gaseous electronics, as- physical and engineering acoustics; medical acous- physical and engineering acoustics, medical acous- trophysics, medical radiation physics, solar physics, tics; and ocean acoustics. This handbook reviews the tics, and ocean acoustics. This handbook reviews the and pollution. most important areas of acoustics, with emphasis on most important areas of acoustics, with emphasis on current research. The authors of the various chapters current research. The authors of the various chapters Fields of interest are all experts in their fields. Each chapter is richly il- are all experts in their fields. Each chapter is richly il- Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Plasmas; Atoms and lustrated with figures and tables. The latest research lustrated with figures and tables. The latest research Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Physics; Astro- and applications are incorporated [..] and applications are incorporated [..] physics

Features Features Target groups Reviews some of the most important areas of acous- Reviews the most important areas of acoustics Au- Researchers involved with computing or measur- tics, with emphesis on current research The authors thors of the various chapters are all experts in their ing atomic and molecular properties in collisions or of the various chapters are all experts in their fields fields Each chapter is richly illustrated with figures spectra; those working to collect, evaluate and dis- Each chapter is richly illustrated with figures and ta- and tables Audio and video files on CD-ROM seminate atomic and molecular data (as in data cen- bles The handbook should serve as a primary refer- ters or for their own use); users of atomic and molec- ence source for researchers and practicioners in vari- Contents ular data in applications such as inertial and magnet- ous areas of science and engineering Foreword by Manfred R. Schroeder.- Introduction ic confinement fusion, industrial plasma processing, to acoustics.- History of acoustics.- General linear medical radiation physics, lighting, astrophysics and Contents acoustics.- Sound propagation in the atmosphere.- atmospheric physics Introduction to Acoustics.- History of Acoustics.- Underwater acoustics.- Physical acoustics.- Ther- General Linear Acoustics.- Sound Propagation in moacoustics.- Nonlinear acoustics.- Performance Type of publication the Atmosphere.- Underwater Acoustics.- Physical and assembly hall acoustics.- Concert hall acoustics Proceedings Acoustics.- Thermoacoustics.- Nonlinear Acoustics.- - Subjective preference theory.- Building acoustics.- Performance and Assembly Hall Acoustics.- Con- Physiological acoustics.- Psychoacoustics.- Acous- Due May 2007 cert Hall Acoustics. Subjective preference theory.- tic signal processing.- Musical acoustics.- Speech Building Acoustics.- Physiological Acoustics.- Psy- and singing.- Computer music.- Audio and electroa- 2007. XV, 268 p. (Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics, Vol. 901) choacoustics.- Acoustic Signal Processing.- Musi- coustics.- Animal bioacoustics.- Cetacean acoustics.- Hardcover cal Acoustics.- Speech and Singing.- Electronic and Medical ultrasound.- Structural [..] Computer Music.- Audio and Electroacoustics.- An- 97,80 € imal Bioacoustics.- Cetacean Acoustics.- Medical Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-0407-6 Acoustics.- Structural Acoustics and Vibration.- [..] Acoustics; Animal Physiology; Classical Electro- dynamics, Wave Phenomena; Physics and Applied Fields of interest Physics in Engineering; Signal,Image and Speech Acoustics; Animal Physiology; Classical Electro- Processing dynamics, Wave Phenomena; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Signal,Image and Speech Target groups Processing Scientists, engineers, technicians, graduate students

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C.T. Russell, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Ed.) S.J. Rzoska, Silesian University, Katowice, Poland; V.A. Mazur, S.J. Rzoska, Silesian University, Katowice, Poland; V.A. Mazur, State Academy of Refrigeration, Odessa, Ukraine (Eds.) State Academy of Refrigeration, Odessa, Ukraine (Eds.) The Mars Plasma Environment Soft Matter under Exogenic Impacts Soft Matter under Exogenic Impacts

This book contains the latest results on the plasma environment of Mars and its interaction with the so- ‘Soft Matter Under Exogenic Impacts’ is fairly ‘Soft Matter Under Exogenic Impacts’ is fairly lar wind. These results include mapping of the plas- unique in supplying a comprehensive presentation unique in supplying a comprehensive presentation ma environment with the instruments on Mars Ex- of high pressures, negative pressures, random con- of high pressures, negative pressures, random con- press and Mars Global Surveyor, the latest numer- straints and strong electric field exogenic (external) straints and strong electric field exogenic (external) ical simulations, and theoretical studies. This com- impacts on various soft matter systems. These are: (i) impacts on various soft matter systems. These are: (i) prehensive examination of the Mars environment al- critical liquids, (ii) glass formers, such as supercooled critical liquids, (ii) glass formers, such as supercooled so sets the stage for the interpretation of the Venus liquids including water, and resins, (iii) liq- liquids including water, polymers and resins, (iii) liq- Express measurements that are now becoming avail- uid crystals and (iv) bio-liquids. It is, because of this, uid crystals and (iv) bio-liquids. It is, because of this, able. an excellent guide in this novel and still puzzling re- an excellent guide in this novel and still puzzling re- search area. Besides new results, the identification search area. Besides new results, the identification Features of new types of physical behavior, new technologi- of new types of physical behavior, new technologi- Contains the latest results on the plasma environ- cal materials, ultimate verification of condensed and cal materials, ultimate verification of condensed and ment of Mars and its interaction with the solar wind soft matter physics models, new applications in geo- soft matter physics models, new applications in geo- These results include mapping of the plasma envi- physics, biophysics, biotechnology, are all discussed physics, biophysics, biotechnology, are all discussed ronment with the instruments on Mars Express and in this book. in this book. Mars Global Surveyor, the latest numerical simula- tions, and theoretical studies This comprehensive Features Features examination of the Mars environment also sets the Review discussions matched with new results of all Review discussions matched with new results of all stage for the interpretation of the Venus Express basic soft matter systems is given The discussion is basic soft matter systems is given The discussion is measurements [..] focused on soft matter systems and strong external focused on soft matter systems and strong external perturbations (exogenic impacts) Soft matter and perturbations (exogenic impacts) Soft matter and Contents exogenic impacts may be the key direction for the exogenic impacts may be the key direction for the The Solar Wind and The Sun In The Past.- The Solar modern materials sciences Joins experiments, theory modern materials sciences Joins experiments, theo- Wind Interaction with the Martian Ionosphere/At- & simulations with applications in nature and ry and simulations with applications in nature and mosphere.- Energisation of O+ and O2+ ions at technology Multidisciplinary, joining key specialists technology Multidisciplinary, joining key specialists Mars: An analysis of a 3-D quasi-neutral hybrid [..] from [..] model simulation.- Mars Global MHD predictions of magnetic connectivity between the dayside iono- Contents Contents sphere and the magnetospheric flanks.- Mars Global Part I: General Issues. Asteroid impact in the black Part I: General Issues. Asteroid impact in the black Surveyor Measurements Of The Martian Solar Wind sea; a black scenario; R.D.Schuiling et al.- The con- sea; a black scenario; R.D.Schuiling et al.- The con- Interaction.- The Analyzer of Space Plasmas and En- ductivity of hydrogen in extreme conditions; V. T. ductivity of hydrogen in extreme conditions; V. T. ergetic Atoms (ASPERA-3)for the Mars Express Mis- Shvets et al.- Dynamic Crossover and liquid- liquid Shvets et al.- Dynamic Crossover and liquid- liquid sion.-Plasma Moments in the environment of Mars: critical point in the TIP5P model of water; P. Kumar critical point in the TIP5P model of water; P. 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F. Sabath, Federal Armed Forces Scientific Institute for Protec- F. Sadjadi, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Saint Anthony, MN, G. Salvadori, Università del Salento, Italy; C. De Michele, Politec- tion Technologies and NBC-Protection, Munster Germany; E.L. USA; B. Javidi, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,USA (Eds.) nico di Milano, Italy; N.T. Kottegoda, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Mokole, US Naval Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA; U. R. Rosso, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Schenk, Federal Armed Forces Scientific Institute for Protection Technologies and NBC-Protection, Munster Germany; D. Nitsch, Physics of Automatic Target German Ministry of Defense, Bonn, Germany (Eds.) Recognition Extremes in Nature An Approach Using Copulas Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 7 The Physics of Automatic Target Recognition is part of a series focusing on Advanced Sciences and Tech- The study of the statistics of extreme events is an es- nologies for Security Applications. This book will ad- sential first step in the mitigation of natural catastro- dress the fundamental physical bases of sensing, and phies, that often cause severe economic losses world- Ultra-wideband (UWB), short-pulse (SP) electro- information extraction in the state-of-the art auto- wide. This book is about the theoretical and practi- magnetics are now being used for an increasing- matic target recognition field. We will explore both cal aspects of the statistics of Extreme Events in Na- ly wide variety of applications, including collision passive and active multispectral sensing, polarimet- ture. Most importantly, this is the first text in which avoidance radar, concealed object detection, and ric diversity, complex signature exploitation, sensor Copulas are introduced and used in Geophysics. Sev- communications. Notable progress in UWB and SP and processing adaptation, transformation of elec- eral topics are fully original, and show how standard technologies has been achieved by investigations tromagnetic and acoustic waves in their interactions models and calculations can be improved by exploit- of their theoretical bases and improvements in sol- with targets, background clutter, transmission me- ing the opportunities offered by Copulas. In addi- id-state manufacturing, computers, and digitizers. dia, and sensing elements. The general inverse scat- tion, new quantities useful for design and risk assess- UWB radar systems are also being used for mine tering, and advanced signal processing techniques ment are introduced. Practicioners in all research ar- clearing, oil pipeline inspections, archeology, geol- and scientific evaluation methodologies being used eas of Geosciences and extreme events (including Fi- ogy, and electronic effects testing. Ultra-wideband in this multi disciplinary field will be part of this ex- nance and Insurance, closely related to natural disas- Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 7 presents selected pa- position. The issues of modeling of target signatures ters) will definitely benefit from the new Copula-ap- pers of deep technical content and high scientific in various spectral modalities, LADAR, IR, SAR, proach outlined in the book. quality from the UWB-SP7 Conference, including high resolution radar, acoustic, seismic, visible, hy- wide-ranging contributions on electromagnetic theo- perspectral, in diverse geometric aspects will be ad- Features ry, scattering, UWB antennas, UWB systems, ground dressed. The problem of [..] Topics treated are diverse and of wide practical sig- penetrating radar (GPR), UWB communications, nificance Clear exposition of theoretical background pulsed-power generation, time-domain computa- Features Application of copulas Nonstationary, bivariate and tional electromagnetics, UWB compatibility, target First book on Automatic Target Recognition Ad- multivariate methods Treatment of natural disasters detection and discrimination, propagation through dresses target classification from small mine–like ob- dispersive media, and wavelet [..] jects to large tactical vehicles Addresses the roles of Contents sensors as well as physics–based attributes, classifi- 1 Univariate Extreme Value Theory.- 2 Multivari- Features cation methods and performance evaluation in ATR ate Extreme Value Theory.- 3 Bivariate Analysis Via Focuses on advanced technologies for the genera- Unique combination of theoretical and experimen- Copulas.- 4 Multivariate Analysis Via Copulas.- 5 tion, radiation and detection of ultra-wideband short tal/application points of view Extreme Value Analysis Via Copulas.- A: Simulation pulse signals Reports on developments in supporting Of Copulas. B: Dependence. C: Families Of Copu- mathematical and numerical methods and describes Contents las.- References. Index.- Glossary. current and potential future applications of the tech- Kernal-based nonlinear subspace target detection nology Written by leading researchers and experts in for hyperspectral imagery.- Theory of invariant al- Fields of interest the field of ultra-wideband short pulse electromag- gebra and its use in automatic target recognition.- Math. Applications in Geosciences; Nonlinear Dy- netics automatic recognition of underground targets us- namics, Complex Systems, Chaos, Neural Networks; ing time-frequency analysis and optimization tech- Geophysics/Geodesy; Applications of Mathematics; Contents niques.- A weighted Zak transform, its properties, Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Fi- Electromagnetic Theory and Modelling.- Time- and applications to signal processing.- Using polar- nance/Insurance Domain Computational Techniques.- Antennas.- ization features of visible light for automatic land- Pulsed-Power.- UWB Interaction.- UWB and Tran- mine detection.- The physics of polarization sensitive Target groups sient Metrology.- Radar Systems.- Detection, Target optical imaging.- Dispersion, its effects and compen- Geophysicists, researchers, postgraduates and final Identification and Signal Processing.- UWB Com- sation.- Multi-Sensor target recognition in image re- year undergraduates in Geosciences munication.- Broadband Systems and Components. sponse space using evolutionary [..] Type of publication Fields of interest Fields of interest Monograph Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers; Circuits and Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Systems; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Acoustics; Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers; Mi- Due June 2007 Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation crowaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Signal,Image Target groups and Speech Processing 2007. 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I. Saviane, European Southern Observatory, Chile; V.D. Ivanov, K. Scharnberg, University of Hamburg, Germany; S. Kruchinin, K. Scharnberg, University of Hamburg, Germany; S. Kruchinin, European Southern Observatory, Chile; J. Borissova, Universidad Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, Ukraine (Eds.) Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, Ukraine (Eds.) de Valparaiso, Chile (Eds.) Electron Correlation in New Electron Correlation in New Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Materials and Nanosystems Materials and Nanosystems Universe

Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at Santiago de Chile, December 5 - 9, 2005 The articles collected in this book cover a wide range The articles collected in this book cover a wide range of materials with extraordinary superconducting of materials with extraordinary superconducting and magnetic properties. For many of the materi- and magnetic properties. For many of the materi- For every galaxy in the field or in clusters, there are als studied, strong electronic correlations provide a als studied, strong electronic correlations provide a about three galaxies in groups. The Milky Way itself link between these two phenomena which were long link between these two phenomena which were long resides in a group, and groups can be found at high thought to be highly antagonistic. Both the progress thought to be highly antagonistic. Both the progress redshift. The current generation of 10-m class tele- in our understanding of fundamental physical pro- in our understanding of fundamental physical pro- scopes and space facilities allows the observation of cesses and the advances made towards the devel- cesses and the advances made towards the devel- the members of nearby groups with exquisite detail, opment of devices are reported here. The materi- opment of devices are reported here. The materi- and their properties can be correlated with the glob- als studied come in a variety of forms and shapes als studied come in a variety of forms and shapes al properties of their host group. Groups in the lo- from bulk to epitaxial films, nano- and heterostruc- from bulk to epitaxial films, nano- and heterostruc- cal Universe offer us the chance to study galaxies in tures down to those involving single molecules and tures down to those involving single molecules and environments characterized by strong interactions. double quantum dots. In some cases the structuring double quantum dots. In some cases the structuring In the cosmological context, groups trace large-scale serves the study of bulk properties. More often it is serves the study of bulk properties. More often it is structures better than clusters, and the evolution of the change of these properties with nanostructur- the change of these properties with nanostructur- groups and clusters appears to be related. All these ing and the properties of different materials in close ing and the properties of different materials in close aspects of research on groups of galaxies are summa- proximity with each other that are of key interest be- proximity with each other that are of key interest be- rized in this book written by scientists working in cause of possible application of these materials or cause of possible application of these materials or various fields. heterostructures to quantum computing and spin- heterostructures to quantum computing and spin- tronics. tronics. Features Summarises all aspects of research on groups of Features Features galaxies Some review articles written by the world’s lead- Some review articles written by the world’s lead- ing experts and not available elsewhere Original re- ing experts and not available elsewhere Original re- Contents search presented here for the first time in printed search presented here for the first time in printed Part 1: Local Group versus Nearby Groups.- Part form Contributions especially from Eastern Europe form Contributions especially from Eastern Europe 2: Groups Searches and Surveys.- Part 3: Evolution which are not easily accessible otherwise Extensive which are not easily accessible otherwise Extensive of Galaxies in Groups - Observational.- Part 4: Evo- lists of references Extensive subject index lists of references Extensive subject index lution of Galaxies in Groups - Theoretical.- Part 5: Evolution of Groups as Systems.- Part 6: Interstellar Contents Contents Medium and Intragroup Medium.- Part 7: Groups in From the contents Preface.- Part I. Quantum nan- From the contents Preface.- Part I. Quantum nan- a Cosmological Context. odevices.- Part II. Superconductivity.- Part III. Spin- odevices.- Part II. Superconductivity.- Part III. Spin- tronics.- Subject Index.- Author Index. tronics.- Subject Index.- Author Index. 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(ESO Astrophysics Symposia) Hardcover tal problems of highly correlated systems, includ- tal problems of highly correlated systems, includ- ing the effects of doping and disorder, experimental- ing the effects of doping and disorder, experimental- 89,95 € ists studying such systems using a variety of spectro- ists studying such systems using a variety of spectro- ISBN 978-3-540-71172-8 scopic methods, scientists interested in and working scopic methods, scientists interested in and working on the development of devices suitable for quantum on the development of devices suitable for quantum computing and spintronics computing and spintronics

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G. Schay, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA F. Scheck, University of Mainz, Germany M. Schlichenmaier, Université du Luxembourg

