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Quantum Gravity
Fourth Edition
Av Claus Kiefer
Inbunden, 2025
1732 kr
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The description of Nature in physics currently falls into two parts: the microscopic and the macroscopic. The microscopic world (molecules, atoms, particles) is described by quantum theory, whereas the macroscopic world (planets, stars, galaxies, universe) is ruled by a classical interaction - …
Quantum Theory of Solids
Inbunden, 1996
5468 kr
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This book develops the subject from the basic principles of quantum mechanics. The emphasis is on a single statement of the ideas underlying the various approximations that have to be used and care is taken to separate sound arguments from conjecture. This book is written for the student of …
Field Theoretic Simulations in Soft Matter and Quantum Fluids
Av Glenn H. Fredrickson, Kris T. Delaney
Inbunden, 2023
1786 kr
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This monograph provides an introduction to field-theoretic simulations in classical soft matter and Bose quantum fluids. The method represents a new class of molecular computer simulation in which continuous fields, rather than particle coordinates, are sampled and evolved. Field-theoretic …
Theory of Itinerant Electron Magnetism
Inbunden, 2021
2556 kr
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This book, in the broadest sense, is an application of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to the field of magnetism. Under certain well described conditions, an immensely large number of electrons moving in the solid will collectively produce permanent magnetism. Permanent magnets are of …
Mechanisms of Conventional and High Tc Superconductivity
Av Vladimir Z. Kresin, Hans Morawitz m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1225 kr
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Superconductivity has become one of the most intensely studied physical phenomena of our times, with tremendous potential to revolutionize fields as diverse as computing and transportation. This book describes the methods, established results, and recent advances in the field. The goal is to …
Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Fields
Inbunden, 1995
4460 kr
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This book presents a new formulation of quantum mechanics using quaternionic, rather than complex, numbers. The author is a highly respected theoretical physicist who has been working on quaternionic quantum mechanics for the last fourteen years. The author clearly explicates the relations between …
Inhomogeneous Superconductors
Granular and Quantum Effects
Inbunden, 1994
4277 kr
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This monograph provides an up-to-date introduction to the theory of quantum fluctuations in inhomogeneous superconducting materials. It is suitable as a graduate text as it has grown out of the author's extensive notes from a graduate-level course several years previously. Since then, the material …
Stellarator and Heliotron Devices
Inbunden, 1998
3681 kr
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This book systematically introduces plasma physics that will enable nuclear fusion for continous energy production. Especially emphasized is the nonaxissymmetric toroidal field, invented and developed at Kyoto University. All aspects required for the magnetic confinement, formation of magnetic …
Atomic Physics in Hot Plasmas
Inbunden, 1998
3864 kr
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This is a coherent and updated comprehensive treatise on the field of atomic physics in hot plasmas, which can be used both for tutorial and professional purposes, and which summarizes the central subjects in the field today.
Theory of Itinerant Electron Magnetism
Inbunden, 2000
3592 kr
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This book, in the broadest sense, is an application of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to the field of magnetism. Under certain well described circumstances, an immensely large number of electrons moving in the solid state of matter will collectively produce permanent magnetism. …
Global Aspects in Gravitation and Cosmology
Av Joshi
Häftad, 1996
1078 kr
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This book reviews in a unified manner global aspects in gravitation theory and cosmology, emphasizing the basic heme that the very nature of the gravitational field is such that global features of space-time inevitably come into play whenever we try to understand and interpret this force in detail. …
Vortices in Nonlinear Fields
From Liquid Crystals to Superfluids, from Non-equilibrium Patterns to Cosmic Strings
Av L. M. Pismen
Inbunden, 1999
3592 kr
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Although natural phenomena can be described by a few simple and symmetric basic laws they exhibit an astounding variety of behaviours. This can be explained by a process known as symmetry breaking, which can cause an ordered state to form with topological defects. The dynamics of further evolution …
The Standard Model in the Making
Precision Study of the Electroweak Interactions
Av Dima Bardin, Giampiero Passarino
Inbunden, 1999
5698 kr
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The aim of this book is to give a comprehensive exposition of the foundations of the Standard Model and to outline their applicability to high energy phenomena. It provides an easily accessible introduction to all aspects of renormalization, the mathematical tool that has paved the way for a …
Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices
Häftad, 1998
1115 kr
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At the time of its original publication this reissued 'classic' text, co-written by the Nobel Laureate of 1954, Max Born, represented the final account of the subject and in many ways it still does. The book is divided into four sections. The first of these is very general in nature and deals with …
CP Violation
Av Gustavo Branco, Luís Lavoura m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
3452 kr
