104 Physics News 8/2011 springer.com/NEWSonline I. Askerzade, Azerbaijan National Academy of M. Beech, University of Regina, ON, Canada S. Bellucci, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan Frascati, Italy (Ed.) The Physics of Invisibility Unconventional A Story of Light and Deception Self-Assembly of Superconductors Nanostructures Anisotropy and Multiband Effects The ability is see is fundamental to our very The INFN Lectures, Vol. III existence. How true our perceptions really are This book presents the anisotropy and multiband depends upon many factors, and not least is our This is the third volume in a series of books on effects in newly discovered unconventional super- understanding of what light is and how it interacts selected topics in Nanoscale Science and Tech- conductors: cuprate superconductors, borocar- with matter. It was said that the camera, the icon nology based on lectures given at the well-known bides, magnezium-diboride and oxypnictides. of light recording instruments, never lies, and in Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) The physical properties of these unconventional the day of the glass plate and celluloid roll-film this schools of the same name. The present set of notes superconductors and the application of the two- might well have been true. But in this modern era, stems in particular from the participation and band Ginzburg-Landau theory to these supercon- with electronic cameras and computer software, dedication of prestigious lecturers, such as Nunzio ducting compounds are explained. Temperature it is often safe to assume that the camera always Motta, Fulvia Patella, Alexandr Toropov, and Anna dependencies of fundamental superconducting lies. The advertising images that bombard our Sgarlata. parameters are calculated using the GL theory every waking moment are manipulated in shape, taking into account multiband-and anisotropy profile, color, and form. In this new era, light can Features effects. A comparision of theoretical results and be manipulated with metamaterials to make one 7 Presents cutting-edge research on self-assem- experimental data is conducted. object look like another or even cause that objects bled nanostructures 7 Includes contributions to vanish, literally before our eyes; not only can from prestigious researchers on topics ranging Features the image we see be manipulated, but so can the from quantum dots to self-assembly on carbon 7 Presents new unconventional superconduc- light itself. nanotubes 7 Based on lectures given at the tors in detail 7 Contains a variety of theoretical renowned INFN schools in Frascati, Italy calculations and explanations of experimental data Features 7 Explains the application of two-band Ginzburg- 7 Describes in general terms how light can be Contents Landau theory for the calculation of different manipulated to produce a distortion of images, Polymer Self-Assembly on Carbon Nanotubes physical parameters in new superconductor known as invisibility 7 Introduces the scientifi- By Michele Giulianini and Nunzio Motta.- InAs 7 Delivers a detailed description of fluctuation cally new technology of "invisibility cloaking," a epitaxy on GaAs(001): a model case of strain- effects in two-band superconductors 7 Displays technology currently heavily funded by the U.S. driven self-assembling of quantum dots By an analytical solution of the Eliashberg equations military 7 Explores the current discussion of the E.Placidi, F.Arciprete, R. Magri, M.Rosini, A for two-band and anisotropic superconductors use and ethics of invisibility Vinattieri, L. Cavigli, M. Gurioli, E.Giovine, L. Persichetti , M. Fanfoni, F. Patella and A. Contents Contents Balzarotti.- Self-assembled Quantum Dots: from Physical properties of unconventional super- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Of All Things Visible Stranski-Krastanov to Droplet Epitaxy By Yu. G. conductors.- Ginzburg-Landau (GL) analysis of and Invisible.- Chapter 2: A Very Brief History Galitsyn, A. A. Lyamkina, S. P. Moshchenko, T. S. new superconductorts.- System of anisotropic of Light.- Chapter 3: Mirror Tricks, the Art of Shamirzaev, A. I. Toropov.- Towards a controlled Eliashberg equations and influence of multiband Cloaking and Seeing the Impossible.- Chapter growth of self-assembled nanostructures: shaping, effects.- Fluctuation effects in newly discovered 4: Maxwell’s Marvelous Waves.- Chapter 5: The ordering and localization in Ge/Si heteroepitaxy superconductors. Metamaterial Revolution.- Afterword.- Appen- by L.Persichetti, A.Capasso, A.Sgarlata, M.Fanfoni, dices.