Introduction to Probability with Quantum Physics An Introduction to Riemann Statistical Applications Surfaces, Algebraic Curves and Moduli Spaces Scheck’s Quantum Physics presents a comprehen- sive introductory treatment, ideally suited for a two- Introduction to Probability with Statistical Appli- semester course. Part One covers the basic principles cations targets non-mathematics students, under- and prime applications of quantum mechanics, from This book gives an introduction to modern geom- graduates and graduates, who do not need an ex- the uncertainty relations to many-body systems. Part etry. Starting from an elementary level the author haustive treatment of the subject. While the pre- Two introduces to relativistic quantum field theory develops deep geometrical concepts, playing an im- sentation is rigorous and contains theorems and and ranges from symmetries in quantum physics to portant role nowadays in contemporary theoretical proofs, linear algebra is largely avoided and only a electroweak interactions. Numerous worked-out ex- physics. He presents various techniques and view- minimal amount of multivariable calculus is need- amples as well as exercises, with solutions or hints, points, thereby showing the relations between the ed. Key features:Clear definitions, simplified nota- enables the book’s use as an accompanying text for alternative approaches. At the end of each chapter tion and techniques of statistical analysis, combined courses, and also for independent study. For suggestions for further reading are given to allow with well-chosen examples and exercises, motivate both parts, the necessary mathematical framework is the reader to study the touched topics in greater de- the expositionTheory and applications carefully bal- treated in adequate form and detail. The book ends tail. This second edition of the book contains two ad- ancedTopics include random phenomena -- discrete with appendices covering mathematical fundamen- ditional more advanced geometric techniques: (1) and continuous random variables -- expectations tals and enrichment topics, plus selected biographical The modern language and modern view of Algebra- and variance, and common probability distributions notes on pioneers of quantum mechanics and quan- ic Geometry and (2) Mirror Symmetry. The book such as the binomial, Poisson, and normalCombi- tum field theory. grew out of lecture courses. The presentation style is natorial principles involve all four arithmetic - therefore similar to a lecture. Graduate students of tions; emphasis on tree diagramsReferences to more Features theoretical and mathematical physics will appreciate advanced concepts throughout the book, but may be Complete introduction to quantum physics Includes this book as textbook. Students of mathematics who safely skipped, depending on the reader For students all mathematical details are looking for a short introduction to the various as- in a variety of disciplines, including computer sci- pects of modern geometry and their interplay will al- ence, [..] Contents so find it useful. Researchers will esteem the book [..] Quantum Mechanics of Point Particles.- Scatter- Features ing of Particles by Potentials.- The Principles Features Theory and applications carefully balanced Presen- of Quantum Theory.- Space-Time Symmetries in Introduction to modern geometry Presenting vari- tation is rigorous and contains theorems and proofs Quantum Physics.- Applications of Quantum ous techniques applied in the theoretical physics Ad- Linear algebra is largely avoided Clear definitions, Mechanics.- Symmetries and Symmetry ditional topics of the second edition are the modern simplified notation and techniques of statistical anal- Groups in Quantum Physics.- Quantized Fields and language and modern view of Algebraic Geometry ysis Well-chosen examples and exercises their Interpretation.- Scattering Matrix and Observ- and Mirror Symmetry: Starting from an elementary ables in Scattering and Decays.- Particles with Contents level the book develops deep geometrical concepts, Spin 1/2 Particles and the Dirac Equation.- El- Preface.- The Algebra of Events.- Combinatorial which play a major role in theoretical physics Writ- ements of Quantum Electrodynamics and Weak In- Problems.- Probabilities.- Random Variables.- Ex- ten with an pedagogical approach and structured in teractions.- Appendix.- Historical Notes.- Ex- pectation, Variance, Moments.- Some Special Distri- the style of [..] ercises, Hints, and Selected Solutions. butions.- The Elements of Mathematical Statistics.- Contents Bibliography.- Index. Fields of interest Introduction.- Manifolds.- Topology of Riemann Quantum Physics Fields of interest Surfaces.- Analytic Structure.- Differentials and Inte- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Statis- gration.- Tori and Jacobians.- Projective Varieties.- Target groups Moduli Spaces of Curves.- Vector Bundles, Sheaves tics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Undergraduate and graduate students in physics Chemistry & Geosciences; Probability and Statistics and Cohomology.- The Theorem of Riemann-Roch for Line Bundles.- The Mumford Isomorphism on in Computer Science; Measure and Integration; Ap- Type of publication plications of Mathematics the Moduli Space.- Modern Algebraic Geometry.- Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Schemes.- Hodge Decomposition and Kähler Mani- Target groups fold.- Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Mirror Symmetry. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Due March 2007 Computer Science, Engineering, Natural and Social Fields of interest Mathematical and Computational Physics; Elemen- Sciences 2007. XV, 738 p. 76 illus., 102 exercises, hints and solutions. Hard- cover tary Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Algebraic Type of publication Topology Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook 59,95 € ISBN 978-3-540-25645-8 Target groups Graduate students, theoretical physicists, mathemati- Due September 2007 cians

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M.A. Schlosshauer, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia L.D. Schmadel, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Ger- J.R. Schrieffer, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahas- many see, FL, USA (Ed.) Decoherence and the Quantum-To- Classical Transition Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Handbook of High -Temperature Dictionary + Addendum Superconductivity Theory and Experiment The ultimate introduction, textbook, and reference on decoherence and the quantum-to-classical tran- This eReference includes both the "Dictionary of Mi- sition. This detailed but accessible text describes the nor Planet Names" as well as its "Addendum". In to- Since the 1980s, a general theme in the study of high- concepts, formalism, interpretation, and experimen- tal the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names now cov- temperature superconductors has been to test the tal observation of decoherence and explains how de- ers some 12,000 named minor planets. It provides BCS theory and its predictions against new data. coherence is responsible for the emergence, from the authoritative information about the basis for the rich At the same time, this process has engendered new realm of quantum mechanics, of the classical world and colorful variety of ingenious names, from heav- physics, new materials, and new theoretical frame- of our experience. Topics include: • Foundational enly goddesses to more prosaic constructions. works. Remarkable advances have occurred in sam- problems at the quantum–classical border; • The role ple quality and in single crystals, in hole and elec- of the environment and entanglement; • Environ- Features tron doping in the development of sister compounds ment-induced loss of coherence and superselection; Published under the auspices of the IAU as official with lower transition temperatures, and in instru- • Scattering-induced decoherence and spatial local- reference on named minor planets Adds more than ments to probe structure and dynamics. Handbook ization; • Master equations; • Decoherence models; 2000 names to fith edition of the Dictionary of Mi- of High-Temperature Superconductvity is a com- • Experimental realization of "Schrödinger kittens" nor Planet Names Authoritative information about prehensive and in-depth treatment of both exper- and their decoherence; • Quantum computing, quan- basis for the names of minor planets imental and theoretical methodologies by the the tum error correction, and decoherence-free sub- world's top leaders in the field. The Editor, Nobel spaces; • Implications of decoherence for interpreta- Fields of interest Laureate J. Robert Schrieffer, and Associate Editor tions of quantum mechanics and for the "measure- Astronomy; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; James S. Brooks, have produced a unified, co- ment problem"; • Decoherence in the brain. Written Geophysics/Geodesy herent work providing a global view of high-tem- in a lucid and concise style that is accessible to all [..] Target groups perature superconductivity covering the materials, Features Astronomers including amateurs and historians of the relationships with heavy-fermion and organic Unique in its wide range of the covered material, this science systems, and the many formidable challenges that book emphasizes foundational implications without remain.  Type of publication neglecting detailed descriptions of experiments and Dictionary Features applications Edited by J. Robert Schrieffer, co-recipient Contents Due April 2007 of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for the Introducing Decoherence.- The Basic Formalism "Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory" of superconduc- tivity Contributions by the world's leading authori- and Interpretation.- Decoherence is Everywhere: 2006. eReference. (2-volume-set). Localization Due to Environmental Scattering.- ties on high temperature superconductivity Serves as the authoritative, comprehensive reference work in Master-Equation Formulations of Decoherence.- A 250,00 € this important field Covers both theoretical and ap- World of Spins and Oscillators: Canonical Models.- ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5 Of Buckey Balls and SQUIDs: Observing Decoher- plied aspects of high-temperature superconductors ence in Action.- Decoherence and Quantum Com- Four-color [..] puting.- The Role of Decoherence in Interpretations Contents of Quantum Mechanics.- Observations, the Quan- Review of Low Tc Experimental Facts.- Review of tum Brain, and Decoherence.- Appendix: The Inter- Low Tc Theory.- High Temperature Superconduc- action Picture.- References.- Index. tivity Discovery and History.- Electron Tunneling.- Fields of interest ARPES.- Microwave Properties.- NMR/ESR.- Neu- Quantum Physics; Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex tron Scattering.- Optical Properties.- Cuprate Super- Systems, Chaos, Neural Networks; Popular Science, conductivity.- Thermodynamic Properties.- Trans- general; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Quantum port Properties.- High Pressure Effects.- Acoustic Computing, Information and Physics and Elastic Properties.- Organic Superconductors.- Heavy Fermions.- Numerical Studies of the Proper- Target groups ties of Quantum Many Body Models of High Tem- Specialist and nonspecialist scientists; Students perature Superconductivity Systems.- Nearly Anti- ferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations Theories of High Type of publication Temperature.- [..] Monograph Fields of interest Superconductivity, Superfluidity, Quantum Fluids; Due July 2007 Magnetism, Magnetic Materials; Optical and Elec- tronic Materials; Condensed Matter 2007. 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F. Schwabl, Technische Universität München, Germany F. Schweitzer, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Scientific Group Thermodata Europa (SGTE)