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This is an open access title. It is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence. It is available to read and download as a PDF version on the Oxford Academic platform.CP violation is an intriguing and elusive subject, and current …
Quantum Chromodynamics
High Energy Experiments and Theory
Av Günther Dissertori, Ian G. Knowles m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
3589 kr
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This book provides an introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions. It covers in full detail both the theoretical foundations and the experimental tests of the theory. Although the experimental chapters focus on recent measurements, the subject is placed into …
Helium Three
Av Roland Dobbs
Inbunden, 2001
4964 kr
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The condensed phases of helium three provide an exciting laboratory for many fundamental questions in condensed matter physics. Due to its light mass and weak interatomic potential, the condensed phases of helium display quantum effects more dramatically than any other atomic system. Intuition …
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Av Lev. P. Pitaevskii, Sandro Stringari
Inbunden, 2003
2810 kr
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The book is an introductory text to the physics of Bose-Einstein condensation. This phenomenon, first predicted by Einstein in 1925, has been realized experimentally in 1995 in a remarkable series of experiments whose importance has been recognized by the award of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics. …
Anomalies in Quantum Field Theory
Häftad, 2000
1985 kr
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An anomaly is the failure of classical symmetry to survive the process of quantization and regularization. The study of anomalies is the key to a deeper understanding of quantum field theory and has played an increasingly important role in the theory over the past 20 years. This text presents all …
The Universe in a Helium Droplet
Inbunden, 2003
3956 kr
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There are fundamental relations between three vast areas of physics: particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter physics. The fundamental links between the first two areas, in other words, between micro- and macro-worlds, have been well established. There is a unified system of laws governing …
Theory of Nonequilibrium Superconductivity
Inbunden, 2001
3956 kr
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This is the first text on the modern theory of superconductivity. It deals with the behaviour of superconductors in external fields varying in time, and with transport phenomena in superconductors. The book starts with the fundamentals of the first-principle, microscopic theory of …
Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism
Inbunden, 2001
4827 kr
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The present book is the second edition of Amikam Aharoni's Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism, based on a popular lecture course. Like its predecessor, it serves a two-fold purpose: First, it is a textbook for first-year graduate and advanced undergraduate students in both physics and …
Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism
Häftad, 2001
1848 kr
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The present book is the second edition of Amikam Aharoni's Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism, based on a popular lecture course. Like its predecessor, it serves a two-fold purpose: First, it is a textbook for first-year graduate and advanced undergraduate students in both physics and …
Statistical Physics of Spin Glasses and Information Processing
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2001
4277 kr
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Spin glasses are magnetic materials. Statistical mechanics, a subfield of physics, has been a powerful tool to theoretically analyse various unique properties of spin glasses. A number of new analytical techniques have been developed to establish a theory of spin glasses. Surprisingly, these …
Statistical Physics of Spin Glasses and Information Processing
An Introduction
Häftad, 2001
2077 kr
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Spin glasses are magnetic materials. Statistical mechanics, a subfield of physics, has been a powerful tool to theoretically analyse various unique properties of spin glasses. A number of new analytical techniques have been developed to establish a theory of spin glasses. Surprisingly, these …
Brownian Motion
Fluctuations, Dynamics, and Applications
Inbunden, 2002
3269 kr
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Brownian motion - the incessant motion of small particles suspended in a fluid - is an important topic in statistical physics and physical chemistry. This book studies its origin in molecular scale fluctuations, its description in terms of random process theory and also in terms of statistical …
Stellar Magnetism
Av Leon Mestel
Inbunden, 1999
4643 kr
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Most stars appear to show some degree of magnetic activity. Varying magnetic fields show up in the familiar sun-spot cycle and in similar activity in other cool stars. Many hot stars carry steady magnetic fields stronger than the average solar field and are well described as oblique rotators. A …
Dynamics of Heavy Electrons
Av Yoshio Kuramoto, Yoshio Kitaoka
Inbunden, 2000
4643 kr
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Heavy electrons are found among a number of lanthanide and actinide compounds, and are characterized by a large effective mass which becomes comparable to the mass of a muon. Heavy electrons exhibit rich phenomena such as unconventional superconductivity, weak anti- ferromagnetism, or pseudo …
Mathematical Theory of Quantum Fields
Inbunden, 1999
4277 kr
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This is an introduction to the mathematical foundations of quantum field theory, using operator algebraic methods and emphasizing the link between the mathematical formulations and related physical concepts. It starts with a general probabilistic description of physics, which encompasses both …
