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Peter Suranyi 87th Birthday Festschrift

A Life in Quantum Field Theory

by Philip Argyres, Gerald Dunne, Gordon Semenoff, Rohana Wijewardhana ...

This is a Festschrift compiled in honor of Professor Peter Suranyi, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati. In a long career spanning almost 60 years, Professor Suranyi has made valuable contributions in many areas of theoretical physics, especially in the fields of strong interaction physics, quantum field theory, particle physics, statistical mechanics, lattice field theory, condensed ... Read more

$91.99 USD

This is a Festschrift compiled in honor of Professor Peter Suranyi, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati. In a long career spanning almost 60 years, Professor Suranyi has made valuable contributions in many areas of theoretical physics, especially in the fields of strong interaction physics, quantum field theory, particle physics, statistical mechanics, lattice field theory, condensed
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Introduction to the Theory of Soft Matter

From Ideal Gases to Liquid Crystals

by Jonathan V. Selinger ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book presents the theory of soft matter to students at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. It provides a basic introduction to theoretical physics as applied to soft matter, explaining the concepts of symmetry, broken symmetry, and order parameters; phases and phase transitions; mean-field theory; and the mathematics of variational calculus and tensors. It is written in an ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book presents the theory of soft matter to students at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. It provides a basic introduction to theoretical physics as applied to soft matter, explaining the concepts of symmetry, broken symmetry, and order parameters; phases and phase transitions; mean-field theory; and the mathematics of variational calculus and tensors. It is written in an
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Experiments and Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Combustion of Diluted Sprays

TCS 3: Third International Workshop on Turbulent Spray Combustion

Edited by Bart Merci, Eva Gutheil ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book reflects the results of the 2nd and 3rd International Workshops on Turbulent Spray Combustion. The focus is on progress in experiments and numerical simulations for two-phase flows, with emphasis on spray combustion. Knowledge of the dominant phenomena and their interactions allows development of predictive models and their use in combustor and gas turbine design. Experts and young ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book reflects the results of the 2nd and 3rd International Workshops on Turbulent Spray Combustion. The focus is on progress in experiments and numerical simulations for two-phase flows, with emphasis on spray combustion. Knowledge of the dominant phenomena and their interactions allows development of predictive models and their use in combustor and gas turbine design. Experts and young
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Schrödinger Equations in Nonlinear Systems

by Wu-Ming Liu, Emmanuel Kengne ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book explores the diverse types of Schrödinger equations that appear in nonlinear systems in general, with a specific focus on nonlinear transmission networks and Bose–Einstein Condensates. In the context of nonlinear transmission networks, it employs various methods to rigorously model the phenomena of modulated matter-wave propagation in the network, leading to nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) ... Read more

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This book explores the diverse types of Schrödinger equations that appear in nonlinear systems in general, with a specific focus on nonlinear transmission networks and Bose–Einstein Condensates. In the context of nonlinear transmission networks, it employs various methods to rigorously model the phenomena of modulated matter-wave propagation in the network, leading to nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS)
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Nanoliquid Processes for Electronic Devices

Developments of Inorganic Functional Liquid Materials and Their Processing

by Tatsuya Shimoda ...

This book summarizes the results of the research on how to make small electronic devices with high properties by using simple liquid processes such as coating, self-assembling and printing, especially focusing on devices composed of silicon and oxide materials. It describes syntheses and analyses of solution materials, formations of solid thin films from solutions, newly developed patterning ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book summarizes the results of the research on how to make small electronic devices with high properties by using simple liquid processes such as coating, self-assembling and printing, especially focusing on devices composed of silicon and oxide materials. It describes syntheses and analyses of solution materials, formations of solid thin films from solutions, newly developed patterning
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Electrification of Particulates in Industrial and Natural Multiphase flows

by Zhaolin Gu, Wei Wei ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book introduces comprehensive fundamentals, numerical simulations and experimental methods of electrification of particulates entrained multiphase flows. The electrifications of two particulate forms, liquid droplets and solid particles, are firstly described together. Liquid droplets can be charged under preset or associated electric fields, while solid particles can be charged through ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book introduces comprehensive fundamentals, numerical simulations and experimental methods of electrification of particulates entrained multiphase flows. The electrifications of two particulate forms, liquid droplets and solid particles, are firstly described together. Liquid droplets can be charged under preset or associated electric fields, while solid particles can be charged through
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Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Edited by Gordon W. F. Drake ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This handbook comprises a comprehensive reference source that unifies the entire fields of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, assembling the principal ideas, techniques and results of the field from atomic spectroscopy to applications to comets and global change. Its 91 chapters are written by over 100 authors, all leaders in their respective disciplines.Carefully edited to ensure a ... Read more

