Download or read book Structure of Matter written by Attilio Rigamonti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook, now in its third edition, provides a formative introduction to the structure of matter that will serve as a sound basis for students proceeding to more complex courses, thus bridging the gap between elementary physics and topics pertaining to research activities. The focus is deliberately limited to key concepts of atoms, molecules and solids, examining the basic structural aspects without paying detailed attention to the related properties. For many topics the aim has been to start from the beginning and to guide the reader to the threshold of advanced research. This edition includes four new chapters dealing with relevant phases of solid matter (magnetic, electric and superconductive) and the related phase transitions. The book is based on a mixture of theory and solved problems that are integrated into the formal presentation of the arguments. Readers will find it invaluable in enabling them to acquire basic knowledge in the wide and wonderful field of condensed matter and to understand how phenomenological properties originate from the microscopic, quantum features of nature.
Download or read book The Electron Liquid Paradigm in Condensed Matter Physics written by G. Vignale and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electron liquid paradigm is at the basis of most of our current understanding of the physical properties of electronic systems. Quite remarkably, the latter are nowadays at the intersection of the most exciting areas of science: materials science, quantum chemistry, nano-electronics, biology and quantum computation. Accordingly, its importance can hardly be overestimated. During the past 20 years the field has witnessed momentous developments, which are partly covered in this new volume. Advances in semiconductor technology have allowed the realizations of ultra-pure electron liquids whose density, unlike that of the ones spontaneously occurring in nature, can be tuned by electrical means, allowing a systematic exploration of both strongly and weakly correlated regimes. Most of these system are two- or even one-dimensional and can be coupled together in the form of multi-layers or multi-wires, opening vast observational possibilities. On the theoretical side, quantum Monte Carlo methods have allowed an essentially exact determination of the ground-state energy of the electron liquid, and have provided partial answers to the still open question of the structure of its phase diagram. Starting from the 1980s some truly revolutionary concepts have emerged, which are well represented in this volume.
Download or read book The Physics of Complex Systems New Advances and Perspectives written by F. Mallamace and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2004-11-24 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is widely known that complex systems and complex materials comprise a major interdisciplinary scientific field that draws on mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine as well as such social sciences as economics. The role of statistical physics in this new field has been expanding. Statistical physics has shown how phenomena and processes in different research areas that have long been assumed to be unrelated can have a common description. Through the application of statistical physics, methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems and processes have been generalized to more complex systems. The two conceptual pillars in this approach are scaling and universality. This volume focuses on recent advances and perspectives in the physics of complex systems and provides both an overview of the field and a more detailed examination of the new ideas and unsolved problems that are currently attracting the attention of researchers. This book should be a useful reference work for anyone interested in this area, whether beginning graduate student or advanced research professional. It provides up-to-date reviews on cutting-edge topics compiled by leading authorities and is designed to both broaden the reader’s competence within their own field and encourage the exploration of new problems in related fields.
Download or read book New Fields and Strings in Subnuclear Physics written by Antonino Zichichi and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2002 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August/September 2001, a group of 75 physicists from 51 laboratories in 15 countries met in Erice, Italy to participate in the 39th Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. This volume constitutes the proceedings of that meeting. It focuses on the theoretical and phenomenological developments in string theory, as well as in all the other sectors of subnuclear physics. In addition, experimental highlights are presented and discussed.
Download or read book The Physics of Complex Systems written by F. Mallamace and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the area of the physics of complex systems and provides both an overview of the field and more detailed examination of those topics within the field that are currently of greatest interest to researchers. The properties of complex systems play an important role in a variety of different and overlapping areas in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and technology. The research field of complex systems is very broad, but this volume attempts to be comprehensive. This book is a useful reference work for researchers in this area, whether graduate students or advanced academics. Up-to-date reviews of cutting-edge topics are provided, compiled by leading authorities and designed to both broaden the reader's insight and encourage the exploration of new problems in related fields. An overview of the present status of the physics of complex systems is provided on the following general topics: (1) scaling behaviours; (2) supramolecular systems; (3) aggregation, aggregation kinetics and disorderly growth mechanisms; (4) granularly matter; (5) polymers, associating polymers, polyelectrolytes and gels; (6) amphiphiles, emulsions, colloids, membranes and interface phenomena; (7) molecular motors; (8) phase separation and out of equilibrium dynamics; (9) turbulence, chaos and chaotic dynamics; (10) glass transition, supercooled fluids and (11) geometrically constrained dynamics.