Quantum Mechanics Brownian Agents and Active Binary Systems Supplement 1 Particles

Collective Dynamics in the Natural and Social Sciences This introductory course on quantum mechanics is The present subvolume IV/19B5 forms the first sup- the basic lecture which precedes and completes the plement of IV/19B1 through IV/19B4 and contains author's second book Advanced Quantum Mechan- evaluated data for binary alloy systems from Ag-B to ics. The new edition is again up-to-date and has been "This book lays out a vision for a coherent frame- W-Zr appearing in alphabetic order of the elements revised. Numerous new and newly drawn figures work for understanding complex systems'' (from the in the chemical formula. The volume is accompa- deepen the understanding of the topic. The book foreword by J. Doyne Farmer). By developing the nied by a CD, which allows computer calculation of a meets the students' needs by giving all mathematical genuine idea of Brownian agents, the author com- range of solution properties for selected temperature steps, worked examples with applications throughout bines concepts from informatics, such as multiagent and phase composition ranges for the systems pre- the text, and many problems at the end of each chap- systems, with approaches of statistical many-particle sented in that particular volume. Graphical represen- ter. It contains nonrelativistic quantum mechanics physics. This way, an efficient method for computer tations, including the calculated phase diagram for and a short treatment of the quantization of the radi- simulations of complex systems is developed which each system, are also possible. Information on more ation field. Besides the essentials, topics such as the is also accessible to analytical investigations and comprehensive software, allowing complex equilibri- theory of measurement, the Bell inequality, decoher- quantitative predictions. The book demonstrates that um calculations involving both pure substances and ence, entanglement and supersymmetric quantum Brownian agent models can be successfully applied solution phases of different types (e.g. slags, salt sys- mechanics are discussed. "Any student wishing to in many different contexts, ranging from physico- tems, aqueous solutions, etc.), can be obtained from develop mathematical skills and deepen their under- chemical pattern formation, to active motion and SGTE members. A list of the SGTE membership is standing of the technical side of quantum theory will swarming in biological systems, to self-assembling of presented in the cover pages of this volume. find Schwabl's Quantum Mechanics very helpful". networks, evolutionary optimization, urban growth, #Contemporary Physics# economic agglomeration and even social systems. Features Standard Reference Book with selected and easily re- Features Contents trievable data from the fields of physics and chem- Again up-to-date and revised This first book pre- From the contents Complex Systems and Agent istry collected by acknowledged international scien- cedes the second course Advanced Quantum Me- Models.- Active Particles.- Aggregation and Physi- tists Also available online in www.springerLink.com chanics Concise and well-thought introduction to co-Chemical Structure Formation.- Self-Organiza- http://www.landolt-boernstein.com the field Suitable for advanced undergraduates and tion of Networks.- Tracks and Trail Formation in Bi- beyond ological Systems.- Movement and Trail Formation Contents of Pedestrians.- Evolutionary Optimization Using Introduction.- Binary Systems. Contents Brownian Searchers.- Analysis and Simulation of Ur- Historical and Experimental Foundations.- The ban Aggregation.- Economic Agglomeration.- Spatial Fields of interest Wave Function and the Schrödinger Equation.- One- Opinion Sructures in Social Systems. Landolt-Börnstein; Mechanics, Fluids, Thermody- Dimensional Problems.- The Uncertainty Relation.- namics; Physical Chemistry Angular Momentum.- The Central Potential I.- Mo- Fields of interest tion in an Electromagnetic Field.- Operators, Ma- Statistical Physics; Artificial Intelligence (incl. 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A.C. Scott, Tucson, AZ, USA K.-P. Seiler, GSF-National Research Centre, Neuherberg, Ger- Z.-M. Sheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; J. many; J.R. Gat, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Eds.) The Nonlinear Universe Groundwater Recharge from Run- Asian Summer School on Laser Chaos, Emergence, Life off, Infiltration and Percolation Plasma Acceleration and Radiation

Written in Alwyn Scott’s inimitable style – lucid and accessible – The Nonlinear Universe surveys and Groundwater constitute the most important reser- This book is composed of 11 articles written by se- explores the explosion of activity in nonlinear sci- voir of available clean water. Due to its overexploita- nior scientists in the field of laser plasma accelera- ence that began in the 1970s and 1980s and contin- tion, some anthropogenic mismanagement on the tion and radiation. The papers were presented at the ues today. The book explains the wide-ranging im- surface and the overloading of the cleanup potential 1st Asian Summer School on Laser Plasma Acceler- plications of nonlinear phenomena for future devel- of subsurface, many of the groundwater systems used ation and Radiation, held August 7-11, 2006 in Bei- opments in many areas of modern science, includ- for water supply are in jeopardy. The problem is very jing China. The field is a fast-developing new fron- ing mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry, bi- severe in dry-lands, but also in urban, industrial, tier in physics. The lectures presented at the Summer ology, and neuroscience. Arguably as important as agricultural and traffic areas. This book first discuss- School covered a broad spectra ranging from parti- quantum theory, modern nonlinear science – and es the recharge fluxes relating both to the quantity cle acceleration process in plasma driven by lasers; an appreciation of its implications – is essential for and quality of groundwater. In order laser accelerated beam characteristics both for elec- understanding scientific developments of the twen- to face the threats to the water supply and to trons and ions; superstrong electromagnetic fields ty-first century. be able to maintain a sustainable water management and their applications; novel radiations by high har- policy, detailed knowledge is needed in between monics; X-ray laser sources; ultra-intense radiation Features others on the surface to subsurface transformation by relativistic engineering; related astrophysical phe- Easy to follow and fun to read Written by a pioneer link in the water cycle. Secondly, the presentation nomena, and so on. The readers of these proceedings of nonlinear dynamics Complete overview of nonlin- and comparison of both the traditional and mod- will gain a relatively complete picture on laser-plas- ear phenomena New directions feature strongly ern approach to determine groundwater recharge is ma acceleration and radiation and their applications. discussed. The traditional approach to deter- Contents mine groundwater recharge, is based on water bal- Fields of interest Introduction.- Chaos.- Solitons.- Nerve Pulses and ance estimates and hydraulic considerations, which Astrophysics; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Reaction-Diffusion Systems.- The Unity of Non- [..] Beam Physics; Atoms and Molecules in Strong linear Science.- Physical Applications of Nonlin- Fields, Plasma Physics ear Theory.- Nonlinear Biology.- Reductionism and Features Life.- Epilogue. Detailed description of interface and phase transition Target groups processes Presents independent methods to deter- students, researchers, plasma physicists, accelerator Fields of interest mine groundwater recharge Offers an extended da- physicists, astrophysicists, and laser physicists Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Chaos, ta set from the atmosphere/biosphere/lithosphere to Neural Networks; Mathematical and Computational the groundwater surface Type of publication Physics; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Proceedings Mathematical Biology in General Contents From the contents Preface.- Abbreviations and Due August 2007 Target groups dimensions.- Definitions.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Students, university teachers, other scientists, scien- The water cycle.- 3 Mechanisms and processes of 2007. 235 p. (Accelerators, Beams, and Instrumentations, Vol. tifically literate laypersons; academic and public li- recharge.- 4 Research tools and methods in the 920) Hardcover braries study of recharge.- 5 Recharge under different cli- mate regimes.- 6 Man’s impact on the groundwater 68,55 € Type of publication recharge.- 7 Literature survey.- Subject index. ISBN 978-0-7354-0430-4 Monograph Fields of interest Due September 2007 Hydrogeology; Fluids; Environmental Comput- ing/Environmental Modelling; Waste Water Tech- nology / Water Pollution Control / Water Manage- 2007. XIV, 364 p. 86 illus. (The Frontiers Collection) Hardcover ment / Aquatic Pollution; Physical Geography 49,95 € Target groups ISBN 978-3-540-34152-9 Researchers and scientists in hydrology, hydro-geol- ogy, engineering, geography, agronomy, soil science, groundwater modelling, environmental physics, lim- nology