$395.99 USD

This handbook comprises a comprehensive reference source that unifies the entire fields of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, assembling the principal ideas, techniques and results of the field from atomic spectroscopy to applications to comets and global change. Its 91 chapters are written by over 100 authors, all leaders in their respective disciplines.Carefully edited to ensure a
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The Nanotechnology Revolution

A Global Bibliographic Perspective

by Dale A. Stirling ...

Nanotechnology is changing the world in a very big way, but at the atomic and sub-atomic level. Although the roots of nanotechnology can be traced back to more than a century ago, the last three decades have witnessed an explosion of nano-based technologies and products. This reference work examines the history, current status, and future directions of nanotechnology through an exhaustive search ... Read more

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Nanotechnology is changing the world in a very big way, but at the atomic and sub-atomic level. Although the roots of nanotechnology can be traced back to more than a century ago, the last three decades have witnessed an explosion of nano-based technologies and products. This reference work examines the history, current status, and future directions of nanotechnology through an exhaustive search
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Shock-Induced Chemistry

by Toshimori Sekine ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book begins with the history and background of the subject and then describes key experimental methods. Subsequent chapters are devoted to individual topics of chemistry and materials, namely, synthesis of hard materials, ceramics at high pressure, shock-induced chemical operations, biomolecules, meteorites, and metals and molecules under extreme conditions. Lastly, it offers applications to ... Read more

$125.99 USD

This book begins with the history and background of the subject and then describes key experimental methods. Subsequent chapters are devoted to individual topics of chemistry and materials, namely, synthesis of hard materials, ceramics at high pressure, shock-induced chemical operations, biomolecules, meteorites, and metals and molecules under extreme conditions. Lastly, it offers applications to
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study on Multiple Superconducting Phases in UTe2

by Katsuki Kinjo ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides an insight into spin-triplet superconductivity, which rapidly becomes better understood in recent years, from the perspective of a microscopic measurement technique called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The compound UTe2, the target material of this book, was confirmed to show superconductivity in 2018, and its peculiarity is very similar to that of other uranium-based ... Read more

$197.99 USD

This book provides an insight into spin-triplet superconductivity, which rapidly becomes better understood in recent years, from the perspective of a microscopic measurement technique called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The compound UTe2, the target material of this book, was confirmed to show superconductivity in 2018, and its peculiarity is very similar to that of other uranium-based
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Einführung in Eis-, Schnee- und Lawinenmechanik

by Wolfgang Fellin ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Schnee und Eis sind faszinierende Stoffe, deren mechanische Eigenschaft nur schwer zu fassen sind, insbesondere wenn sie als Lawine ins Tal stürzen.Um typische Aufgaben der alpinen Bautechnik, wie Gründungen am Eis oder Abschätzung des Schnee- oder Lawinendruckes, sorgfältig behandelt zu können, ist ein fundiertes Verständnis der dafür verwendeten mechanischen Modelle notwendig. Andernfalls können ... Read more

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Schnee und Eis sind faszinierende Stoffe, deren mechanische Eigenschaft nur schwer zu fassen sind, insbesondere wenn sie als Lawine ins Tal stürzen.Um typische Aufgaben der alpinen Bautechnik, wie Gründungen am Eis oder Abschätzung des Schnee- oder Lawinendruckes, sorgfältig behandelt zu können, ist ein fundiertes Verständnis der dafür verwendeten mechanischen Modelle notwendig. Andernfalls können
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William Shockley: The Will to Think

by Bo Lojek ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B. Shockley. It reconstructs Shockley’s upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics – culminating with the epoch-making invention of the transistor – and his views on the social issues of his time.The author’s unparalleled access to Shockley’s ... Read more

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This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B. Shockley. It reconstructs Shockley’s upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics – culminating with the epoch-making invention of the transistor – and his views on the social issues of his time.The author’s unparalleled access to Shockley’s
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Fluctuations and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Strongly-Correlated Ultracold Atoms

by Kazuma Nagao ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book discusses non-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics, recently explored in an analog quantum simulator of strongly correlated ultracold atoms. The first part presents a field-theoretical analysis of the experimental observability of the Higgs amplitude mode that emerges as a relativistic collective excitation near a quantum phase transition of superfluid Bose gases in an optical lattice ... Read more

