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V. García Sakai, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, F.A. Coutelieris, University of Ioannina, Agrinio, Greece; Didcot, UK; C. Alba-Simionesco, Université Paris-Sud XI, J.M.P.Q. Delgado, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Orsay CX, France; S.H. Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (Eds.) Th. Böllinghaus, BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung Transport Processes in Porous und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany; J. Lexow, BAM Dynamics of Soft Matter Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Media Neutron Applications Germany; T. Kishi, NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan; M. Kitagawa, The subject of this book is to study the porous National Institute for Material Science, Ibaraki, Japan (Eds.) media and the transport processes occur there. As Dynamics of Soft Matter: Neutron Applications a first step, the authors discuss several techniques provides an overview of neutron scattering techniques Materials Challenges and for artificial representation of porous. Afterwards, that measure temporal and spatial correlations Testing for Supply of Energy and they describe the single and multi phase flows in simultaneously, at the microscopic and mesoscopic simplistic and complex porous structures in terms of scale. Emphasizing the complementarities of Resources macroscopic and microscopic equations as well as of scattering techniques with other spectroscopic One major goal of the World Materials Research their analytical and numerical solutions. Furthermore, ones, this volume also highlights the potential gain Institute Forum - WMRIF is to promote young macroscopic quantities such as permeability are in combining with techniques such as rheology, scientists in the field of materials science and introduced and reviewed. The book also discusses NMR, light scattering, dielectric spectroscopy, as engineering. To enhance the international knowledge with mass transport processes in the porous media well as synchrotron radiation experiments. Key exchange between young postdoctoral scientists which are further strengthen by experimental areas covered include polymer science,biological all over the world, WMRIF meanwhile regularly validation and specific technological applications. materials, complex fluids and surface science. organizes joint workshops among the member This book makes use of state-of-the-art techniques Neutron scattering techniques offer answers to institutes. These workshops also represent an for the modeling of transport processes in porous new questions arising at the interface of physics, increasingly appreciated platform to get known to structures, and considers of realistic sorption chemistry,and biology. Knowledge of the dynamics at each other and to build co-operations. For such mechanisms. It the applies advanced mathematical these levels is crucial to understanding the soft matter workshops, various topics are selected, pointing to techniques for upscaling of the major quantities, field, which includes colloids, polymers,membranes, future perspectives and challenges in the field of and presents the experimental investigation and biological macromolecules, foams, emulsions with materials science and engineering.This time, the application, namely, experimental methods for the applications towards biological and biomimetic presentations of the workshop focused on the four measurement of relevant transport properties. The systems, and phenomena involving wetting, subjects Challenges in conclusive, realistic and system main benefit of the book is that it discusses all the friction,adhesion, or micro- and nano-fluidics. In oriented materials testing Materials challenges for topics related to transport in porous media (including summary, this book:Explores neutron scattering water supply Materials challenges in the extraction state-of-the-art applications) and presents some techniques to examine soft matter at the micro- and recovery of scarce elements and minerals of the most important theoretical, numerical and and mesoscopic scalesExamines soft matter, with Materials challenges for nuclear fission and fusion. experimental developments in porous media domain, a focus in polymer science, biological materials, This book comprises the peer-reviewed contributions providing a self-contained major reference that is complex fluids and surface scienceDiscusses during the 2nd International Workshop for Young appealing to both the scientists and the engineers. neutron scattering techniques combined with Materials Scientists at BAM Federal Institute for At the same time, these topics encounter a variety other spectroscopic methodsDynamics of Soft Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany. It of scientific and engineering disciplines, such as Matter Neutron Applications is an ideal book for also provides a very informative overview of recent chemical, civil, agricultural, mechanical engineering. scientists,engineers and advanced students seeking a results for all materials scientists. The book is divided in several chapters that intend reference on how neutrons are a key tool to study of to be a resume of the current state of knowledge for the dynamical processes in soft materials. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-23347-0 benefit of related professionals and scientists. More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-0726-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-27909-6 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2012. VII, 296 p. 148 illus. Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 978-3-642-23347-0 2012. XIII, 449 p. 197 illus. (Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques, Vol.) Hardcover ▶99,95 € 2012. 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which are durable, stable, and abundant on earth, and reducing manufacturing and installation cost. Today’s solar cell multi-GW market is dominated by crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer technology, however new cell concepts are entering the market. One very promising solar cell design to answer these needs is the silicon hetero-junction solar cell, of which the emitter and back surface field are basically produced by a low temperature growth of ultra-thin layers of amorphous silicon. In this design, amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) constitutes both "emitter" and "base-contact/ back surface field" on both sides of a thin crystalline S. Sadewasser, International Iberian Nanotechnology P.M.G.P. Moreira, INEGI, Porto, Portugal; L.F.M.d. Silva, silicon wafer-base (c-Si) where the photogenerated Laboratory, Braga, Portugal; T. Glatzel, Universität Basel, electrons and holes are generated; at the same time, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; P.M.S.T. de Castro, Switzerland (Eds.) 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Russia lightweight structures, and one of the characteristics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-22565-9 of this work is bringing together relevant state-of- Heterogeneous Ferroelectric Solid the-art information usually presented in separate Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Solutions publications specializing in a single technology. The 2012. XIV, 331 p. 189 illus., 86 in color. 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Roca, ENEA, Italy temperature, composition or electric field (iii) have proven to be one of the scientifically and (Eds.) the complete analysis of interconnection domain technologically important areas of development structures, unit-cell parameters changes, heterophase over the past 15 years, with applications in UV/ Physics and Technology structures and stress relief. visible optoelectronics and in high-power/high- of Amorphous-Crystalline More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-22482-9 frequency microwave devices. The pace of advances Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. in these areas has been remarkable and the wide band Heterostructure Silicon Solar Cells 2012. XIII, 156 p. 39 illus., 3 in color. 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satisfactory because there is a strong unconscious describing and enlightening the puzzling physics of tendency to draw what the observer remembers a particular strongly correlated system. The book is from photographs of objects. Compared to other intended for advanced graduate students and post- astronomical guidebooks this book contains by far docs in the field as textbook and/or main reference, the largest number of objects viewed through a 10- but also for other researchers in the field who to 14-inch telescope and is a ‘must-have’ for serious appreciates consulting a single, but comprehensive, amateur and professional observers. source or wishes to get acquainted, in a as painless More on www.springer.com/978-1-4419-9418-9 as possible way, with the working details of a specific technique. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-21830-9 2012. XII, 563 p. 38 illus., 21 in color. 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The Physics of Invisibility ▶99,95 € Various applications of this approachs and A Story of Light and Deception time dependent version of two-band Ginzburg- Landau theory are considered. An important Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote that, "any topic are fluctuations in two-band and anisotropic sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable superconductors. Significant new results on current from magic." These words most certainly ring true problems are presented to stimulate further research. with respect to invisibility cloaking devices. At work Physics Numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables make is the magic of science, of course. The technology to this book useful as a reference for students and make an object simply disappear from view is now a researchers. reality.There is both great fear and great desire in the thought of invisibility. Indeed, for thousands of years, More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-22651-9 authors have grappled with the idea. 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The new physics of 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects Strongly Correlated Systems invisibility simply aims to take these tricks of nature a Theoretical Methods few steps further. Indeed, by learning what light is and An Annotated Catalogue how it interacts with matter, physicists have begun The volume presents, for the very first time, an The Annotated Catalog of 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects is to take control of light - with metamaterials, which, exhaustive collection of those modern theoretical a record of the most extensive and systematic visual manmade, can be precisely melded, warped, twisted, methods specifically tailored for the analysis survey of the sky done in modern times. The 3,000 transformed, and even time-edited.In this book the of Strongly Correlated Systems. 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S. Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; K.P. Ghatak, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India Fowler-Nordheim Field Emission Effects in Semiconductor Nanostructures This monograph solely presents the Fowler- Nordheim field emission (FNFE) from semiconductors and their nanostructures. The materials considered are quantum confined non-linear optical, III-V, II-VI, Ge, Te, carbon nanotubes, PtSb2, stressed materials, Bismuth, GaP, Gallium Antimonide, II-V, Bi2Te3, III-V, II-VI, IV-VI and HgTe/CdTe superlattices with graded interfaces and effective mass superlattices under magnetic quantization and quantum wires of the aforementioned superlattices. The FNFE in optoelectronic materials and their quantum confined counterparts is studied in the presence of light waves 6 Physics springer.com

