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Author : H. P. Myers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135738734
Total Pages : 591 pages
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Download or read book Introductory Solid State Physics, 2nd Edition written by H. P. Myers and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003-07-13 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assuming an elementary knowledge of quantum and statistical physics, this book provides a guide to principal physical properties of condensed matter, as well as the underlying theory necessary for an understanding of their origins.

Author : Samuel S M Wong
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9813103035
Total Pages : 520 pages
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Download or read book Computational Methods in Physics and Engineering written by Samuel S M Wong and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997-03-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerical methods are playing an ever-increasing role in physics and engineering. This is especially true after the recent explosion of computing power on the desk-top. This book is aimed at helping the user to make intelligent use of this power tool. Each method is introduced through realistic examples and actual computer programs. The explanations provide the background for making a choice between similar approaches and the knowledge to explore the network for the appropriate existing codes. Tedious proofs and derivations, on the other hand, are delegated to references. Examples of uncoventional methods are also given to stimulate readers in exploring new ways of solving problems. Errata(s) Appendix B, Page 485 “http://www.wspc.com.sg/others/software/3365/ftp.wspc.com.sg/pub/software/3365/” The above links should be replaced with “www.worldscientific.com/doi/suppl/10.1142/3365/suppl_file/3365_software_free.zip”

Author : Ian D. Lawrie
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439858195
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics, 2nd edition written by Ian D. Lawrie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unified account of the principles of theoretical physics, A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics, Second Edition stresses the inter-relationships between areas that are usually treated as independent. The profound unifying influence of geometrical ideas, the powerful formal similarities between statistical mechanics and quantum field theory,

Author : Ashok Das
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814483338
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction To Nuclear And Particle Physics (2nd Edition) written by Ashok Das and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-12-23 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original edition of Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics was used with great success for single-semester courses on nuclear and particle physics offered by American and Canadian universities at the undergraduate level. It was also translated into German, and used overseas. Being less formal but well-written, this book is a good vehicle for learning the more intuitive rather than formal aspects of the subject. It is therefore of value to scientists with a minimal background in quantum mechanics, but is sufficiently substantive to have been recommended for graduate students interested in the fields covered in the text.In the second edition, the material begins with an exceptionally clear development of Rutherford scattering and, in the four following chapters, discusses sundry phenomenological issues concerning nuclear properties and structure, and general applications of radioactivity and of the nuclear force. This is followed by two chapters dealing with interactions of particles in matter, and how these characteristics are used to detect and identify such particles. A chapter on accelerators rounds out the experimental aspects of the field. The final seven chapters deal with elementary-particle phenomena, both before and after the realization of the Standard Model. This is interspersed with discussion of symmetries in classical physics and in the quantum domain, bringing into full focus the issues concerning CP violation, isotopic spin, and other symmetries. The final three chapters are devoted to the Standard Model and to possibly new physics beyond it, emphasizing unification of forces, supersymmetry, and other exciting areas of current research.The book contains several appendices on related subjects, such as special relativity, the nature of symmetry groups, etc. There are also many examples and problems in the text that are of value in gauging the reader's understanding of the material.

