Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid s Books

About half a century ago Landau formulated the central principles of the phe­ nomenological second-order phase transition theory which is based on the idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking at phase transition. By means of this...

This volume on the novelties in the electronic properties of solids appears in occasion of Franco Bassani sixtieth birthday, and is dedicated to honour a scientific activity which has contributed so much of the development of...

This book covers the standard scope of a basic condensed matter course with two unique features to aid students: 1) explicit calculational details are provided and; 2) animations are interspersed throughout the book to aid the visualization of more...

Ultra-BriefThis book provides the most fundamental and essential techniques to simulate complex systems, from the dynamics of molecules to the spreading of diseases, from optimization using ant colonies to the simulation of the Game of Life.

As the selection of material for particular engineering properties becomes increasingly important in keeping costs down, methods for evaluating material properties also become more relevant. One such method examines the geometry of grain boundaries,...

High Temperature Superconductivity provides a broad survey of high temperature superconductivity, discussing the adaptations of experimental and theoretical techniques and methods that take advantage of the revolutionary properties of high temperature...

Muon Science: Muons in Physics, Chemistry and Materials presents key developments in both theoretical and experimental aspects of muon spin relaxation, rotation, and resonance. Assuming no prior expertise in muon science, the book guides readers from...

The first book devoted to laser techniques in the generation and reception of ultrasonic waves in materials, Laser Ultrasonics: Techniques and Applications provides a full description of the state of the art in all fields involving both lasers and...

Superfluidity and Superconductivity, Third Edition introduces the low-temperature phenomena of superfluidity and superconductivity from a unified viewpoint. The book stresses the existence of a macroscopic wave function as a central principle, presents...

Defect Recognition and Image Processing in Semiconductors 1997 provides a valuable overview of current techniques used to assess, monitor, and characterize defects from the atomic scale to inhomogeneities in complete silicon wafers. This volume addresses...

Because artificial sensors have assumed a major role in both domestic and industrial settings, the development of new technologies continues. Sensor Materials is the first publication that approaches the subject of sensors from a materials standpoint and...

Geometry, Particles and Fields is a direct reprint of the first edition. From a review of the first edition: "The present volume is a welcome edition to the growing number of books that develop geometrical language and use it...

Oxides form a broad subject area of research and technology development which encompasses different disciplines such as materials science, solid state chemistry, physics etc. The aim of this book is to demonstrate the interplay...

Focusing on the purely theoretical aspects of strongly correlated electrons, this volume brings together a variety of approaches to models of the Hubbard type - i.e., problems where both localized and delocalized elements are...

Preface. Contributing Authors. Part I: Colloidal Particles and Stochastic Dynamics. Interaction between colloidal particles; R. Castañeda-Priego, et al. Self-diffusion of colloidal particles in two-dimensional porous media; A. Ramirez-Saito, J.L...

1. Introduction. 2. Crystal Structure and Point Defects. 3. Phase Equilibrium in Binary Alloys. 4. Electronic Structure of Pure Metallic Solids. 5. Physical Effects of Impurities in Metals. 6. Elasticity Theory of Point Defects. 7. Quadrupole...

The problem of superconductors has been a central issue in Solid State Physics since 1987. After the discovery of superconductivity (HTSC) in doped perovskites, it was realized that the HTSC appears in an unknown complex...

This volume, the proceedings of a 1998 international workshop, provides experimental evidence of the effects of correlation on the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of materials, as well as the ...

Characterization and Phase Stability: Theory and Computational Methods: Energetics of Alloys; J.S. Faulkner, et al. Crystal Structure and Phase Stability in Fe1xCox from Ab Initio Theory; P. Söderlind, et al. Spectroscopy and Characterization: NMR...

Nonlinear Optics and Collective Excitations; N. Bloembergen. Fundamentals of Spectroscopy of Collective Excitations in Solids; B. Di Bartolo. Light-Matter Interaction: Experimental Aspects; C. Klingshirn. Theoretical Description of Collective...

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 ...