science. Here a reader will find that applications of the imaging techniques, this unique compendium and tools developed in QI provide new physical insights discussion of all things dark in space will hopefully into electron optics as well as properties of atoms & prove compelling and rewarding. molecules which, in turn, are useful in studying QI More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-1185-7 both at fundamental and applied levels. In particular, this book investigates entanglement properties of Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. flying electronic qubits generated in some of the well 2012. XI, 243 p. 75 illus. (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy known processes capable of taking place in an atom Series) Softcover or a molecule following the absorption of a photon. 978-1-4614-1185-7 Here, one can generate Coulombic or fine-structure ▶39,95 € entanglement of electronic qubits. The properties of these entanglements differ not only from each M. Chaichian, University of Helsinki, Finland; I. Merches, A.I. other, but also from those when spin of an inner-shell Cuza University, Iasi, Romania; A. Tureanu, University of photoelectron is entangled with the polarization of Helsinki, Finland the subsequent fluorescence. Spins of an outer-shell electron and of a residual photoion can have free or Mechanics bound entanglement in a laboratory. An Intensive Course More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-24069-0 Mechanics is one of the oldest and at the same Due: May 31, 2012 time newest disciplines, in the sense that there are 2012. CCXC, 4 p. 23 illus. (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, methods and principles developed first in mechanics and Plasma Physics, Vol. 67) Hardcover but now widely used in almost all branches of 978-3-642-24069-0 physics: electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, ▶99,95 € classical and quantum field theory, special and general theory of relativity, etc. More than that, U. Ellwanger, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France there are some formalisms like Lagrangian and Hamiltonian approaches, which represent the key From the Universe to the stone for the development of the above-mentioned disciplines.During the last 20-25 years, classical Elementary Particles mechanics has undergone an important revival A First Introduction to Cosmology and the associated with the progress in non-linear dynamics, Fundamental Interactions applications of Noether’s theorem and the extension of variational principles in various interdisciplinary In this book, the author leads the reader, step by sciences (for instance, magnetofluid dynamics). Thus, step and without any advanced mathematics, to a there ought to exist a book concerned with the applied clear understanding of the foundations of modern analytical formalism, first developed in the frame of elementary particle physics and cosmology. He also theoretical mechanics, which has proved to be one of addresses current and controversial questions on the most efficient tools of investigation in the entire topics such as string theory. The book contains gentle arena of science.The present book is an outcome of A. Cooke, Capistrano Beach, CA, USA introductions to the theories of special and general the authors’ teaching experience over many years in relativity, and also classical and quantum field different countries and for different students studying Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and theory. The essential aspects of these concepts are diverse fields of physics. The book is intended for Dust Belts understood with the help of simple calculations; students at the level of undergraduate and graduate for example, the force of gravity as a consequence studies in physics, engineering, astronomy, applied As probably the only book of its type, this work is of the curvature of the space-time. 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M. Greiter, Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie KIT, Germany laboratories for interpreting the results of various national metrology institutes in an international Mapping of Parent Hamiltonians inter-comparisons. For the routine calibration of From Abelian and non-Abelian Quantum Hall instruments, a new idea for the use of pooled variance States to Exact Models of Critical Spin Chains is introduced. The uncertainty calculations are explained for (i) independent linear inputs, (ii) non- This monograph introduces an exact model for linear inputs and (iii) correlated inputs. The merits a critical spin chain with arbitrary spin S, which and limitations of the Guide to the Expression of includes the Haldane--Shastry model as the special Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) are discussed. case S=1/2. 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J. Yao, Institute of Laser & Optoelectronics, Tianjin, PR China; Y. Wang, Institute of Laser & Optoelectronics, Tianjin, PR China Nonlinear Optics and Solid-State Lasers Advanced Concepts, Tuning-Fundamentals and Applications This book covers the complete spectrum of nonlinear optics and all solid state lasers.The book integrates theory, calculations and practical design, technology, experimental schemes and applications. With the expansion and further development of Laser technology, the wavelength spectrum of Lasers had to be enlarged, even to be tunable which requires the use of nonlinear optical and Laser tunable technology. It systematically summarizes and integrates the analysis of international achievements within the last 20 years