Author : George M Zaslavsky
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1908979232
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Physics of Chaos in Hamiltonian Systems written by George M Zaslavsky and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007-05-21 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to familiarize the reader with the essential properties of the chaotic dynamics of Hamiltonian systems by avoiding specialized mathematical tools, thus making it easily accessible to a broader audience of researchers and students. Unique material on the most intriguing and fascinating topics of unsolved and current problems in contemporary chaos theory is presented. The coverage includes: separatrix chaos; properties and a description of systems with non-ergodic dynamics; the distribution of Poincaré recurrences and their role in transport theory; dynamical models of the Maxwell's Demon, the occurrence of persistent fluctuations, and a detailed discussion of their role in the problem underlying the foundation of statistical physics; the emergence of stochastic webs in phase space and their link to space tiling with periodic (crystal type) and aperiodic (quasi-crystal type) symmetries. This second edition expands on pseudochaotic dynamics with weak mixing and the new phenomenon of fractional kinetics, which is crucial to the transport properties of chaotic motion. The book is ideally suited to all those who are actively working on the problems of dynamical chaos as well as to those looking for new inspiration in this area. It introduces the physicist to the world of Hamiltonian chaos and the mathematician to actual physical problems.The material can also be used by graduate students. Contents:Discrete and Continuous ModelsSeparatrix ChaosThe Phase Space of ChaosNonlinearity Versus PerturbationFractals and ChaosPoincaré Recurrences and Fractal TimeChaos and Foundation of Statistical PhysicsChaos and SymmetryMore Degrees of FreedomNormal and Anomalous KineticsFractional KineticsWeak Chaos and Pseudochaos Readership: Graduate students and researchers in physics, mathematics, engineering, chemistry and biophysics. Keywords:Billiards;Separatrix Chaos;Fractal Properties;Stochastic Webs;Kinetics;Chaotic DynamicsKey Features:New sections on the islands in stochastic sea, billiards, persistent fluctuations, and log-periodicityIncludes a new chapter on weak chaos and pseudochaosUseful for graduate and undergraduate courses on the theory of chaosReviews:Reviews of the First Edition:“George Zaslavsky develops ‘fractional kinetics’ in an attempt to give a smoothed, but nondiffusive, description. This phenomenological description captures some aspects of the stickiness of islands, but I believe its mathematical justification remains elusive. Perhaps that is an excellent reason to read this book.”Nature “The book is useful for scientists who are actively working on the problems of dynamical chaos … The material can also be used as a textbook for a graduate course on new and emerging directions in Hamiltonian chaos theory.”Zentralblatt MATH

Author : Fayyazuddin
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9813105518
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Introduction To Particle Physics, A (2nd Edition) written by Fayyazuddin and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000-09-29 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The progress made in particle physics during the last two decades has led to the formulation of the so-called Standard Model of elementary particles and its quantitative experimental test. This book presents that progress, and also includes chapters which provide background on modern particle physics.Particle physics forms an essential part of the physics curriculum. This is a comprehensive book incorporating all the topics for a unified treatment of particle physics. It provides good reference material for researchers in both theoretical and experimental particle physics. It is designed as a semester course for senior undergraduates and for graduate students. Formal quantum field theory is not used. A knowledge of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics is required for some parts of the book, but for the remaining parts familiarity with the Dirac equation and Feynman rules is essential. However, some of these topics are included in an appendix.In this second edition, many chapters (e.g. on electroweak unification) have been revised to bring them up to date. In particular, the chapters on neutrino physics, particle mixing and CP violation, and weak decays of heavy flavors have been rewritten incorporating new material and new data. The heavy quark effective theory has been included.

Author : Vallee Olivier
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1911299484
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Airy Functions And Applications To Physics (2nd Edition) written by Vallee Olivier and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressed mainly to physicist and chemical physicist, this textbook is the result of a broad compilation of current knowledge on analytical properties of Airy functions. In particular, the calculus implying the Airy functions is developed with care. In the latter chapters, examples are given to succinctly illustrate the use of Airy functions in classical and quantum physics. The physicist, for instance in fluid mechanics, can find what he is looking for, in the references for works of molecular physics or in physics of surfaces, and vice versa.The knowledge on Airy functions is frequently reviewed. The reason may be found in the need to express a physical phenomenon in terms of an effective and comprehensive analytical form for the whole scientific community./a

Author : Manuel Nieto-Vesperinas
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9813106522
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scattering and Diffraction in Physical Optics , 2nd Edition written by Manuel Nieto-Vesperinas and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive tutorial on propagation, diffraction and scattering problems from the basic principles of physical optics. Beginning with the fundamental differential and integral equations for wavefields, the text presents an exhaustive discussion on the extinction theorem as a non-local boundary condition; this has been extensively employed for the rigorous solution of scattering and diffraction problems. There is also an in-depth presentation of the topic of scattering from rough surfaces, in particular the phenomenon of enhanced backscattering, as well as a detailed development of the angular spectrum representation of fields leading to questions on non-diffraction beams. Of key interest in near field optical microscopy and nanooptics, the S-matrix theory based on the angular spectrum for propagating components and the recently discovered properties of the S-matrix for evanescent components of wavefields are considered. In addition, the book deals with the healing effect of phase conjugation on waves, and focuses on some applications concerning the relationship with time reversal. Readers will also find discussions on image recovery from partial information data (phase problems and super-resolution problems), as well as a chapter on the fundamentals of near field optical microscopy techniques, including the hot topic of propagation in negative index media.

Author : Jeremy I Pfeffer
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1908979577
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Physics written by Jeremy I Pfeffer and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of the successful textbook, Modern Physics: An Introductory Text, preserves the unique blend of readability, scientific rigour and authenticity that made its predecessor so indispensible a text for non-physics science majors. As in the first edition, it sets out to present 20th century physics in a form accessible and useful to students of the life sciences, medicine, agricultural, earth and environmental sciences. It is also valuable as a first reader and source text for students majoring in the physical sciences and engineering. Two new chapters have been added, one on Einstein's elucidation of Brownian Motion and the second on Quantum Electrodynamics. Taking the discovery of the electron, the formulation of Maxwellian electromagnetism and Einstein's elucidation of Brownian motion as its starting point, the text proceeds to a comprehensive presentation of the three seminal ideas of 20th century physics: Special and General Relativity, Quantum Theory and the Nuclear Atom. From here the text moves on to the new discoveries prompted by these ideas, their impact on our understanding of natural phenomena and their application to the development and invention of the devices and technologies that define the 21st century. Questions, exercises and problems for student assignments are found at the end of each of the six parts into which the text is divided; answers to the numerical questions are at the end of the book. The techniques by which trigonometric functions, phasors (rotating vectors) and complex numbers are employed in the mathematical description of wave motion are summarised in a supplementary section. In consideration of the audience for whom the book is intended, all mathematics other than that required for descriptive or illustrative purposes has been omitted from the main body of the text and incorporated into the 47 worked examples and 11 appendices. Sample Chapter(s) Preface and Table of Contents (69 KB) Chapter 1.1: The Electron (65 KB) Request Inspection Copy

Author : Philip W Anderson
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814482528
Total Pages : 884 pages
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Download or read book A Career in Theoretical Physics written by Philip W Anderson and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-01-26 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume presents the scientific achievements of Nobel laureate Philip Anderson, spanning the many years of his career. In this new edition, the author has omitted some review papers as well as added over 15 of his research papers. As in the first edition, he provides an introduction to each paper by explaining the genesis of the papers or adding some personal history. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the author's work which include significant discoveries and pioneering contributions, such as his work on the Anderson model of magnetic impurities and the concept of localization; the study of spin glasses, the fluctuating valence problem and superexchange; his prediction of the existence of superfluidity in He3; his involvement in the discovery of the Josephson effect; his discovery of the “Higgs” mechanism in elementary particle physics; and so on. The new papers added to this edition include ”Pressure Broadening in the Microwave and Infrared Regions” — a condensation of most of the author's thesis; ”Ordering and Antiferromagnetism in Ferrites” — the best-known of the papers written by the author involving what are known as “frustrated” lattices; and ”Localized Magnetic States in Metals” — a paper mentioned in his Nobel Prize citation along with localization and superexchange; to name a few. A Career in Theoretical Physics is an essential source of reference for physicists, chemists, materials scientists and historians of science. It is also suitable reading for graduate students. Contents:Pressure Broadening in the Microwave and Infrared RegionsAbsence of Diffusion in Certain Random LatticesTheory of Dirty SuperconductorsLocalized Magnetic States in MetalsInfrared Catastrophe in Fermi Gases with Local Scattering PotentialsThe Fermi Glass: Theory and ExperimentPossible Consequences of Negative U Centers in Amorphous MaterialsLocalization ReduxSuggested Model for Prebiotic Evolution: The Use of ChaosPhysics: The Opening to Complexityand other papers Readership: Physicists, chemists and materials scientists. Keywords:Theoretical Physics;Spin Glasses;Localization;High Tc Superconductivity MagnetismKey Features:Comprehensive collection of many significant topics Philip Anderson has worked onSome of the papers included are now hard to find elsewhere, and each has been embellished with commentary on how they came to be writtenAnderson has also provided an interesting introduction setting out his philosophy of what is important in scienceFully updated to include significant new papers (around 120 more pages)