Wspc imprint: 2707 books
by Elihu Abrahams
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
In his groundbreaking paper “Absence of diffusion in certain random lattices (1958)”, Philip W Anderson originated, described and developed the physical principles underlying the phenomenon of the localization of quantum objects due to disorder. Anderson's 1977 Nobel Prize citation featured that...
Nanodesign
Some Basic Questions
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
There is no doubt that nanoscience will be the dominant direction for technology in this century, and that this science will influence our lives to a large extent as well as open completely new perspectives on all scientific and technological disciplines. To be able to produce optimal nanosystems...
Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe
Hot Big Bang Theory
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
This book is written from the viewpoint that a deep connection exists between cosmology and particle physics. It presents the results and ideas on both the homogeneous and isotropic Universe at the hot stage of its evolution and in later stages. The main chapters describe in a systematic and pedagogical...
Neutrino Astronomy
Current Status, Future Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This review volume is motivated by the recent discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube. The aim of the book is to bring together chapters on the status of current and future neutrino observatories with chapters on the implications and possible interpretations of the present observations...
by Takaaki Kajita
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald have been jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass". Takaaki Kajita is a Japanese physicist who is well known for neutrino experiments at the Kamiokande and the even...
Exotic Nuclei
IASEN-2013Proceedings of the First International African Symposium on Exotic Nuclei
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This book is a collection of talks presented at the First International African Symposium on Exotic Nuclei (IASEN-2013). The symposium was held at Cape Town, South Africa from 2 – 6 December 2013. The IASEN2013 was dedicated to the problems of producing and investigating nuclei far from the line...
by Michel Le Bellac, Alain Aspect
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Quantum physics has, on the one hand, drastically changed our theoretical description of the physical world and has, on the other hand, revolutionized everyday life, by allowing us to build lasers, atomic clocks used in GPS, and semiconductor-based devices such as laptop computers and smartphones....
by Eugene Oks
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
The book presents the following counterintuitive theoretical results breaking several paradigms of quantum mechanics and providing alternative interpretations of some important phenomena in atomic and molecular physics. 1) Singular solutions of the Schrödinger and Dirac equations should not have...
Phase Transitions
Modern Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
This book provides a comprehensive review of the theory of phase transitions and its modern applications, based on the five pillars of the modern theory of phase transitions: the Ising model, mean field, scaling, renormalization group and universality. This expanded second edition includes, along...
by Luiz Felipe Canto, Mahir S Hussein
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
The aim of the book is to give a coherent and comprehensive account of quantum scattering theory with applications to atomic, molecular and nuclear systems. The motivation for this is to supply the necessary theoretical tools to calculate scattering observables of these many-body systems. Concepts...
Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology
Volume 5: Applications of Superconducting Technology to Accelerators
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Over the past several decades major advances in accelerators have resulted from breakthroughs in accelerator science and accelerator technology. After the introduction of a new accelerator physics concept or the implementation of a new technology, a leap in accelerator performance followed. A well-known...
by Oliver Brüning, Stephen Myers
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
The past 100 years of accelerator-based research have led the field from first insights into the structure of atoms to the development and confirmation of the Standard Model of physics. Accelerators have been a key tool in developing our understanding of the elementary particles and the forces that...
Robot Hands and Multi-Fingered Haptic Interfaces
Fundamentals and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Robot Hands and Multi-Fingered Haptic Interfaces is a monograph focusing on the comparison of human hands with robot hands, the fundamentals behind designing and creating the latter, and robotics' latest advancements in haptic technology.
This work discusses the design of robot hands; contact...
Mathemusical Conversations
Mathematics and Computation in Music Performance and Composition
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Mathemusical Conversations celebrates the understanding of music through mathematics, and the appreciation of mathematics through music. This volume is a compilation of the invited talks given at the Mathemusical Conversations workshop that took place in Singapore from 13–15 February 2015, organized...