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Physics Catalogue 2018

APPLIED AND TECHNICAL PHYSICS Electromagnetic Analysis Using Transmission Line Variables (3rd Edition) by Maurice Weiner (formerly with US Army Research Laboratory & United Silicon Carbide, USA)

This latest edition continues the evolution toward the ultimate realization of a new technique for solving electromagnetic propagation problems. The technique combines the classical and intuitive use of a transmission line matrix (TLM) while striving for consistency with the guideposts demanded by quantum mechanics and the essential structure of electromagnetic theory. The matrix then becomes a useful vehicle for examining both coherent and noncoherent electromagnetic waves. The goal is a mathematical tool capable of solving problems related to the propagation of transient, high-speed, complex waveforms containing both symmetric and plane wave components. For such waveforms, standard classical electromagnetic theory is unable to provide a truly accurate solution since it does not properly account for the correlations among the various TLM cells. The correlations among neighboring TLM cells allow the cell waves to sense one another and to collectively participate as a coherent wave. Readership: Graduate students and researchers in applied physics and electrical engineering. 652pp Aug 2018 978-981-3225-02-2 US$198 £174 978-981-3225-04-6(ebook) US$297 £261

:: Bestseller Silicon Solid State Devices and Radiation Detection

by Claude Leroy (Universitéde Montréal, Canada) & Pier-Giorgio Rancoita (INFN, Italy) This book addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter, the principles of working and the operation of particle detectors based on silicon solid state devices. It covers a broad scope in the fields of application of radiation detectors based on silicon solid state devices from low to high energy physics experiments, including in outer space and in the medical environment. This book also covers state-of-the-art detection techniques in the use of radiation detectors based on silicon solid state devices and their readout electronics, including the latest developments on pixelated silicon radiation detector and their application. Readership: Graduate students, researchers and professionals involved in space research and medical researchers using silicon based radiation detectors.

432pp Sep 2012 978-981-4390-04-0 US$135 £112 978-981-4390-05-7(ebook) US$203 £168

:: Bestseller Industrial Accelerators and Their Applications

ASTROPHYSICS / ASTRONOMY / COSMOLOGY The Formation and Early Evolution of Star Clusters by Simon Goodwin (University of Sheffield, UK) & Nate Bastian (University of Exeter, UK)

In the past decade, our picture of star and cluster formation has changed hugely and we now believe that many — if not most — stars form in clusters, and the process of star and cluster formation is extremely rapid and dynamic. This book provides an overview of our current understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters and it covers our understanding of how gas turns into stars and the structure and kinematics of very young star forming regions. The authors then describe how we think these young star forming regions evolve into clusters before destroying themselves. Finally, the book demonstrates our current understanding of young clusters in external galaxies, especially starbursts, and how these populations could evolve into globular cluster systems. Readership: Academic, graduate students and professionals interested in astronomy and astrophysics. 200pp Aug 2018 978-1-84816-670-7 US$90 £75 978-1-84816-672-1(ebook) US$135 £112

The Structure and Evolution of Stars

by John J Eldridge (University of Auckland, New Zealand) & Christopher A Tout (Cambridge) The structure of a star can be described mathematically by differential equations which can be derived from the principles of hydrodynamics, electromagnetic theory, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and atomic and nuclear physics. The basic equations of a spherical star are derived in detail, the modes of energy transport, the equation of state, the physics of the opacity sources and the nuclear reactions are explained. Approximate solutions of the equations for stellar structure are given. Attention is given to the virial theorem, polytropic gas spheres and homology principles. The procedure for numerical solution of the equations is outlined. The evolution of a star is described from its main sequence evolution through the exhaustion of various nuclear fuels to the end points of evolution such as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. Supernova explosions as the deaths of massive stars along with the nucleosynthesis of elements within stars are explained. Readership: Final year undergraduates, first-year PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the field of astrophysics or astronomy. 240pp Jun 2018 978-1-78326-579-4 US$88 £73 978-1-78326-580-0(pbk) US$48 £40

Hawking Radiation

From Astrophysical Black Holes to Analogous Systems in Lab by Francesco D Belgiorno (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Sergio L Cacciatori (Universitàdegli Studi dell’Insubria, Italy) & Daniele Faccio (Heriot-Watt University, UK)

“Many other physicists will be interested in learning – in detail – of the many applications of this branch of physics, and this book is a fine source of just such information. In addition, scientists – typically not physicists – that are interested in a particular application will want to read the relevant sections of this book. In short, I believe the book should have a wide range of interested readers, and it comes well-recommended.” Andrew M. Sessler Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California

The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a guide to Hawking radiation through a dual approach to the problem. In the first part of the book, we summarize some basic knowledge about black holes and quantum field theory in curved spacetime. In the second part, we present a survey of methods for deriving and studying Hawking radiation from astrophysical black holes, from the original calculation by S W Hawking to the most recent contributions involving gravitational anomalies and tunneling. In the third part, we introduce analogue gravity models, with particular attention to dielectric black hole systems, to which the studies of the present authors are devoted. The mutual interchange of knowledge between the aforementioned parts is addressed to render a more comprehensive picture of this very fascinating quantum phenomenon associated with black holes.

Readership: Physicists, engineers and practitioners in accelerator technology and applications.

Readership: Graduate students and professionals studying astrophysics and theoretical physics.

436pp Oct 2012 978-981-4307-04-8 US$148 £123 978-981-4307-05-5(ebook) US$222 £183

250pp Jun 2018 978-981-4508-53-7 US$88 £77 978-981-4508-54-4(ebook) US$131 £116

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An Introduction to Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (2nd Edition) by Michael John Thompson (High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA)

This book provides an introduction for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students to the field of astrophysical fluid dynamics. No previous knowledge of fluid dynamics is assumed. After establishing the basic equations of fluid dynamics and the physics relevant to an astrophysical application, a variety of topics in the field are addressed. There is also a chapter introducing the reader to numerical methods. Appendices list useful physical constants and astronomical quantities, and provide handy reference material on Cartesian tensors, vector calculus in polar coordinates, self-adjoint eigenvalue problems, and JWKB theory. The second edition contains expanded material and includes exercises. Readership: Graduate students and advanced-level undergraduates in astronomy, astrophysics, applied mathematics, and physics. 350pp 978-1-84816-644-8

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The Physics of Low-Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Gaseous Planets

by Gilles Chabrier (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France) & Jonathan Lunine (University of Arizona, USA) This book provides a complete introduction and overview to the rapidly expanding field of extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs. The following topics are covered: observational techniques, surveys, studies of individual objects, theoretical properties of low-mass stars, brown dwarfs and giant planets, the contribution of these objects to the Galactic massbudget, processes that lead to formation of planets versus white dwarfs, implication of such objects for the occurrence of Earth-like planets, and future prospects in the field. The book enables readers to gain a solid scientific background in all the essential aspects of this exciting new area of astronomical research. Readership: Graduate students in physics and astronomy; researchers in astronomy. 250pp May 2018 978-981-4390-31-6 US$106 £88 978-981-4390-32-3(ebook) US$159 £133

Classical and Quantum Universe Einsteinian Picture

by Giovanni Montani (ENEA, Italy), Francesco Cianfrani (University of Wrocław, Poland) & Riccardo Benini (ICRA, Italy) This volumes gives a complete description of the Universe’s birth and evolution, based on the implementation of General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory. The presentation has a pedagogical profile and aims to make accessible, at a Master’s Degree level, a wide number of subtle topics concerning the thermal history of the Universe. This also includes the discussion of themes still open to the scientific debate, such as the quantum nature of the cosmological singularity and the nature of the dark components of the Universe. To this aim, this volume is divided into three parts, the first two being dedicated to introducing the paradigms of Einsteinian gravitation and quantum physics. These are necessary for a selfconsistent presentation of the third part which fully develops the analysis of the cosmological framework. The first two parts have their own independent value as compact, pedagogical introductions to the corresponding areas, and are completed by relevant monographic appendices. In this respect, the picture outlined in the two chapters devoted to quantum physics of gravitation is distinguished by the clear and complete synthesis it offers to the reader. Readership: Students and researchers in astrophysics, especially Master’s Degree students. 450pp May 2018 978-981-4518-66-6 US$161 £134 978-981-4518-67-3(ebook) US$241 £200

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Indirect Effects of Dark Matter Physics

edited by Maxim Yu Khlopov (Virtual Institute of Astroparticle Physics, France, Center for Cosmoparticle Physics, & Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute, Russia) The volume contains a collection of reviews covering various indirect cosmological, astrophysical and physical effects of dark matter and physics beyond the Standard Model underlying it. The topics of reviews include theoretical analysis and experimental results of studies of dark matter effects. In particular, there are discussions of problems of large scale structure formation, cosmic ray and gamma background data in confrontation with models of decaying and annihilating dark matter, dark matter effects in stellar evolution, and the search for dark matter at accelerators. The analysis of the whole set of indirect evidence and constraints on dark matter physics will provide an effective test for various models of particle physics beyond the Standard Model. Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics and astronomy; non-experts interested in the modern ideas on new physics and the structure and evolution of the Universe. 300pp May 2018 978-981-4635-74-5 US$118 £98 978-981-4635-75-2(ebook) US$177 £147

Challenging Routes in Quantum Cosmology

by Paulo Vargas Moniz (Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal) & Shahram Jalalzadeh (Shahid Beheshti University, Iran & UNILA, Brazil) The aim of this book is to convey a broad perspective of what quantum cosmology is and how it can be a relevant field of research in the 21st century. A series of challenges (or research directions to follow) are provided, in the form of chapters, as the means of forwarding some of the main elements of quantum cosmology. This is therefore a more ‘practical’ oriented book, where a reasonable amount of technical features are presented in a compact appendix. Readership: Graduate students and professionals in cosmology. 230pp Feb 2018 978-981-4415-06-4 US$106 £88 978-981-4415-07-1(ebook) US$159 £133

World Scientific Series in Astrophysics

The Encyclopedia of Cosmology (In 4 Volumes)

edited by Giovanni G Fazio (Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA) The Encyclopedia of Cosmology is a new and exciting project which will be a major, long-lasting, seminal reference (a set of four major volumes) at the graduate student level, laid out by the most prominent, respected researchers in the general field of Cosmology. These volumes will be a comprehensive review of the most important concepts and current status in the field of Cosmology of the Universe, covering both theory and observation. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in cosmology and astrophysics. 1400pp Feb 2018 978-981-4656-19-1(Set) US$880 £730 978-981-4656-20-7(Set)(ebook) US$1920 £1593

Physics Catalogue 2018 Advances in Planetary Science

Origin and Evolution of Comets Ten Years after the Nice Model and One Year after Rosetta

by Hans Rickman (Uppsala University, Sweden & Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) Since several decades, comets have been considered as key witnesses of solar system formation. Their nature has been explored using the modern arsenal of Earth- and space-based observations, and they hold a central place as dynamical arbiters of the planetary system in the new paradigm of solar system evolution known as the Nice Model. Thus, they have the potential to test the various ideas, using the detailed data recently gathered by the ESA/Rosetta mission. This requires an understanding of their origin and evolution, which form the subject of the present book. All the relevant issues are covered, describing both the background and the current frontiers of research. Readership: University students and researchers interested in astrophysics. 170pp Dec 2017 978-981-3222-57-1 US$88 £77 978-981-3222-58-8(ebook) US$132 £116

The Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting

On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Relativistic Field Theories

(In 4 Volumes)

Proceedings of the MG14 Meeting on General Relativity University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, 12 – 18 July 2015 edited by Massimo Bianchi (Universitàdegli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy), Robert T Jantzen (Villanova University, USA) & Remo Ruffini (International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) & University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy) The scientific program of the meeting included 35 morning plenary talks over 6 days, 6 evening popular talks and 100 parallel sessions on 84 topics over 4 afternoons. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in general relativity, astrophysics and cosmology. 4200pp Oct 2017 978-981-3226-59-3(Set) US$988 £869 978-981-3226-60-9(Set)(ebook) US$1482 £1304

Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe (2nd Edition) Hot Big Bang Theory

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by Valery A Rubakov (Russian Academy of Sciences & Moscow State University, Russia) & Dmitry S Gorbunov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Reviews of the First Edition: “... is an excellent addition to the field of theoretical cosmology that goes a long way towards filling the need for a fully modern pedagogical text ... Both volumes contain notably insightful treatments of many topics and there is a large variety of problems for the student distributed throughout the text, in addition to extensive appendices on background material ... for those wanting a modern successor to The Early Universe by Edward Kolb and Michael Turner or John Peacock’s Cosmological Physics, either for study of an unfamiliar topic or to recommend to PHD students to prepare them for research, the two volumes are a fine choice and an excellent alternative to Steven Weiberg’s more formal Cosmology.” CERN Courier

One Hundred Years of General Relativity

From Genesis and Empirical Foundations to Gravitational Waves, Cosmology and Quantum Gravity (In 2 Volumes)

edited by Wei-Tou Ni (National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan) The aim of this two-volume title is to give a comprehensive review of one hundred years of development of general relativity and its scientific influences. This unique title provides a broad introduction and review to the fascinating and profound subject of general relativity, its historical development, its important theoretical consequences, gravitational wave detection and applications to astrophysics and cosmology. The series focuses on five aspects of the theory: Genesis, Solutions and Energy, Empirical Foundations, Gravitational Waves, Cosmology and Quantum Gravity Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in general relativity. 1356pp Jul 2017 978-981-4635-12-7(Set) US$248 £206 Vol. 1 Vol. 2

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A Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Models of Planet Formation

by Michael Mark Woolfson (University of York, UK) Two models for the origin of the Solar System, the Nebula Theory and the Capture Theory, are discussed by protagonists, Simon and Steven respectively, in the presence of Solomon, who oversees the discussions. Modelled on Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, this book provides new insight into different theories of cosmogony. Readership: Students and practitioners of physics, astronomy, cosmology and those interested in the beginning of our world as we know it. 248pp Jul 2017 978-1-78634-272-0 US$78 £65 978-1-78634-273-7(pbk) US$38 £32 978-1-78634-274-4(ebook) US$117 £98

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Star Formation

by Mark R Krumholz (Australian National University, Australia) This book provides a modern introduction to the study of star formation, at a level suitable for graduate students or advanced undergraduates in astrophysics. The first third of the book provides a review of the observational phenomenology and then the basic physical processes that are important for star formation. The remainder then discusses the major observational results and theoretical models for star formation on scales from galactic down to planetary. The book includes recommendations for complementary reading from the research literature, as well as five problem sets with solutions.

Readership: Students and researchers interested in cosmology and particle physics.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers interested in astrophysics.

596pp Aug 2017 978-981-3209-87-9 US$158 £139 978-981-3209-88-6(pbk) US$88 £77 978-981-3220-04-1(ebook) US$237 £209

528pp Jul 2017 978-981-3142-02-2 US$128 £113 978-981-3142-03-9(pbk) US$88 £77

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On Foundations of Seismology Bringing Idealizations Down to Earth

by James Robert Brown (University of Toronto, Canada) & Michael A Slawinski (Memorial University, Canada) “Following Albert Einstein’s precept that science without epistemology is primitive and muddled, Michael Slawinski and Jim Brown provide a masterful and extremely clear account of the foundations of seismology, as well as the epistemological issues and the concepts of continuum mechanics underlying this science. Brilliantly exposed and evocatively illustrated by Roberto Lauciello’s cartoons, the outcome is a significant contribution to the understanding of the foundations of seismology and of the relation of this science to the larger epistemological and ontological issues with which it is closely interwoven.” Aitor Anduaga Basque Museum of the History of Medicine and Science, University of the Basque Country Readership: Students and researchers in natural sciences and in philosophy of science. 184pp Jun 2017 978-981-4329-49-1 US$88 £73 978-981-4329-50-7(ebook) US$132 £110

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Introduction to Astronomy by Theodore Metochites (Stoicheiosis Astronomike 1.5-30)

by Emmanuel Paschos (Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany) & Christos Simelidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) This book describes the celestial spheres, the rotation of the planets, and especially the apparent trajectory of the sun with its uniform and anomalous rotations, which are used to determine the length of the year. Metochites proposed a new starting date for the calendar (6th of October 1283) specifying the position of the sun on that date. The work revived the interest in studies of Ptolemaic astronomy as attested by numerous annotations in the margins of the manuscripts. Readership: The ‘Introduction to Astronomy’ by Theodore Metochites is an important treatise on Medieval Astronomy, and will be of interest to historians of science, as well as those interested in the intellectual climate of the Later Byzantine Empire. 400pp Apr 2017 978-981-3207-48-6 US$158 £131 978-981-3207-49-3(ebook) US$237 £197

Advanced Textbooks in Physics

Introduction to Earth Sciences A Physics Approach

by Luc Thomas Ikelle (Texas A& M University, USA) Geophysics is concerned with the physical processes and properties of the Earth and its surrounding environment, and with the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. This book provides the general public, including students, faculties, and universities with a comprehensive presentation of geophysics suitable for first year undergraduate classes. The key focus is to familiarize readers with the concepts of elastic and electromagnetic wave propagation, which are central to geophysical studies. Elastic waves and electromagnetic waves are two important ways that energy is transported in the world around us. These important concepts are presented through examples giving readers a more comprehensive understanding of geophysics and what geophysicists do. Special focus is on earthquakes, volcanoes, energy resources, and climate which are the present and future challenges of our times. Readership: Undergraduate students in geophysics and related subject areas. 516pp May 2017 978-981-3148-41-3 US$138 £115 978-981-3148-42-0(pbk) US$68 £56

Neutrino Astronomy

Current Status, Future Prospects edited by Thomas Gaisser (University of Delaware, USA) & Albrecht Karle (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 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 and their upper limits. Each chapter is a mini-review of one aspect of the subject by leading experts. Taken together, the chapters constitute an up-to-date review of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos and their potential sources. Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers interested in the field of neutrino astronomy. 252pp May 2017 978-981-4759-40-3 US$108 £90 978-981-4759-41-0(ebook) US$162 £135

An Introduction to Particle Dark Matter by Stefano Profumo (UC Santa Cruz & Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, USA)

The paradigm of dark matter is one of the key developments at the interface of cosmology and elementary particle physics. It is also one of the foundations of the standard cosmological model. This book presents the state of the art in building and testing particle models for dark matter. Each chapter gives an analysis of questions, research directions, and methods within the field. More than 200 problems are included to challenge and stimulate the reader’s knowledge and provide guidance in the practical implementation of the numerous “tools of the trade” presented. Appendices summarize the basics of cosmology and particle physics needed for any quantitative understanding of particle models for dark matter. Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of particle physics, cosmology, astronomy and astrophysics. 288pp Apr 2017 978-1-78634-000-9 US$94 £78 978-1-78634-001-6(pbk) US$46 £38

Cosmic Paradoxes (2nd Edition)

by Julio A Gonzalo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) Review of the First Edition: “This is a fascinating and compelling read for anyone concerned about the unresolved mysteries and paradoxes of the universe.” Contemporary Physics Readership: Students in physics and general public interested in science. 208pp Apr 2017 978-981-3141-55-1 US$98 £81 978-981-3141-56-8(pbk) US$48 £40

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An Overview of Gravitational Waves Theory, Sources and Detection

edited by Gerard Auger & Eric Plagnol (UniversitéParis Diderot — Paris 7, France) This book describes detection techniques used to search for and analyze gravitational waves (GW). It covers the whole domain of GW science, starting from the theory and ending with the experimental techniques (both present and future) used to detect them. The theoretical sections of the book address the theory of general relativity and of GW, followed by the theory of GW detection. The various sources of GW are described as well as the methods used to analyse them and to extract their physical parameters. It includes an analysis of the consequences of GW observations in terms of astrophysics as well as a description of the different detectors that exist and that are planned for the future. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in the theory and experimental detection of gravitational waves.

Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology by Christian G Böhmer (University College London, UK)

This book gives undergraduate students an overview of the fundamental ideas behind the geometric theory of gravitation and spacetime. Through pointers on how to modify and generalise Einstein’s theory to enhance understanding, it provides a link between standard textbook content and current research in the field. Chapters present complicated material practically and concisely, initially dealing with the mathematical foundations of the theory of relativity, in particular differential geometry. This is followed by a discussion of the Einstein field equations and their various properties. Also given is analysis of the important Schwarzschild solutions, followed by application of general relativity to cosmology. Questions with fully worked answers are provided at the end of each chapter to aid comprehension and guide learning. Readership: Undergraduate students of mathematics and physics.

328pp Apr 2017 978-981-3141-75-9 US$128 £106 978-981-3141-76-6(ebook) US$192 £159

288pp Dec 2016 978-1-78634-117-4 US$70 £58 978-1-78634-118-1(pbk) US$38 £32

Cooking Cosmos

From the Sun to the Stars

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe by Asis Kumar Chaudhuri (Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, India) This book takes you through the intellectual journey of mankind, unraveling the mysteries of the Cosmos. Starting from Aristotle’s Earth-centered Universe, it will take you step by step to the Copernican Sun-centered Universe, to Hubble’s expanding Universe, to the Big Bang, to the currently accepted accelerating Universe. In the process, the book explores the origin of space-time, black hole, black hole radiation, dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, string theory, all in terms comprehensible to general audiences. Readership: Anyone interested in the mysteries of the Universe. 212pp Mar 2017 978-981-3145-76-4 US$58 £48 978-981-3145-77-1(pbk) US$24 £20 978-981-3145-78-8(ebook) US$87 £72 Advanced Textbooks in Physics

Studying Distant Galaxies 8

Essential Textbooks in Physics

A Handbook of Methods and Analyses by François Hammer, Mathieu Puech, Hector Flores & Myriam Rodrigues (Paris Observatory, France) In this rapidly expanding research field, this text is an every-day companion handbook for graduate students and active researchers. It provides guidelines in sample selection, imaging, integrated spectroscopy and 3D spectroscopy, which help to avoid the numerous pitfalls of observational and analysis techniques in use in extragalactic astronomy. It also paves the way for establishing relations between fundamental properties of distant galaxies. At each step, the reader is assisted with numerous practical examples and ready-to-use methodology to help understand and analyse research. Readership: Professionals and students in the field of astrophysics and cosmology. 400pp Jan 2017 978-1-78634-054-2 US$120 £100 978-1-78634-144-0(pbk) US$59 £49

by James B Kaler (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) The book begins at the Sun then travels through the solar system to see the stars, how they work, and ultimately what they mean to us. The idea is to provide an integrated view of the galaxy and its contents. Along the way we look at spectra, atmospheric phenomena, gravity and the laws of motion, telescopes and how they work, interstellar gas and dust, star birth and death, and planets orbiting other stars. Most popular books tend to focus on one particular topic. From the Sun to the Stars is one of the few that tells the story of the Sun against the background of other stars and other planets and, for that matter, of stars and other planets against the background of the Sun and solar system. This presents the subject with a breadth that few other books can match. This book grew out of the OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) lectures given by the author at the University of Illinois. It doesn’t require any prior knowledge and is suitable for anyone who is interested in astronomy. Readership: Everyone who is interested in the working of our solar system or other stars with their exoplanets. 252pp Oct 2016 978-981-3143-75-3 US$64 £53 978-981-3143-24-1(pbk) US$32 £27 978-981-3143-25-8(ebook) US$96 £80

Astrophysics and the Evolution of the Universe (2nd Edition) by Leonard S Kisslinger (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

This book contains the basic mathematics and physics concepts needed to understand the evolution of the universe, from the very early times to the present. Based on this, fascinating topics such as Dark Matter, Dark Energy, supernovae, and the Higgs mechanism can be explained. Everyone with an interest in science, especially astronomy, without extensive mathematical backgrounds, should be able to use and learn from this book. Readership: Anyone with a basic knowledge of mathematics and an interest in astronomy. 236pp Oct 2016 978-981-3147-09-6 US$88 £73 978-981-3147-10-2(pbk) US$45 £37

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A Superfluid Universe by Kerson Huang (MIT)

“Eleven short chapters, take the reader through Huangâ€™s arguments, and provide very nice summaries of various topics: superfluidity, quantum field theory, renormalisation, general relativity, cosmology. This book proves to be a fitting finale to the writings of a lucid expositor and creative thinker.” Contemporary Physics Readership: Students, researchers, and all readers interested in cosmology. 136pp Oct 2016 978-981-3148-45-1 US$26 £22 978-981-3148-47-5(ebook) US$39 £32

Cosmology with MATLAB With Companion Media Pack by Dan Green (Fermilab) “This book provides a basic exposition of BB cosmology and the inflationary model using MATLAB tools for visualisation and to develop the reader’s understanding of the parametric dependence of the observables.” CERN Courier Readership: Graduate students and researchers in physics. 264pp Sep 2016 978-981-3108-39-4 US$78 £65 978-981-3108-40-0(pbk) US$38 £32

:: Bestseller Beyond the Galaxy

How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe by Ethan Siegel (Lewis & Clark College, USA) “Beyond the Galaxy is an excellent way for less cosmically minded physicists to fill in the gaps in their astronomy knowledge, and thereby transform ‘things Iâ€™ve vaguely heard about’’ into ‘things I actually know something about’.” Physics World “Beyond the Galaxy offers a fun, informative excursion through the universe and the complex history of our attempts to grapple with its size, age and content. Ethan Siegel writes clearly and confidently, drawing upon wonderful analogies and fascinating tidbits of astronomical history, including outstanding accounts of the heated debates of the past about the nature of the cosmos. The book is richly illustrated, nicely supplementing Siegel’s lucid prose. A must read for anyone curious about the development of cosmology and where it stands today!” Paul Halpern Author of Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat Readership: General public interested in astronomy, astrophysics and/ or cosmology. 388pp Jan 2016 978-981-4667-23-4 US$98 £81 978-981-4667-16-6(pbk) US$44 £37 978-981-4667-17-3(ebook) US$147 £121

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:: Bestseller Astrophysics and Cosmology

Proceedings of the 26th Solvay Conference on Physics 26th Solvay Conference on Physics: “Astrophysics and Cosmology” Brussels, Belgium, 9 – 11 October 2014 edited by Roger Blandford (Stanford), David Gross (UC Santa Barbara) & Alexander Sevrin (Vrije Universiteit Brussel & International Solvay Institutes, Belgium) Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics. The format is quite different from other conferences as the emphasis is placed on discussion. The 26th edition held in October 2014 in Brussels and chaired by Roger Blandford continued this tradition and addressed some of the most pressing open questions in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology, gathering many of the leading figures working on a wide variety of profound problems. Readership: Students, researchers and academics interested in astrophysics and cosmology. 380pp Jun 2016 978-981-4759-17-5 US$98 £81 978-981-3142-80-0(pbk) US$54 £45 978-981-4759-18-2(ebook) US$147 £121

NOTABLE BACKLIST Exploring the Invisible Universe From Black Holes to Superstrings by Belal E Baaquie & Frederick H Willeboordse (NUS, Singapore) Astronomical Spectroscopy (2nd Edition) An Introduction to the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Astronomical Spectra by Jonathan Tennyson (University College London, UK) Astrophysics and the Evolution of the Universe by Leonard S Kisslinger (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe Hot Big Bang Theory by Dmitry S Gorbunov (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) & Valery A Rubakov (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences & Moscow State University, Russia) Black Holes (3rd Edition) A Student Text by Derek Raine & Edwin Thomas (University of Leicester, UK) Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe Cosmological Perturbations and Inflationary Theory by Dmitry S Gorbunov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) & Valery A Rubakov (Russian Academy of Sciences & Moscow State University, Russia) Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors by Peter R Saulson (Syracuse Univ.) An Introduction to Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics by Michael J Thompson (University of Sheffield, UK) Vindication of Cosmic Biology Tribute to Sir Fred Hoyle (1915 – 2001) edited by Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe (University of Buckingham, UK) Birth, Evolution and Death of Stars by James Lequeux (Paris Observatory, France) The Search for Our Cosmic Ancestry by Chandra Wickramasinghe (Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, UK) Black Holes (2nd Edition) An Introduction by Derek Raine & Edwin Thomas (University of Leicester, UK) Euclidean Quantum Gravity edited by G W Gibbons & S W Hawking (Cambridge)

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ATOMIC PHYSICS The Physics of Low Dimensional Materials

by Frank J Owens (City University of New York, USA) The purpose of this book is two fold. First to explain the properties of low dimensional solids such as electronic, vibrational and magnetic structure in terms of simple models. These are used to account for the properties of three dimensional materials providing an elementary introduction to the physics of low dimensional materials. The second objective is to discuss the properties of newer low dimensional materials not made of carbon. These are now the subject of research and describe various phenomena in them such magnetism and superconductivity. Readership: Researchers and students in the field of low dimensional materials. 180pp Oct 2017 978-981-3225-85-5 US$88 £77 978-981-3225-86-2(ebook) US$132 £116

Raman Spectroscopy An Intensity Approach

by Guozhen Wu (Tsinghua University, China) This book summarizes the highlights of our work on the bond polarizability approach to the intensity analysis. The topics covered include surface enhanced Raman scattering, Raman excited virtual states and Raman optical activity (ROA). The first chapter briefly introduces the Raman effect in a succinct but clear way. Chapter 2 deals with the normal mode analysis. This is a basic tool for our work. In each section, Comments summarize the key ideas and their evaluation. This will help the readers to capture the core ideas of the presentations. Readership: Physics students, experimentalists, and professionals dealing with spectroscopic approaches. 224pp Oct 2016 978-981-3143-49-4 US$95 £79 978-981-3143-50-0(ebook) US$143 £119 NOTABLE BACKLIST

Trapped Charged Particles A Graduate Textbook with Problems and Solutions edited by Martina Knoop (CNRS & Aix Marseille University, France), Niels Madsen (Swansea University, UK) & Richard C Thompson (Imperial College London, UK) Advances in Atomic Physics An Overview by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (Collè ge de France & Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, France), David Guéry-Odelin (Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité, France) The Quantum World of Ultra-Cold Atoms and Light Book I: Foundations of Quantum Optics by Crispin Gardiner (University of Otago, New Zealand) & Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Problems and Solutions on Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics edited by Yung-Kuo Lim (NUS, Singapore) The Quantum World of Ultra-Cold Atoms and Light Book II: The Physics of Quantum-Optical Devices by Crispin Gardiner (University of Otago, New Zealand) & Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Modern Atomic and Nuclear Physics (Revised Edition) Problems and Solutions Manual by Fujia Yang (Fudan University, China & Nottingham University, UK) & Joseph H Hamilton (Vanderbilt University, USA) Advances of Atoms and Molecules in Strong Laser Fields edited by Yunquan Liu (Peking University, China) Modern Atomic and Nuclear Physics (Revised Edition) by Fujia Yang (Fudan University, China & Nottingham University, UK) & Joseph H Hamilton (Vanderbilt University, USA)

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The Origin of Natural Order An Axiomatic Theory of Biology

by Qinyi Zhao (Medical Institute of China Rehabilitation Research Centre, China) All sorts of biological activities are processed thermodynamically, and at the utmost fundamental level, the laws of biology must be thermodynamics. However, the current laws of thermodynamics are unable to give reasonable explanation of biological processes. In order to do so, irreversible thermodynamics has been theorized to describe the basic mechanism for the origin of natural order or the development of things (related to developmental biology). The scientific definition of the system theory concept has been obtained and the properties of a biological system can be analyzed by applying principles of it. Irreversible thermodynamics and system theory act as the theoretical foundation for theoretical biology. By applying principles of irreversible thermodynamics and system theory, the axiomatic theory of biology has been developed. Readership: Graduate students, educators, university lecturers in biophysics. 400pp Nov 2017 978-981-3209-26-8 US$148 £123 978-981-3209-27-5(ebook) US$222 £185

Synchrotron Radiation Applications edited by Xinyi Zhang (Fudan University, China)

This is a research-level review volume. It presents both the fundamentals and the advanced research results, covering most part of important aspects of synchrotron radiation applications. Among the broad subjects of synchrotron radiation applications, as the main content of this book we have applications in VUV, soft X-rays, hard X-rays and XFEL (X-ray free electron laser) and important applications by various synchrotron-based techniques and methods, such as ARPES (angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy), VUV photo-ionization spectroscopy, X-ray absorption/ emission spectroscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure, X-ray diffraction, small angle X-ray scattering, X-ray excited optical luminescence, imaging and high pressure techniques. Readership: Graduate students and professionals working on synchrotron radiation. 526pp Nov 2017 978-981-3227-66-8 US$158 £139 978-981-3227-67-5(ebook) US$237 £209

NOTABLE BACKLIST Physics and Biology From Molecules to Life edited by Jean François Allemand (Ecole Normale Supérieure, France) & Pierre Desbiolles (UniversitéPierre et Marie Curie, France) Research on the Physics of Cancer A Global Perspective edited by Bernard S Gerstman (Florida International University, USA) Biology and Computation: A Physicist’s Choice edited by H Gutfreund (Hebrew Univ., Israel) & G Toulouse (ENS, France)

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CLASSICAL MECHANICS, CONTINUUM PHYSICS, ACOUSTICS International Young Physicists’Tournament

Waves and Rays in Seismology

edited by Wenli Gao (Nanjing University, China)

by Michael A Slawinski (Memorial University, Canada)

Problems and Solutions 2015

International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT), is one of the most prestigious international physics contests among high school students. This book is based on the solutions of 2015 IYPT problems. The authors are undergraduate students who participated the CUPT (Chinese Undergraduate Physics Tournament). It is intended as a college level solution to the challenging open-ended problems. It provides original, quantitative solutions in fulfilling seemingly impossible tasks. The young authors provide quantitative solutions to practical problems in everyday life. Readership: University students or students in gifted programmes interested in competing in Physics Olympiads. 250pp May 2018 978-981-3225-91-6(pbk) US$38 £33

Extended Lagrange and Hamilton Formalism for Point Mechanics and Covariant Hamilton Field Theory by Jürgen Struckmeier (Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Germany) & Walter Greiner (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany)

This book presents the extended Lagrange and Hamilton formalisms of point mechanics and field theory in the usual tensor language of standard textbooks on classical dynamics. The notion “extended” signifies that the physical time of point dynamics as well as the space-time in field theories are treated as dynamical variables. It thus elaborates on some important questions including: How do we convert the canonical formalisms of Lagrange and Hamilton that are built upon Newton’s concept of an absolute time into the appropriate form of the post-Einstein era? How do we devise a Hamiltonian field theory with space-time as a dynamical variable in order to also cover General Relativity? Readership: Graduate students and researchers in relativistic point mechanics and field theories. 300pp Mar 2018 978-981-4578-41-7 US$132 £110 978-981-4578-42-4(ebook) US$198 £165

Topics on the Nonlinear Dynamics and Acoustics of Ordered Granular Media by Yuli Starosvetsky (Israel Institute of Technology — Technion, Israel), K R Jayaprakash (Indian Institute of Science, India), M Arif Hasan (UC San Diego) & Alexander F Vakakis (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA)

This research monograph provides a brief overview of the authors’ research in the area of ordered granular media over the last decade. The exposition covers onedimensional homogeneous and dimer chains in great detail incorporating novel analytical tools and experimental results. The second part of the monograph dwells on weakly coupled homogeneous granular chains from analytical, numerical and experimental perspective exploring the interesting phenomenon of Landau–Zener tunneling in granular media. The final part of the monograph provides a brief introduction to locally resonant acoustic metamaterials incorporating internal rotators and the resulting energy channeling mechanism in unit-cells and in one- and two-dimensional lattices. Readership: Professional and graduate students and researchers. 640pp May 2017 978-981-3221-93-2 US$188 £156 978-981-3221-94-9(ebook) US$282 £234

Answers to Unasked Questions

“A study of this book will help the reader to firmly put seismology in the larger context of mathematical physics and to understand its range of validity. I would not like to miss it from my bookshelf.” Klaus Helbig Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht Readership: Students, professionals, researchers, and laypersons interested in seismology. 404pp 978-981-4644-80-8

Oct 2016 US$115 £95

NOTABLE BACKLIST Classical Mechanics (5th Edition) by Tom W B Kibble & Frank H Berkshire (Imperial College London, UK) Problems and Solutions on Mechanics edited by Yung-Kuo Lim (NUS, Singapore) Newtonian Mechanics for Undergraduates by Vijay Tymms (Imperial College London, UK) Physics from the Edge A New Cosmological Model for Inertia by Michael Edward McCulloch (University of Plymouth, UK) Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics Solutions to the Exercises by M G Calkin (Dalhousie University, Canada) A Modern Approach to Classical Mechanics (2nd Edition) by Harald Iro (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) Classical Dynamics A Modern Perspective by E C G Sudarshan (University of Texas at Austin, USA) & N Mukunda (formerly of Indian Institute of Science, India) An Introduction to Lagrangian Mechanics (2nd Edition) by Alain J Brizard (Saint Michael’s College, USA) Lectures on Classical Mechanics by Berthold-Georg Englert (NUS, Singapore) Fundamental Principles of Classical Mechanics A Geometrical Perspective by Kai S Lam (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA) From Ordered to Chaotic Motion in Celestial Mechanics by Yi-Sui Sun & Li-Yong Zhou (Nanjing University, China) Classical Mechanics Illustrated by Modern Physics 42 Problems with Solutions by David Guéry-Odelin & Thierry Lahaye (Paul Sabatier University, France) Principles of Physics From Quantum Field Theory to Classical Mechanics by Jun Ni (Tsinghua University, China) Theory of Orbital Motion by Arjun Tan (Alabama A & M University, USA) Classical Mechanics and Relativity by Harald J W Müller-Kirsten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

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COMPUTATIONAL, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS Local Zeta Regularization and the Scalar Casimir Effect A General Approach based on Integral Kernels

by Davide Fermi & Livio Pizzocchero (Universitàdegli Studi di Milano, Italy) This book provides a thorough overview of zeta regularization for the vacuum expectation values of the most relevant observables of a quantized, neutral scalar field in Minkowski spacetime; the field can be confined to a spatial domain, with suitable boundary conditions, and an external potential is possibly present. Zeta regularization is performed in this framework for both local and global observables, like the stress-energy tensor and the total energy; the analysis of their vacuum expectation values accounts for the Casimir physics of the system. The analytic continuation process required in this setting by zeta regularization is deeply linked to some integral kernels; these are determined by the fundamental elliptic operator appearing in the evolution equation for the quantum field. The book provides a systematic illustration of these connections, devised as a toolbox for explicit computations in specific configurations; many examples are presented. A comprehensive account is given of the existing literature on this subject, including the previous work of the authors. Readership: Graduate students and researchers including academics in theoretical physics. 200pp May 2018 978-981-3224-99-5 US$88 £77 978-981-3225-00-8(ebook) US$132 £116

Non-Commutative Geometry

A Perspective on String and Field Theories by Supriya Kar (University of Delhi, India) This book provides a systematic, comprehensive and up-to-date account of the recent developments in non-commutative geometry, at a pedagogical level. It does not go into the details of rigorous (advanced level) mathematical formulation of noncommutative geometry; rather, it restricts itself to the domain of strings and quantum fields. Readership: Senior undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in theoretical, mathematical, high energy and condensed matter physics. 250pp 978-981-238-052-4

Mar 2018 US$47 £39

A Half-Century of Physical Asymptotics and Other Diversions 12

Selected Works by Michael Berry

by Michael Berry (Bristol University, UK) Michael Berry is a theoretical physicist who has contributed to a wide variety of areas in quantum mechanics, optics and related mathematics, linked by the geometrical aspects of waves, especially phase. This collection of his selected published and unpublished papers, reviews, tributes to other scientists, speeches and other works ranges from the technical to the popular. It is organized by the themes of his significant scientific contributions. Detailed introductions emphasize the rich connections between the different themes. An essential read for physicists, mathematicians, students and philosophers of science. Readership: Students of physics and mathematics, professional physicists and mathematicians, philosophers of science. 800pp Nov 2017 978-981-3221-19-2 US$98 £81 978-981-3221-20-8(pbk) US$75 £62 978-981-3221-21-5(ebook) US$147 £122

Essential Textbooks in Physics

A Guide to Mathematical Methods for Physicists With Problems and Solutions

by Michela Petrini (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Gianfranco Pradisi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) & Alberto Zaffaroni (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) Mathematics plays a fundamental role in the formulation of physical theories. This textbook provides a self-contained and rigorous presentation of the main mathematical tools needed in many fields of Physics, both classical and quantum. It covers topics treated in mathematics courses for final-year undergraduate and graduate physics programmes, including complex function: distributions, Fourier analysis, linear operators, Hilbert spaces and eigenvalue problems. The different topics are organised into two main parts — complex analysis and vector spaces — in order to stress how seemingly different mathematical tools, for instance the Fourier transform, eigenvalue problems or special functions, are all deeply interconnected. Also contained within each chapter are fully worked examples, problems and detailed solutions. Readership: Students of undergraduate mathematics and postgraduate students of physics or engineering. 340pp Sep 2017 978-1-78634-343-7 US$98 £81 978-1-78634-344-4(pbk) US$48 £40

Introduction to General Relativity Solutions to Problems

by John Dirk Walecka (College of William and Mary, USA) The mechanics problem of a point mass constrained to move without friction on a two-dimensional surface of arbitrary shape serves as a paradigm for the development of the mathematics and physics of general relativity. Special relativity is reviewed. The basic principles of general relativity are then presented, and the most important applications are discussed. The final special topics section takes the reader up to a few areas of current research. An extensive set of accessible problems enhances and extends the coverage. Readership: Advanced undergraduate or graduate students in mathematical and theoretical physics. 216pp Aug 2017 978-981-3227-69-9(pbk) US$48 £42 100 Years of General Relativity - Vol 4

Loop Quantum Gravity The First 30 Years

edited by Abhay Ashtekar (Pennsylvania State University, USA) & Jorge Pullin (Louisiana State University, USA) This volume presents a snapshot of the state-of-theart in loop quantum gravity from the perspective of younger leading researchers. It takes the reader from the basics to recent advances, thereby bridging an important gap. The aim is two-fold — to provide a contemporary introduction to the entire field for students and post-docs, and to present an overview of the current status for more senior researchers. The contributions include the latest developments that are not discussed in existing books, particularly recent advances in quantum dynamics both in the Hamiltonian and sum over histories approaches; and applications to cosmology of the early universe and to the quantum aspects of black holes. Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics interested in theoretical physics and cosmology. 320pp May 2017 978-981-3209-92-3 US$98 £81 978-981-3209-93-0(pbk) US$58 £48 978-981-3220-00-3(ebook) US$147 £122

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Mathematics for Physicists

by Huaiyu Wang (Tsinghua University, China) This book covers the necessary aspects of mathematics for graduate students in physics and engineering. Advanced undergraduate students and researchers who intend to enter the field of theoretical physics can also pick up this book. The first eight chapters include variational method, Hilbert space and operators, ordinary linear differential equations, Bessel functions, Dirac delta function, the Green’s function in mathematical physics, norm, integral equations. Beside these traditional contents, the last two chapters introduce some recent achievements of scientific research while presenting their mathematical background. Readership: University teaching assistants in physics courses, physics educators and curriculum officials. 752pp May 2017 978-981-3146-48-8 US$148 £123 978-981-3148-00-0(pbk) US$88 £73

Computational Physics

An Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulations of Matrix Field Theory by Badis Ydri (BM Annaba University, Algeria) This book is divided into two parts. I: An elementary introduction to computational physics consisting of 21 simulations which originated from a formal course of lectures and laboratory simulations delivered since 2010 to physics students at Annaba University. II: Advanced and practical problems of how to set up working Monte Carlo simulations of matrix field theories which involve finite dimensional matrix regularizations of noncommutative and fuzzy field theories, fuzzy spaces and matrix geometry. This part consists of 9 simulations, was delivered informally to doctoral students who were working on various problems in matrix field theory. Sample codes as well as sample key solutions are also provided for convenience and completeness. Readership: Graduate students and researchers in theoretical and computational physics. 312pp Apr 2017 978-981-3200-21-0 US$128 £106 978-981-3200-22-7(ebook) US$192 £159