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11th International Symposium on the Production and Neutral- The classical mechanistic idea of nature that pre- ization of Negative Ions and Beams This book is an introductory text for all earth scien- vailed in science during the eighteenth and nine- tists interested in learning about the quantitative de- teenth centuries was an essentially mindless concep- scription of geological problems. It contains chapters tion: the physically described aspects of nature were The reported advances with small sources of nega- on heat flow, sedimentary basin modelling, mechan- asserted to be completely determined by prior physi- tive ions, especially negative hydrogen ions, drive ics of continental deformation, PT path modelling, cally described aspects alone, with our conscious ex- the progress of many accelerators and enable new geomorphology and mass transfer and more. In its periences entering only passively. During the twen- research methods and technologies. Large sources style, the book is aimed at the field oriented geologist tieth century the classical concepts were found to be of negative deuterium ions are being developed for that wants to begin with learning about the quantita- inadequate. In the new theory, quantum mechanics, the international experimental fusion reactor (ITER) tive description of problems. Graduate students and our conscious experiences enter into the dynamics in that will require 40 MW of plasma heating. The de- scientists will find the book a good starting point for specified ways not fixed by the physically described velopments increasingly use computer modeling to a quantitative treatment of their data. The new edi- aspects alone. Consequences of this radical change in understand the underlying physics, improve existing, tion, revised and extended, features even more illus- our understanding of the connection between mind and develop new technologies. trations and maps, about 100 corrections of scientific and brain are described.   problems, improvement of geomorphology section Fields of interest and shortening of several sections which obviously Features Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics are too complicated. Update and modernisation of Accessible treatment of mind versus matter Pays at- several sections, for example the section on pressure tention to ethical consequences of the mind versus Target groups and updated references. matter debate Scientists, engineers, and graduate students interest- ed in ion sources, particle beams, accelerator physics, Features Contents fusion reactors, plasma science, and/or atomic and Clear representation of the subject for the field ori- Science and Human Values.- Human Knowledge molecular physics ented geologist Artwork specially designed for this as the Foundation Science.- Actions, Knowledge, book Qualitative representation of geodynamical and Information.- Nerve Terminals and the Need Type of publication processes to Use Quantum Theory.- Templates for Action.- Proceedings The Physical Effectiveness of Conscious Will.- Sup- Fields of interest port from Contemporary Psychology.- Application Due September 2007 Geophysics/Geodesy; Geology; Thermodynamics; to Neuropsychology.- Roger Penrose’s Theory and Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analy- Quantum Decoherence.- Faster-Than-Light Connec- sis tions.- Whiteheadian Quantum Ontology.- An Inter- 2007. 396 p. (Accelerators, Beams, and Instrumentations, Vol. 925) Hardcover view.- Consciousness and the Anthropic Questions.- Target groups Impact of Quantum Mechanics on Human Values.- 105,50 € Graduate students, lecturers, scientists Conclusions.- Appendices.- Non-orthodox Versions ISBN 978-0-7354-0435-9 of Quantum Theory and [..] Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Fields of interest Quantum Physics; Philosophy; Popular Science, gen- Due March 2007 eral

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M. Tacano, Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan; Y. Yamamoto, Uni- K. Terao, Yokosuka, Japan D.O. Thompson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA; D.E. Chi- versity of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; M. Nakao, Tohoku Univeristy, menti, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA (Eds.) Sendai, Japan (Eds.) Irreversible Phenomena Review of Progress in Quantitative Noise and Fluctuations Ignitions, Combustion and Detonation Waves Nondestructive Evaluation 19th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations - IC- NF 2007 Volume 26

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C. Tropea, Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany; A.L. F. Träger, University of Kassel, Germany (Ed.) F. Träger, University of Kassel, Germany (Ed.) Yarin, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA; J.F. Foss, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA (Eds.) Springer Handbook of Lasers and Springer Handbook of Lasers and Springer Handbook of Optics Optics Experimental Fluid Mechanics

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This text on contemporary optical systems is intend- The present book contains an excellent overview The present book contains an excellent overview ed for optical researchers and engineers, graduate of the status and highlights of brilliant light facil- of the status and highlights of brilliant light facil- students and optical microscopists in the biological ities and their applications in biology, chemistry, ities and their applications in biology, chemistry, and biomedical sciences. This second edition con- medicine, material and environmental sciences. medicine, materials and environmental sciences. tains two completely new chapters. In addition most Overview papers on diverse fields of research by Overview papers on diverse fields of research by of the chapters from the first edition have been re- leading experts are accompanied by the highlights in leading experts are accompanied by the highlights in vised and updated. 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The book is strongly recommended for stu- tions. The book is strongly recommended for stu- part particular attention is paid to optical data stor- dents, engineers and scientists in the field of acceler- dents, engineers and scientists in the field of acceler- age. The second part is on the use of non-linear op- ator physics, X-ray optics and instrumentation, life, ator physics, X-ray optics and instrumentation, life, tical techniques, including nonlinear optical excita- materials and environmental sciences, bio and nan- materials and environmental sciences, bio and nan- tion (total internal reflection fluorescence, second otechnology. otechnology. and third harmonic generation and two photon mi- croscopy) and non-linear spectroscopy (CARS). The Features Features final part of the book presents [..] The modern trends in new X-Ray brilliant light facil- The modern trends in new X-Ray brilliant light facil- ities development The highlights of the brilliant light ities development The highlights of the brilliant light Features application in biology, chemistry and medicine The application in biology, chemistry and medicine The Contributing authors are unquestioned leaders of research frontiers in material and environmental sci- research frontiers in material and environmental sci- their respective fields Represents a unique compi- ences Advanced experimental technique and instru- ences Advanced experimental technique and instru- lation of valuable and novel scientific work that is mentation mentation scarcely to be found elsewhere Draws together the fields of optical microscopy and optical data storage Contents Contents 1. Brilliant Light Facilities and New Projects.- Syn- 1. 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W.G. Unruh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Cana- H.C. Valdez, Cinvetav, Mexico City, Mexico; J.C. D'Olivo, Circuito A.Y. Varaksin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia da; R. Schützhold, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Exterior C.U., Mexico, D.F, Mexico; M.A. Perez, Cinvetav, Mexico (Eds.) City, Mexico (Eds.) Turbulent Particle-Laden Gas Flows Quantum Analogues: From Phase Particles and Fields Transitions to Black Holes and Proceedings of the VI Latin American Symposium on High En- Results are given of experimental and theoretical Cosmology ergy Physics and the XII Mexican School of Particles and Fields studies of "gas-solid particles" turbulent two-phase flows. Special emphasis is placed on studies of the behavior of particles suspended in a turbulent gas Silafae has become the main scientific meeting of flow and their feedback effect on the characteris- Recently, analogies between laboratory physics (e.g. the Latin American high energy physics community. tics of flow of the carrier phase. The characteristics quantum optics and condensed matter) and gravita- There was a special session held on November 1-2 of heterogeneous flows in channels (pipes) are an- tional/cosmological phenomena such as black holes dedicated to the celebration of the 50th anniversary alyzed, as well as those in the vicinity of the critical have attracted an increasing interest. Especially in of the discovery of the neutrino. Leon M. Lederman, points of bodies subjected to flow and in the bound- view of the tremendous progress of the experimental James W. Cronin, both of whom are Nobel Prize ary layer developing on their surface. Problems of capabilities (e.g. regarding superfluids such as liquid winners, and Pier Oddone where amongst the partic- physical simulation of turbulent gas flows which car- Helium or gaseous Bose-Einstein condensates), exot- ipants. There were 22 talks presented on the recent ry solid particles are treated in detail. This mono- ic quantum effects such as Hawking radiation might advances of neutrino physics, including experimen- graph will be useful for researchers involved in inves- come into reach for the first time. This book contains tal and phenomenological results. Subjects covered tigations of gas dynamics and heat and mass transfer a series of selected lectures devoted to this new and in the VI-Silafae sessions where neutrino physics, in multiphase flows, as well as for university profes- rapidly developing interdisciplinary field of research. high energy physics experiments, astrophysics and sors, post-graduate students, and students. Various analogies connecting (apparently) differ- cosmology, standard model and beyond, top quark ent areas in physics are presented in order to bridge physics, strings, and field theory. Features the gap between them and to provide an alternative Covers all the aspects of heterogeneous and turbu- point of view - which will provide a deeper insight Fields of interest lent gas flows Presents both the theory and practi- for graduate students as well as senior scientists. Astronomy; Astrophysics; Astronomy, Astrophysics cal application of physical simulations A reference and Cosmology; Physics beyond the Standard Model work for researchers as well as a study text for gradu- Contents ate students The Analogue Between Rimfall and Black Holes.- Target groups Effective Horizons in the Laboratory.- Quantum Researchers in the field of high energy physics; pro- Contents Phase Transitions From Topology in Momentum fessors and students of elementary particles; college 1. Concise Information about Single-Phase and Het- Space.- Superfluid 3He as a Model System for Cos- level physicists erogeneous Turbulent Flows.- 2. Mathematical Sim- mology-Experimental Point of View.- Dynamical ulation of Particle-Laden Gas Flows.- 3. Physical Aspects of Analogue Gravity: Quantum Backreaction Type of publication Simulation of Particle-Laden Gas Flows.- 4. Parti- in Bose-Einstein Condensates.- Analogue Space- Proceedings cle-Laden Channel Flows.- 5. Particle-Laden Flows Time Based on 2-Component Bose-Einstein Con- Past Bodies. densates.- Links. Relating Diffferent Physical Sys- Due July 2007 tems Through the Common QFT Algebraic Struc- Fields of interest ture.- The Classical and Quantum Roots of Pauli`s Gases; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering Spin-Statistics Relation.- Black Hole Lasers Revisit- 2007. 436 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 917) Hardcover ed.- Cosmic Strings.- Index. Target groups 92,40 € Scientists and advanced students Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-0427-4 Quantum Physics; Mathematical and Computational Type of publication Physics; Relativity and Cosmology Monograph