- Index. N.Motta and A.Balzarotti. Fields of interest Low Temperature Physics; Condensed Matter Fields of interest Fields of interest Physics; Structural Materials Optics and Electrodynamics; Popular Science, Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotech- general; Optical and Electronic Materials nology; Nanochemistry Target groups Research Target groups Target groups Popular/general Research Discount group P Discount group Discount group P P Due October 2011 Due October 2011 Due November 2011 2011. XII, 196 p. 163 illus., 66 in color. (Lecture Notes 2011. X, 190 p. 84 illus., 18 in color. (Springer Series in in Nanoscale Science and Technology, Volume 12) Materials Science, Volume 153) Hardcover 2011. XVI, 166 p. 126 illus., 97 in color. Softcover Hardcover 7 $129.00 7 approx. $34.95 7 $129.00 ISBN 978-3-642-22651-9 ISBN 978-1-4614-0615-0 ISBN 978-1-4614-0741-6 springer.com/NEWSonline News 8/2011 Physics 105 P. Brekke, Norwegian Space Centre, Oslo, Norway M. Bukshtab, Michael A. Bukshtab Consulting, C. Burgess, Bonnet Bay,NSW, Australia Norwalk, CT, USA Our Explosive Sun Selecting the Mercury Seven A Visual Feast of Our Source of Light and Life Applied Photometry, The Search for America’s First Astronauts Radiometry, and The Sun, which is our own star at the center of Measurements of Optical The names of the seven Mercury astronauts were the Solar System, gives rise to all life on Earth and Losses announced in April 1959 amid a flurry of publicity is the driver of photosynthesis in plants and the and patriotism. This work provides biographical source of all food and energy for living things. As details of all thirty-two finalists for the seven seen with the naked eye, the Sun appears as a static coveted places as America’s pioneering astronauts. and quiet yellow disk in the sky. However, it is a Contents All of the candidates were among the nation’s elite stormy and ever-changing star that contributes Acknowledgements.- Abstract.- Preface.- PART pilots involved in testing new supersonic aircraft much more than light and heat. For example, it is I APPLIED PHOTOMETRY AND RADIOM- capabilities. the source of the beautiful northern lights and can ETRY.- I.1. Background.- Chapter 1 Radiometric affect our technology-based society in many ways. and photometric quantities and notions.- Chapter Features 2 Methods of photometric and radiometric 7 Contains authorized biographical sketches of Features measurements.- Chapter 3 Radiometry of partially all 32 pioneering astronaut candidates, even ones 7 Provides a detailed introduction to the coherent radiation.- Chapter 4 Photometers and that didn't fly on the Mercury mission, the first dynamics of the Sun and how it affects Earth, radiometers.- PART II MEASUREMENTS OF U.S. manned space program 7 Authoritative, both physically and culturally 7 The layouts OPTICAL LOSSES.- II.1. Features of low-loss well researched, highly readable, and copiously and visuals in the book are truly stunning and the assessments.- Chapter 5 Conventional measure- illustrated, with many photographs of the first book includes a number of images never published ment techniques.- Chapter 6 Systems of multiple astronaut candidates published for the first time before 7 Contains additional information and reflections.- Chapter 7 Laser spectroscopy.- 7 Examines the goals and achievements of the a large number of animations to go on Springer- Chapter 8 Measurements in passive resona- Mercury team 7 Commemorates the 50th anni- Extras tors.- Chapter 9 Determination of absorption versary (in 2011) of the first manned U.S. space losses.- Chapter 10 Direct attenuation measure- flight, with a Mercury astronaut onboard, in 1961 Contents ments.- Chapter 11 Propagation losses in fibers Preface.- Chapter 1: A Star Among Billions.- and waveguides.- References. Contents Chapter 2: The Sun’s Location in the Solar System.- Foreword.- Author’s Preface.- About the author.- Chapter 3: The Structure of the Sun.- Chapter 4: Fields of interest Acknowledgements.- Illustrations.- Chapter 1: How Do We Study the Sun?.-Chapter 5: The Sun Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Sailing in and out of war.- Chapter 2: The call goes - A Variable Star.- Chapter 6: The Northern Lights Devices; Optics and Electrodynamics; Microwaves, out.- Chapter 3: Narrowing the field.- Chapter and Space Weather/- Chapter 7: The Sun and Life RF and Optical Engineering 4: The finalists.- Chapter 5: Tennessee patriot, on Earth.- Chapter 8: How Humans Depend on pilot, and poet.- Chapter 6: Lovelace Clinic, New the Sun.- Chapter 9: How You Can Study the Sun Target groups Mexico.- Chapter 7: Wright-Patterson: the final and the Aurora.- Chapter 10: Modern Research on Research hurdle.- Chapter 8: Announcing the Mercury the Sun, the Northern Lights, and Space Weather.- astronauts.- Chapter 9: Back in contention.- Useful Resources. Discount group Chapter 10: Mercury Seven.- Appendices.- Bibli- P ography.- Index. Fields of interest Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences;