Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Self-Trapping, and Josephson Oscillations
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Microwaves, Science, Physics, Optics
| Author: | ISBN: | 9783642212079 | |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg | Publication: | July 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9783642212079 |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Publication: | July 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
This volume collects a a number of contributions on spontaneous symmetry breaking. Current studies in this general field are going ahead at a full speed. The book present review chapters which give an overview on the major break throughs of recent years. It covers a number of different physical settings which are introduced when a nonlinearity is added to the underlying symmetric problems and its strength exceeds a certain critical value. The corresponding loss of symmetry, called spontaneous symmetry breaking, alias self-trapping into asymmetric states is extensively discussed in this book.
The book presents both active theoretical studies of spontaneous symmetry breaking effects as well as experimental findings, chiefly for Bose-Einstein-Condensates with the self-repulsive nonlinearity, and also for photorefractive media in optics.
This volume collects a a number of contributions on spontaneous symmetry breaking. Current studies in this general field are going ahead at a full speed. The book present review chapters which give an overview on the major break throughs of recent years. It covers a number of different physical settings which are introduced when a nonlinearity is added to the underlying symmetric problems and its strength exceeds a certain critical value. The corresponding loss of symmetry, called spontaneous symmetry breaking, alias self-trapping into asymmetric states is extensively discussed in this book.
The book presents both active theoretical studies of spontaneous symmetry breaking effects as well as experimental findings, chiefly for Bose-Einstein-Condensates with the self-repulsive nonlinearity, and also for photorefractive media in optics.