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H.R. Verma, Punjabi University, Patiala, India T. Warwick, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, S. Watanabe, University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan; K. Midorikawa, USA; J. Arthur, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stan- RIKEN, Saitama, Japan (Eds.) ford, CA, USA; H.A. Padmore, Lawrence Berkeley National Labora- Atomic and Nuclear Analytical tory, Berkeley, CA, USA; J. Stöhr, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Methods Laboratory, Stanford, CA, USA (Eds.) Ultrafast Optics V XRF, Mössbauer, XPS, NAA and Ion-Beam Spectroscopic Tech- Synchrotron Radiation niques Instrumentation This book brings together in a single volume the most up-to-date results in the field presented at Ul- Eighth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation trafast Optics and Applications of High Field and This book is a blend of analytical methods based on Instrumentation Short Wavelength Sources 2005. The volume con- the phenomenon of atomic and nuclear physics. It tains keynote and invited contributions together comprises comprehensive presentations about X-ray with carefully selected regular contributions. The Fluorescence (XRF), Mössbauer Spectroscopy (MS), book aims at the highest level of presentation to These proceedings collect the papers presented at the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Neutron- make it useful as a reference for those working in the Eighth International Conference on Synchrotron Ra- Activation Analysis (NAA), Particle Induced X-ray field. diation Instrumentation, held in San Francisco, Au- Emission Analysis (PIXE), Rutherford Backscatter- gust 25th to 29th 2003. This conference takes place ing Analysis (RBS), Elastic Recoil Detection (ERD), Features every three years, hosted by synchrotron research Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA), Particle Induced The frontier in attosecond metrology-generation and centers around the world. It is the principal meet- Gamma-ray Emission Analysis (PIGE), and Accel- measurement, recent progress in the stabilization of ing for developers of synchrotron radiation tech- erator Mass Spectrometry (AMS). These techniques carrier-envelop phase, and the state-of-the-art opti- niques. This particular meeting hosted 650 delegates are commonly applied in the fields of medicine, bi- cal parametric chirped pulse amplification are pre- and there are about 350 published papers in the pro- ology, environmental studies, archaeology or geolo- sented High field physics including particle acceler- ceedings. This proceedings series is an essential ref- gy et al. and pursued in major international research ation and ultra high power laser technology are pre- erence work for practitioners of the field. It docu- laboratories. sented ments the evolution and development of techniques. Features Many of the ideas that become standard practice in Contents Compares and offers a comprehensive overview of synchrotron radiation research appear first in these Part I Attosecond metrology.- Part III Carrier-Envel- nine analytical techniques important in material sci- volumes, often with the definitive explanation and op Phase I.- Part IV Carrier-Envelop Phase II.- Part ence and many other branches of science rationale for the technique in question. V High field physics and applications I.- Part VI X- ray plasma sources and applications.- Part VII High Contents Fields of interest field physics and applications II.- Part VIII THz and 1. X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Particle-Induced Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Particle Ac- Nonlinear processes I.- Part IX THz and Nonlinear X-Ray Emission (PIXE).- 2. Rutherford Backscat- celeration and Detection, Beam Physics; Crystallog- processes II. -Part X X-ray lasers.- Part XI High in- tering Spectroscopy (RBS).- 3. Elastic Recoil Detec- raphy tensity lasers and applications.- Part XII Atoms and tion (ERD).- 4. Mössbauer Spectroscopy (MS).- 5. X- molecules in high field.- Part XII High-order har- Target groups Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS).- 6. Neutron monic generation.- Part XIV Ultrafast amplifier.- Scientific and engineering staff at synchrotron radi- Activation Analysis (NAA).- 7. Nuclear Reaction Part XVI OPCPA. ation research facilities; university and industrial re- Analysis (NRA) and Proton-Induced Gamma-Ray searchers engaged in synchrotron radiation research Emission (PIGE).- 8. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Fields of interest Optical Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Optics (AMS). 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H.-G. Weber, Fraunhofer Institut für Telekommunikation, Berlin, H. Wiedemann, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA J. Winkelmann Germany; M. Nakazawa, Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Japan (Eds.) Particle Accelerator Physics Diffusion of Gases in Gases, Liquids Ultrahigh-Speed Optical and their Mixtures Transmission Technology Particle Accelerator Physics is an in-depth and com- prehensive introduction to the field of high-ener- Diffusion – defined as mass, amount, or particle gy particle acceleration and beam dynamics. Part I transport process – is the most essential transport gathers the basic tools, recalling the essentials of elec- Ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology property besides viscosity and thermal conductivi- trostatics and electrodynamics as well as of particle is a key technology for increasing the communica- ty. Diffusion is widely used in nature, technical and dynamics in electromagnetic fields. Part II is an ex- tion capacity. In optical fibre networks, the number scientific applications, ranging from diffusion in all tensive primer in beam dynamics, followed in Part of wavelength channels and the bit rate per wave- kinds of gases, liquids, solids, electrolytes and their III by the introduction and description of the main length channel, i.e. the TDM (Time Division Multi- mixtures. Due to the large amount of data, the vol- beam parameters. Part IV is devoted to the treatment plexing) bit rate, determine the transmission capac- ume LB IV/15 “Diffusion in Gases, Liquids, and of perturbations in beam dynamics. Part V discusses ity. Currently, TDM bit rates of more than 40 Gbit/ Electrolytes” is divided into three subvolumes. Part the details of charged particle acceleration. Part VI s require optical signal processing (Optical Time Di- A: Gases in Gases, Liquids and their Mixtures. Part and Part VII introduce the more advanced topics of vision Multiplexing, OTDM). OTDM bit rates of up B: Liquids in Liquids and Liquid Mixtures. Part C: coupled beam dynamics and the description of very to 1.2 Tbit/s have already been reported. The devices Ions and Electrolytes in Liquids, Electrolytes and intense beams. Part VIII is an exhaustive treatment developed for ultrahigh-speed optical transmission Molten Salts. The presented subvolume A includes of radiation from accelerated charges and introduces are not limited to communication applications on- the main chapters Measurement Methods, Diffusion important sources of coherent radiation such as syn- ly. They are key devices for high-speed optical signal in Pure Gases, Diffusion in Gaseous Mixtures, Dif- chrotrons and free-electron lasers. Part IX collects processing, i.e. monitoring, measurement and con- fusion of Gas/Vapor in Gases or Liquids and Diffu- the appendices gathering useful mathematical and trol, and will thus give a wide technological basis for sion of Gases in Solution. Due to the very different physical formulae, parameters and units. Solutions innovative science and technology. All these aspects and widespread measurement methods, a precise de- to many [..] of ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology scription of these methods is given. are described in detail in this book. Features Features This text is the only modern and comprehensive Features Standard Reference Book with selected and easily re- textbook in the field Combined new edition of a Detailed description of all the aspects of ultra- trievable data from the fields of physics and chem- strong-selling and well-received graduate level tuto- high-speed optical transmission technology istry collected by acknowledged international scien- rial tists. Also available online in www.springerLink.com Contents http://www.springerlink.com/book-se- Introduction.- Semiconductor Mode-Locked Lasers Contents ries/?sw=landolt http://www.landolt-boernstein.com as Pulse Sources for High Bit Rate Data Transmis- Tools we Need.- Beam Dynamics.- Beam Parame- ters.- Perturbations.- Acceleration.- Coupled Mo- sion.- Ultrafast Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers for High- Contents tion.- Intense Beams.- Synchrotron Radiation.- Ap- Speed OTDM Transmission.- Ultrahigh-Speed LN Introduction.- Measurement Methods.- Diffusion pendices. Modulators and EA Modulators.- High-Speed Opti- in Pure Gases.- Diffusion in Gaseous Mixtures.- cal Signal Processing Using Semiconductor Optical Fields of interest Diffusion in Binary Mixtures.- Diffusion in Binary Amplifiers.- Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Gaseous Mixtures.- Diffusion of Gas/Vapor in Su- Nonlinear Optical Fibers.- Ultrafast Photodetectors Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Classical percritical Fluid Systems.- Diffusion of Gas/Vapor and Receivers.- Optical Regeneration Using Semi- in Liquid.- Diffusion in Binary Mixtures at Infinite conductor Optical Amplifiers and Electro-Absorp- Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena; Nuclear Engi- neering Dilution.- Diffusion in Ternary and Quaternary Mix- tion Modulators.- Otpical Fibers and Fiber Disper- tures.- Diffusion of Gas/Vapor in Gas or Liquid.- sion Compensators for High-Speed Optical Commu- Target groups Diffusion of Gas/Vapor in Gas.- Diffusion in Super- nication.- [..] Students, lecturers, researchers in academia and in- critical Fluid Systems.- Diffusion of Gas/Vapor in Liquid.- Diffusion of Gas in Solution.- Diffusion of Fields of interest dustrial R and D Gas in Solution.- Diffusion of Gas in [..] Optical Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Optics; Physics and Type of publication Applied Physics in Engineering Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Fields of interest Landolt-Börnstein; Mechanics, Fluids, Thermody- Target groups namics; Physical Chemistry Scientists and practitioners Due May 2007 Target groups Type of publication Originally published in the series: Advanced Texts in Physics Science and engineers in the fields of physics, chem- Monograph istry, physical chemistry, and material sciences 2007. 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H.P. Winter, Technische Universität Wien, Austria; J. Burgdörfer, D. Wolf, Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Germany; J. G. Xu, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany Technische Universität Wien, Austria (Eds.) Fernández, Universidad de Madrid, Spain (Eds.) GPS Slow Heavy-Particle Induced Deformation and Gravity Change: Electron Emission from Solid Indicators of Isostasy, Tectonics, Theory, Algorithms and Applications Surfaces Volcanism, and Climate Change This reference and handbook describes theory, al- gorithms and applications of the Global Position- The emission of electrons from solid surfaces bom- Most of the papers in this book were presented at ing System (GPS/Galileo). It is primarily based on barded by slow neutral and ionized heavy particles the workshop on "Deformation and Gravity Change: source-code descriptions of the KSGsoft program de- (atoms, molecules) is reviewed both theoretically and Indicators of Isostasy, Tectonics, Volcanism and veloped by the author at the GFZ in Potsdam. The in the light of recent experimental studies by leading Climate Change", which took place at the Casa de theory and algorithms are extended and verified for groups in the field: Kinetic emission from grazing los Volcanes on Lanzarote, Spain, during March a new development of a multiple functional GPS/ incidence of atoms and kinetic and potential emis- 1-4, 2005. It was jointly organized and supported Galileo software. Besides the concepts such as the sion from grazing incidence of singly and multiply by the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), unified GPS data processing method and the numer- charged ions on monocrystalline metal and insula- the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, the ical solution of the variation equations, as well as the tor surfaces; modelling of slow electron transport in Spanish Council for Scientific Research and the general ambiguity search criteria reported in the first solids; emission of spin-polarized electrons by ion Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote. The workshop also edition, there are several highlights reported. Such neutralization; electron emission from slow ion in- served as the first meeting of the members of the as the equivalent principle and its applications, the duced plasmons and excitons. IAG Working Group ICCT2 on "Dynamic Theo- theory of independent parameterisation, the diago- ries of Deformation and Gravity Fields". This sub- nalisation algorithm, etc. Mathematically rigorous, Features ject reflects the major developments in geodynamics the book begins with the basics of coordinate and Covers all aspects of electron emission by slow during the last decade, when temporal variations of time systems and satellite orbits, as well as GPS ob- heavy-ion bombardment Integrates physics of ion the deformation and gravity fields recorded by the servables, and deals with topics such as physical in- beams, surfaces and chemical physics Serves both as geodetic measuring techniques and reflecting isostat- fluences, observation equations and their parameter- a reference work for researchers and a textbook for ic, tectonic or volcanic processes in the earth’s inte- isation, adjustment and filtering, [..] graduate students rior as well as hydrologic or oceanographic process- es on its surface have gained ever increasing impor- Features Contents tance. An excellent reference and handbook of GPS/Galileo Preface.- Theoretical Concepts and Methods for research and applications Includes theory, algo- Electron Emission from Solid Surfaces.- Photon- Features rithms and applications of the GPS, GLONASS and and Electron-Induced Electron Emission from Solid Leading experts describe major developments in geo- Galileo systems Combines a theoretical basis with Surfaces.- Potential Electron Emission from Metal dynamics Views on internal and surface processes of practical and software experience Clearly organized and Insulator Surfaces.- Kinetic Electron Emission the earth Standard software is explained for Grazing Scattering of Atoms and Ions from Sur- faces.- Spin Polarization of Electrons Emitted in the Fields of interest Contents Neutralization of He+ Ions in Solids.- Electron Emis- Applied Geosciences; Geophysics/Geodesy; Meteo- 1 Introduction.- 2 Coordinate and Time Systems.- sion from Surfaces Mediated by Ion-Induced Plas- rology/Climatology 3 Satellite Orbits.- 4 GPS Observables.- 5 Physical mon Excitation.- Slow Ion-Induced Electron Emis- Influences of GPS Surveying.- 6 GPS Observation sion from Thin Insulating Films. 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H. Yamada, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan; N. Mochizu- H. Yamada, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan; N. Mochizu- H. Yamada, Ritsumeikan University, Synchrotron Light Life Sci- ki-Oda, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan; M. Sasaki, Rit- ki-Oda, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan; M. Sasaki, Rit- ence, Shiga, Japan; N. Mochizuku-Oda, Ritsumeikan Universi- sumeikan University, Shiga, Japan (Eds.) sumeikan University, Shiga, Japan (Eds.) ty, Synchrotron Light Life Science, Shiga, Japan; M. Sasaki, Rit- sumeikan University, Department of Photonics, Shiga, Japan (Eds.) Portable Synchrotron Light Sources Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications and Advanced Applications Portable Synchrotron Light Sources 2nd International Symposium on Portable Synchrotron Light 2nd International Symposium on Portable Synchrotron Light and Advanced Applications Sources and Advanced Applications Sources and Advanced Applications International Symposium on Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications

The portable accelerator - based bright light - The portable accelerator - based bright light - sources "MIRRORCLE" are newly developed at Rit- sources "MIRRORCLE" are newly developed at Rit- sumeikan University. The worldwide small light sumeikan University. The worldwide small light Synchrotron radiation has led to many innovations source instrumentation and applications to materi- source instrumentation and applications to materi- in material and life sciences. The construction of al and bio-medical sciences are reported in this pro- al and bio-medical sciences are reported in this pro- huge facilities such as SPring-8 was a trend in the ceedings. The unique and very sharp x-ray image ob- ceedings. The unique and very sharp x-ray image ob- 20th century. Recently, big efforts have been made to tained by MIRRORCLE is demonstrated, and IR syn- tained by MIRRORCLE is demonstrated, and IR syn- downsize the light source. It is expected that power- chrotron lights from 10 MeV version makes it pos- chrotron lights from 10 MeV version makes it pos- ful portable X-ray sources will change the paradigm sible to study dynamics and behavior of the living sible to study dynamics and behavior of the living of the X-ray business and open up completely new specimens in each level such as protein, cell, organ, specimens in each level such as protein, cell, organ, research fields that were impossible before. and whole body. and whole body. Fields of interest Fields of interest Fields of interest Optical Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Optics; Crystallogra- Optical Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Optics; Super- Optical Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Optics; Super- phy; Biophysics; Biomedicine general conductivity, Superfluidity, Quantum Fluids; conductivity, Superfluidity, Quantum Fluids; Target groups Biomedicine general; Biophysics Biomedicine general; Biophysics Researchers and graduate students in the fields of Target groups Target groups synchrotron, hard x-ray, soft x-ray, infrared laser, x- Researchers and graduate students in the fields of Researchers and graduate students in the fields of ray microscopy, x-ray imaging, XAFS, FTIR, protein synchrotron, hard x-ray, soft x-ray, infrared laser, x- synchrotron, hard x-ray, soft x-ray, infrared laser, x- dynamics, molecular mechanism, protein crystallog- ray microscopy, x-ray imaging, XAFS, FTIR, protein ray microscopy, x-ray imaging, XAFS, FTIR, protein raphy, fluorescent x-ray analysis, FEL, biomedical re- dynamics, molecular mechanism, protein crystallog- dynamics, molecular mechanism, protein crystallog- search, diagnosis, cancer therapy raphy, fluorescent x-ray analysis, FEL, biomedical re- raphy, fluorescent x-ray analysis, FEL, biomedical re- Type of publication search, diagnosis, cancer therapy search, diagnosis, cancer therapy Proceedings Type of publication Type of publication Proceedings Proceedings Due June 2007

