Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid s Books

Industrial: Industrial Protein Xray Crystallography: An Overview (J.D. Oliver) Recent Advances in the Use of Synchrotron Radiation for Protein Crystallography (R. Sweet). The Crystal Structures of Some New Forms of Aluminum Fluoride as Determined from...

Introduction; E. Beltrametti, J.M. LévyLeblond. General Reviews: Experiments with Single Atoms in Cavities and Traps; H. Walther. Experiments with Single Atoms, Molecules, or Photons; S. Haroche. Quantum Effects with Ultracold Atoms; Y. Castin, et al...

Valid Conventions throughout the Book. 1. The History of the Electron Biprism. 2. Principles and Theory of Electron Holography. 3. Optical Characteristics of a Holography Electron Microscope. 4. Practical Electron Holography. 5. Quantitative Electron...

The Jahn-Teller Effect. Interaction of Jahn-Teller Centers. The Elastic Properties of Crystals with Jahn-Teller Structural Phase Transitions. Mutual Influence of Distortive, Magnetic, and Electric Dipole Orderings in Jahn-Teller Elastics. Jahn-Teller...

Resonator Designs for High Brightness Solid-State Lasers; G. Cerullo et al. Defining and Measuring Laser Beam Quality; A.E. Siegman. Model-Locked Solid-State Lasers; A.I. Ferguson, G.P.A. Malcolm. High Power Rod, Slab, and Tube Lasers; U. Wittrock...

Quantum Kinetic Equations; H. Spohn. Microscopic Derivation of Hydrodynamics with Phase Transition in a Plasma Model; G.L. Sewell. Ferromagnetism in Itinerant Electron Systems; H. Tasaki. Homogeneity in the Ground State of the Two-Dimensional ...

Experiment and Phenomenology: Experimental Determination of Phase Diagrams; G. Inden. Phenomenological Calculations of Phase-Equilibria; A.P. Miodownik. Diffuse Scattering Determination of Short Range Order in Alloys; W. Schweika. Electronic Approach...

Kondo Semiconductors: Kondo Semiconductor CeNiSn (T. Takabatake et al.). Non Fermi-Liquid Ground State in the Heavy Fermion Compounds (F.G. Aliev). 4f and 5f Compounds: Specific Heat of Some Uranium Based Ternary Compounds (T. Fujita et al.)...

Pulse Generation and Detection: Terahertz Radiation from ElectroOptic Crystals (X.C. Zhang et al.). Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches for High Power Radiation (G.M. Loubriel). Broadband Electronic Systems and Components: Pulse Generation and...

Advances in Superalloys and High Temperature Intermetallics (J.K. Tien et al.). Influence of the Superplastic Metals on the Future of the Metal Forming Industry (G. Torres-Villaseñor). Advanced Aerospace Materials (F.H. Froes et al.). Microalloyed...

The Lectures: Conjugated Polymers in Layered Hosts; M.G. Kanatzidis, et al. Staging in Intercalated Graphites, Polymers, and Fullerenes; E.J. Mele. Seminars and Communications: Size-Mismatch Melting in Two Dimensions; N. Mousseau, M.F. Thorpe. Tight...

Theory of Ionization and Electron Emission: Theory of Electron Ejection from Matter by Highly Charged Ion Impact; J.H. Macek. Auger Processes at Metallic Surfaces: Auger Processes at Surfaces; A. Niehaus. Kinetic Auger Processes and Shell Effects:...

Lecturers: Quantum Symmetries in 2D Massive Field Theories; D. Bernard. On Knot and Manifold Invariants; R. Bott. The Metric Aspect of Noncommutative Geometry; A. Connes, J. Lott. Observables, Superselection Sectors, and Gauge Groups; C. Fredenhagen...

High Temperature Materials.- The Frontiers of High Temperature Structural Materials.- Magnetic Properties.- Effect of Long Range Ordering on the Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Some Transition Metal Based Alloys.- Ferromagnetic Behavior pf Pd- and...

The Nature of the Electronic Excited States of Molecular Systems; B. Di Bartolo. Properties of the Excited States of Complex Molecules; J. Reuss. Rate of Processes Involving Excited States; A.M. Stoneham. Excited States in Semiconductors; C...

Introduction and Overview (R.Z. Bachrach). Advances from a Technique Perspective: Absorption: Surface Absorption Near Edge Structure: XANES (A. Bianconi, A. Marcelli). Surface EXAFS (J.E. Rowe). Photoemission Spectroscopy: Angle Resolved Photoemission...

1. An Introductory Review.- 2. Fabrication Techniques for Submicron Devices.- 3. Heterojunctions and Interfaces.- 4. Semiclassical Carrier Transport Models.- 5. Transient Hot-Carrier Transport.- 6. Alloys and Superlattices.- 7. The Electron-Electron...

X-Ray Scattering from Surfaces and Interfaces; R.A. Cowley. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; H. Niehus. Atomistic Simulations of Surfaces and Interfaces; S. Foiles. Theory of Electron States at Surfaces and Interfaces; M. Schluter. Embedding for...

Structure and Geometry.- Hierarchic structure.- The structure of quasicrystals: from diffraction patterns to atom positions.- Determination of quasi-crystal structures by higher dimensional analysis.- Six-dimensional atoms for a decorated...

Modern Power Devices: Technology for High Power Devices (T. Ohmi). The MosControlled Thyristor and its Limits (F. Bauer). High Power Reverse Conducting GTO (P. Streit). Review of Power Device Concepts (R. Sittig). Simulation: Tool Integration for...

Nuclear Theory: The Once and Future Nuclear ManyBody Problem (A.D. Jackson). Inclusive Scattering and FSI in Nuclear Matter (O. Benhar et al.). Condensed Matter: Quantum Interference Phenomena in Strong Localization (M. Karder, E. Medina). ManyBody ...

Formal Methods: A Reaction Theory and the Relation Between Widths and Energy Shifts; F.B. Malik. The Control of Chaos; B.A. Huberman. Classical and Quantum Fluids: Compressible RayleighBenard Convection in a Hard Disks System; D. Risso, P. Cordero...

The Theory of High-Tc Superconductivity (P.W. Anderson). Holes in the Quantum Antiferromagner (A. Auerbach, B.E. Larson). Slave Boson Approach to the One Dimensional tJ Model (T.K. Lee, Z. Wang). Universality of Behavior of Electrons on a Ring (F.V...

Part A: Heat and Mass Transfer in Helium II: A Brief History of Cryogenics; R.G. Scurlock. Applications of Helium II: A Liquid/Gas Phase Separator for HeI and HeII; P.J. Shirron, et al. Heat Transfer in Cryogenc Fluids; Heat Exchangers; ...

Thermal Conductivity: Thermal Conductivity of LooseFill Materials by a RadialHeatFlow Method (D.R. Flynn). The Probe Method for Measurement of Thermal Conductivity (A.E. Wechsler). Electrical Resistivity: Methods for Electrical Resistivity ...

Chemical vapour deposition of diamond - J C Angus; Thin film diamond growth mechanisms - J E Butler; Microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition and related techniques for low pressure diamond synthesis - P K Bachmann; Local epitaxial growth of...

Traditional Analysis of Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Solids / Paradigms and Challenges in Shock Wave Research / The Universal Role of Turbulence in the Propagation of Strong Shocks and Detonation Waves / What is a Shock Wave? -- The View from the Atomic...

In the excitement and rapid pace of developments, writing pedagogical texts has low priority for most researchers. However, in transforming my lecture l notes into this book, I found a personal benefit: the organization of what...

This book offers concise information on the properties of polymeric materials, particularly those most relevant to physical chemistry and chemical physics. Extensive updates and revisions to each chapter include eleven new...

One of the main goals of investigations of shock-wave phenomena in condensed matter is to develop methods for predicting effects of explosions, high-velocity collisions, and other kinds of intense dynamic loading of materials...

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Scale Invariance, Interfaces and Non­ Equilibrium Dynamics" was held at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, UK from 20-30 June 1994. The topics discussed at...

This report presents an account of the course "Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Solids: Advances and Applications" held in Erice, Italy, from June 16 to 30, 1993. This meeting was organized by the International School of Atomic and...

This proceedings volume, "Plastic Deformation of Ceramics," constitutes the papers of an international symposium held at Snowbird, Utah from August 7-12, 1994. It was attended by nearly 100 scientists and engineers from more...

This book had its origins in lectures presented at EPFL, Lausanne, during two separate visits (the most recent being to IRRMA). The author is most grateful to Professors A. Baldereschi, R. Car, and A. Quattropani for making...

The textbook we offer to the reader is based on a two-term course of lec­ tures, "Electromagnetic Response of Material Media," that the authors gave for a number of years to the final-year students of the Physics Depart­ ment...

During August 24-27, 1993, approximately 60 scientists from the Americas, Europe and Japan, gathered in the city of Guanajuato, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, at the II Latin American Workshop on Magnetism, Magnetic...

The aim of this NATO Advanced Study Institute was to bring together scientists and students working in the field of laser matter interactions in order to review and stimulate developmentoffundamental science with ultra-short...

This book examines the physical principles behind the operation of high-speed transistors operating at frequencies above 10 GHz and having switching times less than 100 psec. If the 1970s cannot be remembered for the ...

This volume contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Localization and Propagation o[ Classical Waves in Random and Periodic Media held in Aghia Pelaghia, Heraklion, Crete, May 26- 30, 1992. The...

This volume contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Magnetism and Structure in Systems of Reduced Dimension", held at l'Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese - U.M.S. - C.N.R.S. - ...

The main objective of this book is to systematically describe the basic principles of the most widely used techniques for the analysis of physical, structural, and compositional properties of solids with a spatial resolution of...

The role of high pressure experiments in the discovery of supercon­ ducting materials with a T. above liquid nitrogen temperature has demon­ strated the importance of such experiments. The same role holds true in the tailoring...

Presenting the latest advances in artificial structures, this volume discusses in-depth the structure and electron transport mechanisms of quantum wells, superlattices, quantum wires, and quantum dots. It will serve as an...

This volume contains the proceedings of the first NATO Science Forum "Highlights of the Eighties and Future Prospects in Condensed Matter Physics" (sponsored by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division), which took place in...