Download or read book Physics Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures written by Victor E. Borisenko and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volumes presents recent results in the physics and chemistry of nanostructures, nano-technology, and nano-size optical and electron devices. The level of understanding of the nanoworld is apparent from the book.
Download or read book The Physics of Communication written by Ioannis Antoniou and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the state of the art in the research on new possibilities for communication and computation based on quantum theory and nonlocality, as well as related directions and problems. It discusses challenging issues: decoherence and irreversibility; nonlocality and superluminosity; photonics; quantum information and communication; quantum computation.
Download or read book The Great Dictionary Italian English written by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer and published by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer. This book was released on with total page 3615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary contains around 60,000 Italian terms with their English translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from Italian to English. If you need translations from English to Italian, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary English - Italian is recommended.
Download or read book Diagnostic Tools in Atmospheric Physics written by Società italiana di fisica and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses a number of experimental techniques and methods for the treatment of data introduced in the last ten years or so in different fields of the atmospheric sciences. Considerable emphasis has been given since their introduction to the use of satellites or spaceborne measurements with a recent example being the important results obtained with UARS. Of particular interest are the airborne instruments developed for the stratospheric measurement campaign organized by the NASA since 1976 to study the ozone hole and followed later by similar experiments to study the high-latitude ozone depletion in the northern hemisphere. The results of these experiments have helped clarify the role of chlorine-bearing compounds in the ozone depletion and the effect of the heterogeneous processes. The book is organized in 4 chapters: the first 3 divide the different techniques according to the location of the measuring instrumentation (ground, air and space) with the 4th chapter dealing with theory and analysis.
Download or read book Physics and Applications of Non Crystalline Semiconductors in Optoelectronics written by A. Andriesh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Workshop on Physics and Application of Non-crystalline Semiconductors in Optoelectronics was held from 15 to 17 October 1996 in Chisinau. republic of Moldova and was devoted to the problems of non-crystalline semiconducting materials. The reports covered two mjlin topics: theoretical basis of physics of non -crystalline materials and experimental results. In the framework of these major topics there were treated many subjects. concerning the physics of non-crystalline semiconductors and their specific application: -optical properties of non-crystalline semiconductors; -doping of glassy semiconductors and photoinduced effects in chalcogenide glasses and their application for practical purposes; -methods for investigation of the structure in non-crystalline semiconductors -new glassy materials for IR trasmittance and optoelectronics. Reports and communications were presented on various aspects of the theory. new physical principles. studies of the atomic structure. search and development of optoelectronics devices. Special attention was paid to the actual subject of photoinduced transformations and its applications. Experimental investigations covered a rather wide spectrum of materials and physical phenomena. As a novel item it is worth to mention the study of nonlinear optical effects in amorphous semiconducting films. The third order optical non linearities. fast photoinduced optical absorption and refraction. acusto-optic effects recently discovered in non-crystalline semiconductors could potentially be utilised for optical signal processing. The important problems of photoinduced structural transformations and related phenomena. which are very attractive and actual both from the scientific and practical points of view. received much attention in discussions at the conference.
Download or read book Hadron Physics written by Tullio Bressani and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerio Filippini devoted his life to physics. His scientific contributions were provided in the OBELIX and FINUDA experiments. The FINUDA experiment collected physics data immediately after the roll-in, thanks to the reliability and simplicity of the on-line system designed and assembled by the physicist. This work is dedicated to him.
Download or read book Topics in Ocean Physics written by A.R. Osborne and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics in Ocean Physics
Download or read book Proceedings of the Symposium on Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials written by Karl M. Kadish and published by The Electrochemical Society. This book was released on 1997 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nonlinear Waves Classical and Quantum Aspects written by Fatkhulla Abdullaev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scientists discuss the most recent physical and experimental results in the physics of Bose-Einstein condensate theory, the theory of nonlinear lattices (including quantum and nonlinear lattices), and nonlinear optics and photonics. Classical and quantum aspects of the dynamics of nonlinear waves are considered. The contributions focus on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and on the quantum nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Recent experimental results on atomic condensates and hydrogen bonded systems are reviewed. Particular attention is given to nonlinear matter waves in periodic potential.