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K. Yamanouchi, University of Tokyo, Japan; S.L. Chin, Laval Uni- D.A. Yuen, University of Minnesota, USA; S. Maruyama, Tokyo A. Zakery, Shiraz University, Schiraz, Iran; S.R. Elliott, University of versity, Québec, QC, Canada; P. Agostini, Ohio State Universi- Institute of Technology, Japan; S.-i. Karato, Yale University, CT, Cambridge, UK ty, Columbus, OH, USA; G. Ferrante, Università di Palermo, Italy USA; B.F. Windley, University of Leicester, UK (Eds.) (Eds.) Optical Nonlinearities in Superplumes: Beyond Plate Chalcogenide Glasses and their Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Tectonics Science II Applications

This book provides a concise overview of our un- The present monograph addresses optical nonlinear- This book series addresses a newly emerging inter- derstanding of the entire mantle, its evolution since ities of chalcogenide glasses and their applications. disciplinary research field, Ultrafast Intense Laser early differentiation and the consequences of super- Different techniques used to characterize non-lin- Science, spanning atomic and molecular physics, plumes for earth surface processes. The balanced, ear optical constants of these glasses in form of bulk molecular science, and optical science. Its progress is international authorship of the eighteen contribu- or thin films are discussed and properties of many being stimulated by the recent development of ultra- tions has produced a state-of-the-science report on chalcogenide systems are presented. Different ap- fast laser technologies. Highlights of this second vol- the emerging concept of superplumes and has doc- plications of these glasses, such as ultra-fast switch- ume include Coulomb explosion and fragmentation umented the potential of superplumes to serve as ing, optical limiting, 2nd harmonic generation and of molecules, control of chemical dynamics, high-or- a testable model for future studies. The topic of su- electro-optic effects are discussed. Fabrication of rib der harmonic generation, propagation and filamen- perplume dynamics has been treated from different as well as ridge waveguides and of fiber gratings is tation, and laser-plasma interaction. All chapters are angles covering the sub-disciplines of geology, geo- also presented and suitability of chalcogenide films authored by foremost experts in their fields and the chemistry, petrology as well as geophysics (includ- for fabrication of all-optical integrated circuits is ad- texts are written at a level accessible to newcomers ing mineral physics, seismic tomography and man- dressed. and graduate students, each chapter beginning with tle dynamics). For instance, it is shown how trans- an introductory overview. port of heat via superplumes, huge stable pipes con- Contents necting the high-temperature core with the surface Features Introduction to Chalcogenide Glasses.- Basic Con- land mass, could have caused mass extinctions and cepts of Nonlinear Optics.- Experimental Tech- Reports latest advances in a "hot" research area Inter- drastic environmental change. Audience: Scientists, national team of experts niques to Measure Nonlinear Optical Constants.- researchers and graduate students in geology, geo- Measurement of Nonlinear Optical Constants.- Op- chemistry and geophysics, planetary scientists, [..] Contents tical Nonlinearities in Chalcogenide Fibres.- Optical Switching in Chalcogenide Glasses.- Issues and Fu- Coulomb explosion imaging of molecular dynam- Features ture Directions. ics in intense laser fields.- Intact molecular ion for- Presenting a new concept to explain catastrophic mation of some organic molecules by femtosecond events on Earth through geologic time, such as mass Fields of interest lasers.- Ultrafast electron dynamics.- S-matrix theo- extinction and drastic environmental change Inter- ry of nonsequential double ionization.- Laser control Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear disciplinary in approach and authorship Abundantly Optics; Physical Chemistry of chemical dynamics: Part I. 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S. Zane, University College London, UK; R. Turolla, University of H.D. Zeh, University of Heidelberg, Germany A.V. Zvelindovsky, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Padova, Italy; D. Page, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexi- (Ed.) co, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico (Eds.) The Physical Basis of The Direction Nanostructured Soft Matter Isolated Neutron Stars: From the of Time Surface to the Interior Experiment, Theory, Simulation and Perspectives

This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of This book collects the contributions presented at the foundation in classical, quantum and cosmological a new and broad class of materials under the unify- conference Isolated Neutron Stars: From the Surface settings. It includes new sections on the meaning of ing name Nanostructured Soft Matter. It covers ma- to the Interior, held in London in April 2006. Forty probabilities in a cosmological context, irreversible terials ranging from short amphiphilic molecules to years after the discovery of radio pulsars it presents aspects of quantum computers, and various conse- block copolymers, proteins, colloids and their com- an up-to-date description of the new vision of iso- quences of the expansion of the Universe. Many oth- posites, microemulsions and bio-inspired systems lated neutron stars that has emerged in recent years er sections have been rewritten. In particular, the such as vesicles. The book considers several funda- with the advance of multi-wavelength observations. book contains an analysis of the physical concept of mental questions, including: how self-assembly of The great variety of isolated neutron stars, from pul- time, a detailed treatment of radiation damping as various soft materials with internal structure at the sars to magnetars, some of them discovered very well as extended sections on quantum entanglement nanoscale can be understood, controlled and in fu- recently and many of them not detectable in radio and decoherence, arrows of time hidden in various ture used in the newly emerging field of soft nan- wavelengths, is amply covered by descriptions of re- interpretations of quantum theory, and the emer- otechnology. The book offers a view on the subject cent observational results and presentations of the gence of time in quantum gravity. Both physicists from different perspectives, combining modern ex- latest theoretical interpretation of these data. and philosophers of science will find in this book a perimental approaches from physical chemistry and magnificent survey and a concise, technically sophis- physics with various theoretical techniques from Fields of interest ticated, up-to-date discussion which shows fine sen- physics, mathematics and the most advanced com- Astronomy; Astrophysics; Nuclear Physics, Heavy sitivity to crucial conceptual subtleties. "The discus- puter modelling. All chapters are written by leading Ions, Hadrons; Atoms and Molecules in Strong sion is lucid and intuitive without glossing over the international experts, bringing together experience Fields, Plasma Physics; Superconductivity, Superflu- important details." Max Tegmark, MIT from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, The idity, Quantum Fluids Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain and the USA. Features Target groups A classic and frequently cited text on the arrow of Features Academic/corporate/hospital libraries; scientists and time. Mathematically and physically rigorous, but ac- An interdisciplinary view on a new and broad class researchers, lecturers and tutors, graduates, under- cessible to newcomers Fifth up-to-date edition Thor- of materials under the unified name of “nanostruc- graduates, practitioners and professionals oughly revised to reflect advances in both quantum tured soft matter” Offers the first description of the Type of publication physics and cosmology Essential reading for the new freeware SUSHI Proceedings generation of theoretical physicists Contents Contents From the contents Preface. List of Contributors.- Due June 2007 The Physical Concept of Time.- The Time Arrow of Part I: Experimental Advances.- Part II: Mathemati- Radiation.- The Thermodynamical Arrow of Time.- cal and Theoretical Approaches.- Part III: Computer Reprinted from Astrophysics and Space Science Vol. 308 Nos. 1-4 The Quantum Mechanical Arrow of Time.- The Simulations.- Index. Time Arrow of Spacetime Geometry.- The Time Ar- row in Quantum Cosmology.- Appendix: A Simple Fields of interest 2007. VI, 653 p. Hardcover Numerical Toy Model.- Epilogue.- References.- Sub- Soft Matter, Complex Fluids; Nanotechnology; Poly- mer Sciences; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films; 149,95 € ject Index. Mathematical and Computational Physics; Physical ISBN 978-1-4020-5997-1 Fields of interest Chemistry Relativity and Cosmology; Statistical Physics; Quan- tum Physics; Philosophy of Science Target groups Active researchers as well as undergraduate and Target groups graduate students Scientists and interested laypersons with some back- ground in physics or the philosophy of science Type of publication Monograph Type of publication Monograph Due July 2007

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