Spring 2012 – Title Selection

PHYSICS and MATERIALS

Aranda 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects

Askerzade Unconventional Superconductors

Avella Strongly Correlated Systems

Beech The Physics of Invisibility

Ben-Menahem Probability in Physics

Bhattacharya Fowler-Nordheim Field Emission

Blum Density Matrix Theory and Applications

Boelaert Dijet Angular Distributions in Proton-Proton Collisions

Böllinghaus Materials Challenges and Testing for Supply of Energy and Resources

Chaichian Mechanics

Chandra Quantum Entanglement in Electron Optics

Cooke Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Belts

Coutelieris Transport Processes in Porous Media

Ellwanger From the Universe to the Elementary Particles

García Sakai Dynamics of Soft Matter

Greiter Mapping of Parent Hamiltonians

Groß Spin Squeezing and Non-linear Atom Interferometry with Bose-Einstein Condensates

Grupen Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging

Gupta Measurement Uncertainties

Gupta Mass Metrology

Gurbatov Waves and Structures in Nonlinear Nondispersive Media

Helrich The Classical Theory of Fields

Hoefflinger Chips 2020

Inglis A Field Guide to Deep-Sky Objects

Kalvius The Rudolf Mössbauer Story

Krappe Theory of Nuclear Fission

Kuznetsov Hyperbolic Chaos

Leitner Studying Atomic Dynamics with Coherent X-rays

Léna Observational Astrophysics Linz Ion Beam Therapy

Luo Complex Systems

Mazure Matter, Dark Matter, and Anti-Matter

Miller The Chemical Cosmos

Moreira Structural Connections for Lightweight Metallic Structures

Müller Handbook of Engineering Acoustics

Öchsner Analysis and Design of Biological Materials and Structures

Pearton GaN and ZnO-based Materials and Devices

Pugh Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope

Sadewasser Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

Sark Physics and Technology of Amorphous-Crystalline Heterostructure Silicon Solar Cells

Scheibenzuber GaN-Based Laser Diodes

Seedhouse Interplanetary Outpost

Stefanita Magnetism

Thomas U. S. Spacesuits

Topolov Heterogeneous Ferroelectric Solid Solutions

Waltner Semiclassical Approach to Mesoscopic Systems

Wilkinson New Eyes on the Sun

Yao Nonlinear Optics and Solid-State Lasers

Yi Semiconductor Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Devices