Download or read book Programming Environments for Massively Parallel Distributed Systems written by Karsten M. Decker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cray Research MPP Fortran Programming Model.- Resource Optimisation via Structured Parallel Programming.- SYNAPS/3 - An Extension of C for Scientific Computations.- The Pyramid Programming System.- Intelligent Algorithm Decomposition for Parallelism with Alfer.- Symbolic Array Data Flow Analysis and Pattern Recognition in Numerical Codes.- A GUI for Parallel Code Generation.- Formal Techniques Based on Nets, Object Orientation and Reusability for Rapid Prototyping of Complex Systems.- Adaptor - A Transformation Tool for HPF Programs.- A Parallel Framework for Unstructured Grid Solvers.- A Study of Software Development for High Performance Computing.- Parallel Computational Frames: An Approach to Parallel Application Development based on Message Passing Systems.- A Knowledge-Based Scientific Parallel Programming Environment.- Parallel Distributed Algorithm Design Through Specification Transformation: The Asynchronous Vision System.- Steps Towards Reusability and Portability in Parallel Programming.- An Environment for Portable Distributed Memory Parallel Programming.- Reuse, Portability and Parallel Libraries.- Assessing the Usability of Parallel Programming Systems: The Cowichan Problems.- Experimentally Assessing the Usability of Parallel Programming Systems.- Experiences with Parallel Programming Tools.- The MPI Message Passing Interface Standard.- An Efficient Implementation of MPI.- Post: A New Postal Delivery Model.- Asynchronous Backtrackable Communications in the SLOOP Object-Oriented Language.- A Parallel I/O System for High-Performance Distributed Computing.- Language and Compiler Support for Parallel I/O.- Locality in Scheduling Models of Parallel Computation.- A Load Balancing Algorithm for Massively Parallel Systems.- Static Performance Prediction in PCASE: A Programming Environment for Parallel Supercomputers.- A Performance Tool for High-Level Parallel Programming Languages.- Implementation of a Scalable Trace Analysis Tool.- The Design of a Tool for Parallel Program Performance Analysis and Tuning.- The MPP Apprentice Performance Tool: Delivering the Performance of the Cray T3D.- Optimized Record-Replay Mechanism for RPC-based Parallel Programming.- Abstract Debugging of Distributed Applications.- Design of a Parallel Object-Oriented Linear Algebra Library.- A Library for Coarse Grain Macro-Pipelining in Distributed Memory Architectures.- An Improved Massively Parallel Implementation of Colored Petri-Net Specifications.- A Tool for Parallel System Configuration and Program Mapping based on Genetic Algorithms.- Emulating a Paragon XP/S on a Network of Workstations.- Evaluating VLIW-in-the-large.- Implementing a N-Mixed Memory Model on a Distributed Memory System.- Working Group Report: Reducing the Complexity of Parallel Software Development.- Working Group Report: Usability of Parallel Programming System.- Working Group Report: Skeletons/Templates.
Download or read book Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics written by Società Itaniana Di Fisica and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains chapters based on 9 of the lectures delivered at the Enrico Fermi School of Physics "Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics", held from 25 of July to 5 August 2011. The event was organized by the Italian Physical Society (SIF) jointly with the International School of Astro-particle Physics (ISAPP), a network whose aim is to build up an astro-particle community of both astrophysicists and particle physicists. Included are chapters on Neutrino oscillation physics (B. Kayser); Double-beta decay (E. Fiorini); Light neutrinos in cosmology (S. Pastor); Neutrinos and the stars (G.G. Raffelt); High energy neutrinos and cosmic rays (G. Sigl); Methods and problems in low-energy neutrino experiments (G. Ranucci); Methods and problems in neutrino observatories (M. Ribordy); New technologies in neutrino physics (L. Oberauer); and Perspectives of underground physics (A. Bettini). These are a followed by a section on the results presented in the form of posters by the Ph.D. students attending the school. The book will be of interest not only to participants of the school, but also to other Ph.D. students and young physicists.
Download or read book Nonlinear Topics in Ocean Physics written by A.R. Osborne and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1991-07-04 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main fields presented at this school were mesoscale and large scale flows, and nonlinear wave dynamics. The resulting proceedings present the latest developments in these fields.