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This book discusses non-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics, recently explored in an analog quantum simulator of strongly correlated ultracold atoms. The first part presents a field-theoretical analysis of the experimental observability of the Higgs amplitude mode that emerges as a relativistic collective excitation near a quantum phase transition of superfluid Bose gases in an optical lattice
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Cooling Electrons in Nanoelectronic Devices by On-Chip Demagnetisation

by Alexander Thomas Jones ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis demonstrates that an ultralow temperature refrigeration technique called "demagnetisation refrigeration" can be miniaturised and incorporated onto millimeter-sized chips to cool nanoelectronic circuits, devices and materials. Until recently, the lowest temperature ever reached in such systems was around 4 millikelvin. Here, a temperature of 1.2mK is reported in a nanoelectronic device. ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This thesis demonstrates that an ultralow temperature refrigeration technique called "demagnetisation refrigeration" can be miniaturised and incorporated onto millimeter-sized chips to cool nanoelectronic circuits, devices and materials. Until recently, the lowest temperature ever reached in such systems was around 4 millikelvin. Here, a temperature of 1.2mK is reported in a nanoelectronic device.
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Symmetry, Spin Dynamics And The Properties Of Nanostructures - Lecture Notes Of The 11th International School On Theoretical Physics

by Vitalii K Dugaev, Andrzej Wal, Jozef Barnas ...

This book is a collection of lecture notes which were presented by invited speakers at the Eleventh School on Theoretical Physics 'Symmetry and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter SSPCM 2014' in Rzeszów (Poland) in September 2014. The main challenge for the lecturers was the objective to present their subject as a review as well as in the form of introduction for beginners. Topics considered ... Read more

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This book is a collection of lecture notes which were presented by invited speakers at the Eleventh School on Theoretical Physics 'Symmetry and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter SSPCM 2014' in Rzeszów (Poland) in September 2014. The main challenge for the lecturers was the objective to present their subject as a review as well as in the form of introduction for beginners. Topics considered
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Fabrication of Heat-Resistant and Plastic-Formable Silicon Nitride

by Toshiyuki Nishimura, Xin Xu ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
In this book, improvements in the heat resistance of silicon nitride (Si3N4) ceramics using grain boundary control and in plasticity at high temperatures using grain size control in order to reduce the cost of shaping Si3N4 are described.The heat resistance of Si3N4 is improved by mixing a slight amount of sintering additive as an impurity into the original material powder. The author presents his ... Read more

$49.99 USD

In this book, improvements in the heat resistance of silicon nitride (Si3N4) ceramics using grain boundary control and in plasticity at high temperatures using grain size control in order to reduce the cost of shaping Si3N4 are described.The heat resistance of Si3N4 is improved by mixing a slight amount of sintering additive as an impurity into the original material powder. The author presents his
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Electrochemical Methods of Nanostructure Preparation

by László Péter ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book summarizes the electrochemical routes of nanostructure preparation in a systematic and didactic manner. It provides a comprehensive overview of electrodeposition, anodization, carbon nanotube preparation and other methods of nanostructure fabrication, combining essential information on the physical background of electrochemistry with materials science aspects of the field.The book ... Read more

$170.99 USD

This book summarizes the electrochemical routes of nanostructure preparation in a systematic and didactic manner. It provides a comprehensive overview of electrodeposition, anodization, carbon nanotube preparation and other methods of nanostructure fabrication, combining essential information on the physical background of electrochemistry with materials science aspects of the field.The book
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Molecular Beam Epitaxy

From Research to Mass Production

Edited by Mohamed Henini ...

Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE): From Research to Mass Production, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the latest MBE research and applications in epitaxial growth, along with a detailed discussion and 'how to' on processing molecular or atomic beams that occur on the surface of a heated crystalline substrate in a vacuum. The techniques addressed in the book can be deployed wherever ... Read more

$206.99 USD

Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE): From Research to Mass Production, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the latest MBE research and applications in epitaxial growth, along with a detailed discussion and 'how to' on processing molecular or atomic beams that occur on the surface of a heated crystalline substrate in a vacuum. The techniques addressed in the book can be deployed wherever
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A Primer on the Geometry of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Modifications

by Sadegh Imani Yengejeh, Andreas Öchsner, Seyedeh Alieh Kazemi ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This volume presents a comprehensive system for categorizing carbon nanotubes and their modifications in terms of nano sheets, nanotubes, microscopic and atomic modifications. In addition, the material and geometric properties of these nano-configurations are addressed. Lastly, it introduces a number of common software packages for geometry generation and several commercial finite element programs ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This volume presents a comprehensive system for categorizing carbon nanotubes and their modifications in terms of nano sheets, nanotubes, microscopic and atomic modifications. In addition, the material and geometric properties of these nano-configurations are addressed. Lastly, it introduces a number of common software packages for geometry generation and several commercial finite element programs
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Polysaccharide Based Supercapacitors

by Soon Yee Liew, Wim Thielemans, Stefan Freunberger, Stefan Spirk ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides an excellent introduction into polysaccharide-based supercapacitors. It includes fundamental knowledge on supercaps as well as an overview of currently available approaches reported in the literature. Written by an international team of leading academics, this brief is aimed at a variety of readers with an interest in polysaccharide science and its applications. ... Read more

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This book provides an excellent introduction into polysaccharide-based supercapacitors. It includes fundamental knowledge on supercaps as well as an overview of currently available approaches reported in the literature. Written by an international team of leading academics, this brief is aimed at a variety of readers with an interest in polysaccharide science and its applications.
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Magnetische Eigenschaften von periodisch angeordneten Nanopartikeln aus Nickel

by Martina Meincken ...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 1998 im Fachbereich Physik - Kernphysik, Teilchenphysik, Note: 1, Universität Konstanz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Magnetismus ist eine Eigenschaft, die jedem von uns aus dem täglichen Leben vertraut ist. Eine Vielzahl technischer Anwendungen und Geräte beruhen auf den magnetischen Eigenschaften der benutzten Materialien. Die Bandbreite reicht von der Kompaßnadel bis hin ... Read more

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Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 1998 im Fachbereich Physik - Kernphysik, Teilchenphysik, Note: 1, Universität Konstanz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Magnetismus ist eine Eigenschaft, die jedem von uns aus dem täglichen Leben vertraut ist. Eine Vielzahl technischer Anwendungen und Geräte beruhen auf den magnetischen Eigenschaften der benutzten Materialien. Die Bandbreite reicht von der Kompaßnadel bis hin
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Green Materials for Active Food Packaging

Edited by Shahid ul Islam, Mohammad Shahid ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the critical role of green materials in sustainable, active food packaging. Beginning with an introductory chapter outlining the importance of green materials and sustainability in food packaging, the book progresses through various topics, including the properties and applications of biopolymers, the potential of biodegradable materials, and antimicrobial agents to enhance ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This book highlights the critical role of green materials in sustainable, active food packaging. Beginning with an introductory chapter outlining the importance of green materials and sustainability in food packaging, the book progresses through various topics, including the properties and applications of biopolymers, the potential of biodegradable materials, and antimicrobial agents to enhance
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Multiblock Method for Fluid Flow

Concepts, Algorithms, and Applications

by Hansong Tang ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents the multiblock method, also known by other names such as the zonal method and the domain decomposition method. The multiblock method offers a systematic approach to tackle large-scale, intricate problems by breaking them down into smaller, more manageable sub-problems. The method addresses each sub-problem individually while accounting for its interconnections with the others, ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book presents the multiblock method, also known by other names such as the zonal method and the domain decomposition method. The multiblock method offers a systematic approach to tackle large-scale, intricate problems by breaking them down into smaller, more manageable sub-problems. The method addresses each sub-problem individually while accounting for its interconnections with the others,
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Magnetic Properties Of Josephson Junction Networks: An Introduction

by Roberto De Luca ...

The study of the magnetic response of Josephson junction networks can be useful in outlining the behaviour of existing superconducting electronic devices, in conceiving new types of magnetic sensors, and in describing the low-field magnetic properties of granular superconductors. In the present work a wide introduction to Josephson junction networks is provided. The Josephson equations are ... Read more

$42.99 USD

The study of the magnetic response of Josephson junction networks can be useful in outlining the behaviour of existing superconducting electronic devices, in conceiving new types of magnetic sensors, and in describing the low-field magnetic properties of granular superconductors. In the present work a wide introduction to Josephson junction networks is provided. The Josephson equations are
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