NOTABLE BACKLIST Path Integrals for Pedestrians by Ennio Gozzi (University of Trieste & INFN, Trieste, Italy), Enrico Cattaruzza (INFN, Trieste, Italy) & Carlo Pagani (INFN, Trieste, Italy & University of Mainz, Germany) Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets (5th Edition) by Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) Physics and Mathematical Tools Methods and Examples by Angel Alastuey (CNRS & ENS de Lyon, France), Maxime Clusel (CNRS & Universitéde Montpellier, France), Marc Magro (ENS de Lyon, France) & Pierre Pujol (Université Paul Sabatier, France) Beyond Peaceful Coexistence The Emergence of Space, Time and Quantum edited by Ignazio Licata (Institute for Scientific Methodology & School of Advanced International Studies for Applied Theoreticaland Non Linear Methodologies of Physics, Italy) Foreword by G ‘t Hooft Big Practical Guide to Computer Simulations (2nd Edition) by Alexander K Hartmann (University of Oldenburg, Germany) Inverse Methods for Atmospheric Sounding Theory and Practice by Clive D Rodgers (Oxford) Introduction to Supersymmetry (2nd Edition) by Harald J W Müller-Kirsten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) & Armin Wiedemann (Baden-Wüerttemberg Cooperative State University Mannheim, Germany)

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CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS Collective Classical and Quantum Fields In Plasmas, Superconductors, Superfluid 3He, and Liquid Crystals

by Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) This is an introductory book dealing with collective phenomena in many-body systems. A gas of bosons or fermions can show oscillations of density in various ways. These are described by different combinations of field variables. Especially delicate is the competition of these variables. In superfluid 3He, for example, the atoms can be attracted to each other by molecular forces, whereas they are repelled from each other at short distance due to a hardcore repulsion. The attraction gives rise to Cooper pairs, and the repulsion is overcome by paramagnon oscillations. The combination is what finally led to the discovery of superfluidity in 3He. In general, the competition between various channels can most efficiently be studied by means of a classical version of the Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation. Readership: Students and researchers in theoretical physics. 400pp 978-981-3223-93-6

Dec 2017 US$98 £86

Peking University-World Scientific Advance Physics Series

Geometric Methods in Elastic Theory of Membranes in Liquid Crystal Phases (2nd Edition)

by Zhanchun Tu (Beijing Normal University, China), Zhongcan Ou-Yang, Jixing Liu & Yuzhang Xie (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) This book gives a comprehensive treatment of the conditions of mechanical equilibrium and the deformation of membranes as a surface problem in differential geometry. It is aimed at readers engaging in the field of investigation of the shape formation of membranes in liquid crystalline state with differential geometry. The material chosen in this book is mainly limited to analytical results. The main changes in this second edition are: we add a chapter (Chapter 4) to explain how to calculate variational problems on a surface with a free edge by using a new mathematical tool — moving frame method and exterior differential forms — and how to derive the shape equation and boundary conditions for open lipid membranes through this new method. In addition, we include the recent concise work on chiral lipid membranes as a section in Chapter 5, and in Chapter 6 we mention some topics that we have not fully investigated but are also important to geometric theory of membrane elasticity. Readership: Researchers working with biomembranes. 280pp 978-981-3227-72-9

Dec 2017 US$128 £113

New Superconductors: From Granular to High TC (2nd Edition) by Guy Deutscher (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Review of the First Edition “... readers of New Superconductors will benefit from the unusual and compelling insights of a researcher who has thought deeply about both grandular and high-Tc superconductors. I recommend it as a self-study guide for students, instructors, and researchers who are looking for understandable and crisp material on the potential and promise of high-Tc superconductors.” Physics Today Readership: Condensed matter physicists, researchers and engineers in applied superconductivity. 350pp Jul 2018 978-981-283-888-9 US$138 £115 978-981-283-889-6(pbk) US$82 £68

Physics Catalogue 2018

The Physics of Solar Cells

by Jenny Nelson (Imperial College, UK) “This handy little book offers a pretty comprehensive introduction to the basic physics of the PV cell.” Photovoltaic Bulletin “This book is more encyclopedic, with clear figures and broad scope. It does a good job of clarifying the fundamental issues and is a less advanced text. It is, therefore, probably more approachable and more useful to the general reader.” Physics Today Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in semiconductor device physics, specifically photovoltaics. 384pp May 2003 978-1-86094-340-9 US$104 £86 978-1-86094-349-2(pbk) US$58 £48

An Introduction to Graphene Plasmonics by P A D Gonçalves & N M R Peres (University of Minho, Portugal)

"The book is well written. Additionally, various calculations can easily be understood by undergraduates. The computations accompany beautiful colour figures, which help to make the book attractive. The book is recommended for all who want to understand the booming area of plasmonics and graphene optoelectonics." The Optical Society “The authors have aimed to make their book as self-contained as possible, so they discuss all of the relevant aspects of the topic. The book is intended both for students of and newcomers to the field, but it could also be a reference for researchers already working on graphene plasmonics.” CERN Courier Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students entering the field of graphene plasmonics. 464pp Jun 2016 978-981-4749-97-8 US$128 £106 978-981-4749-98-5(pbk) US$65 £54 978-981-4749-99-2(ebook) US$192 £159

Physical Effects of Geometric Phases edited by Biao Wu (Peking University, China) & Qian Niu (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Berry phase has been widely used in condensed matter physics in the past two decades. This volume is a timely collection of essential papers in this important field, which is highlighted by 2016 Nobel Prize in physics and recent exciting developments in topological matters. Each chapter has an introduction, which helps readers to understand the reprints that follow. Readership: Mathematical, high energy and condensed matter physicists. 410pp Oct 2017 978-981-3225-72-5 US$148 £130 978-981-3225-73-2(ebook) US$222 £195

NOTABLE BACKLIST Exactly Solvable Models in Many-Body Theory by N H March (Oxford & University of Antwerp, Belgium) & G G N Angilella (University of Catania, Scuola Superiore di Catania, & CNISM, CNR-IMM, INFN, Italy) Transport in Multilayered Nanostructures (2nd Edition) The Dynamical Mean-Field Theory Approach by James K Freericks (Georgetown University, USA) Topological Quantum Numbers in Nonrelativistic Physics by David J Thouless (University of Washington, Seattle) Problems in Solid State Physics with Solutions by Fuxiang Han (Dalian University of Technology, China) Concepts in Solids Lectures on the Theory of Solids by P W Anderson (Princeton) Superconductivity A New Approach Based on the Bethe – Salpeter Equation in the Mean-Field Approximation by G P Malik (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) Many-Body Physics, Topology and Geometry by Siddhartha Sen (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) & Kumar Sankar Gupta (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India) Research, Fabrication and Applications of Bi-2223 HTS Wires edited by Kenichi Sato (Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, Japan) Problems and Solutions on Solid State Physics, Relativity and Miscellaneous Topics edited by Yung-Kuo Lim (NUS, Singapore) Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Physics by Albert Furrer, Joël Mesot & Thierry Strässle (ETH Zurich & PSI Villigen, Switzerland) Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors (5th Edition) by Hartmut Haug (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany) & Stephan W Koch (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany) Magneto Thermoelectric Power in Heavily Doped Quantized Structures by Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak (Institute of Engineering and Management, India) Quantum Dissipative Systems 4th Edition by Ulrich Weiss (University of Stuttgart, Germany) Lecture Notes on Electron Correlation and Magnetism by Patrick Fazekas (Research Institute for Solid State Physics & Optics, Budapest) Lessons from Nanoscience: A Lecture Notes Series - Vol 3 Thermal Energy at the Nanoscale by Timothy S Fisher (Purdue University, USA) Lecture Notes on Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics by Christopher Mudry (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland) Quantum Hall Effects Recent Theoretical and Experimental Developments 3rd Edition by Zyun Francis Ezawa (Tohoku University & RIKEN, Japan) Correlated Electrons in Quantum Matter by Peter Fulde (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany) Crystal Symmetry, Lattice Vibrations and Optical Spectroscopy of Solids A Group Theoretical Approach by Baldassare Di Bartolo (Boston College, USA) & Richard C Powell (University of Arizona, USA) 50 Years of Anderson Localization edited by Elihu Abrahams (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics (2nd Edition) edited by Mary D Archer (Imperial College, UK) & Martin A Green (University of New South Wales, Australia) Physics of the Environment by A W Brinkman (Durham University, UK) Physical Principles of Meteorology and Environmental Physics Global, Synoptic and Micro Scales by David Blake (The University of Queensland, Australia) & Robert Robson (The Australian National University, Australia)

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ELECTROMAGNETISM AND PLASMA PHYSICS Advanced Classical Electrodynamics Green Functions, Regularizations, Multipole Decompositions

by Ulrich D Jentschura (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) This textbook introduces advanced classical electrodynamics using modern mathematical techniques, with an emphasis on physical concepts. Connections to field theory and general relativity are highlighted while the book still serves as the basis for a one- or two-semester course on electrodynamics within the graduate curriculum. Readership: Students of electrodynamics, and as a reference for professional researchers. 372pp Jul 2017 978-981-3222-84-7 US$118 £104 978-981-3222-85-4(pbk) US$78 £69

Diagnostics of Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas Using Spectral Lineshapes of One-, Two-, and Three-Electron Systems by Eugene Oks (Auburn University, USA)

The book presents an advanced tool for experimentalists using spectral lineshapes for diagnostics of laboratory or astrophysical plasmas, and for theorists helping the experimentalists in interpreting the experimental line profiles. It significantly expands the scope of parameters of plasmas and/or fields in it that can be measured. For some parameters, the book presents new, more advanced diagnostic methods than the methods covered in the previous books. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in spectroscopic diagnostics of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. 364pp May 2017 978-981-4699-07-5 US$128 £113 978-981-4699-08-2(ebook) US$192 £170

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Turbulent Transport in Magnetized Plasmas (2nd Edition)

by Wendell Horton (University of Texas at Austin, USA) The principles and properties of the major plasma confinement machines are explored with basic physics to the extent currently understood. For the observational laws that are not understood — the empirical confinement laws — offering challenges to the next generation of plasma students and researchers — are explained in detail. An example, is the confinement regime — called the “I–mode” — currently a hot topic — is explored. Numerous important problems and puzzles for the next generation of plasma scientists are explained. There is growing demand for new simulation codes utilizing the massively parallel computers with MPI and GPU methods. When the 20 billion dollar ITER machine is tested in the 2020ies, new theories and faster/smarter computer simulations running in near real-time control systems will be used to control the burning hydrogen plasmas. Readership: Researchers in the fields of condensed matter physics, plasma physics. 450pp Sep 2017 978-981-3225-88-6 US$148 £130 978-981-3225-89-3(ebook) US$222 £195

NOTABLE BACKLIST Problems and Solutions on Electromagnetism edited by Yung-Kuo Lim (NUS, Singapore) Basic Space Plasma Physics (Revised Edition) by Wolfgang Baumjohann (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria) & Rudolf A Treumann (Munich University, Germany) ITER Physics by C Wendell Horton, Jr (University of Texas at Austin, USA) & Sadruddin Benkadda (Aix Marseille University-CNRS, France) Classical Theory of Electromagnetism (2nd Edition) with Companion Solution Manual by Baldassare Di Bartolo (Boston College, USA) Lectures on Classical Electrodynamics by Berthold-Georg Englert (NUS, Singapore) Topological Foundations of Electromagnetism by Terence W Barrett (BSEI, USA) Visual and Computational Plasma Physics by James J Y Hsu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

GENERAL PHYSICS Macroscopic Electrodynamics An Introductory Graduate Treatment

by Walter Wilcox (Baylor University, USA) & Chris Thron (Texas A& M University, USA) “This book provides a comprehensive treatment of classical electrodynamics for graduate students of physics and engineering. The topics are carefully explained, using precise but informal language that would appeal to younger students.” CERN Courier 824pp Mar 2016 978-981-4616-61-4 US$158 £131 978-981-4616-62-1(pbk) US$74 £61

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Soft Matter Transformations in Culinary Processes by Davide Cassi (Universitàdi Parma, Italy), Pere Castells (Alícia Foundation, Spain) & Fernando Sapina-Navarro (University of Valencia, Spain)

Food is like a complex building. The materials are chemical molecules, with all their interrelationships and reactions, giving their chemical properties. The architecture is the micro- and macroscopic structure that gives us their physical properties. The complexity of each food gives rise to different possible points of view in analyzing it. This book chooses the cooking point of view. Cooking is the art of transforming raw materials into accomplished dishes. Therefore, the book aims to systematically analyse culinary processes, i.e. the transformations of food produced by kitchen procedures (cooking, stirring, kneading, etc.) from a physical and a chemical point of view, presenting applications in cooking, from basic and common dishes up to the creations of the world’s greatest chefs. Readership: Students and professionals interested in science and cooking. 250pp Jun 2018 978-981-4397-30-8 US$106 £88 978-981-4397-31-5(ebook) US$159 £133

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Physics and Culture

by Brian Cotterell (University of Sydney, Australia) The role of physics in our culture is examined from the time of Newton to the present day. It has three parts: an introduction to physics and two parts covering the roles of Newtonian and Modern/Postmodern physics. It is shown how popularization enabled physics to become part of our culture, while the topics discussed include religion, philosophy, politics, literature, the visual arts, and music. An underlying theme is that physics is an intimate part of our culture which, together with the other sciences, has had a wide general influence that cannot be ignored. The book has been written for all that are genuinely interested in culture. It is well referenced and illustrated, and suitable for the general public, students and academics who are interested in bridging the sciences and humanities in today’s era of specialization. Readership: General public interested in the influence of physics in culture, students and academics of physics and the humanities. 500pp Oct 2017 978-1-78634-376-5 US$158 £139 978-1-78634-377-2(ebook) US$237 £209

A Modern Course in University Physics Newtonian Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Electromagnetism

by Terrance J Quinn (Middle Tennessee State University, USA)

What is progress in physics? The question here is not about ideal structures. Discerning the already operative presence of eight main tasks helps reveal the (pre-) emergence of a normative omnidisciplinary basis for collaboration. Once adverted to, this promises to be constitutive of a new and needed control of meaning that will divide tasks within an eightfold functional division of labor. This book invites attention to data revealing each of the eight main tasks in existing scholarship and makes preliminary efforts toward envisioning what functional collaboration will look like in physics, the Academy and Society. Readership: Philosophers of physics and physicists interested in foundations and method. 212pp May 2017 978-981-3209-09-1 US$98 £81 978-981-3209-10-7(ebook) US$147 £121

Invitation to Generalized Empirical Method In Philosophy and Science

by Terrance J Quinn (Middle Tennessee State University, USA)

This is a calculus-based textbook on general physics. It contains all the major subjects covered in an intermediate or advanced course on general physics. It aims at the middle to advanced level in general physics. It also embraces the most recent developments in science and technology. Studying general physics with this book, students can have a better understanding of physics principles and a broad view on the applications of physics ideas. Through coherent and humorous elucidation of physics principles, this book tries to make learning general physics a fun and interesting activity.

Bernard Lonergan identified the need and possibility of what he called “generalized empirical method” in science and philosophy. Implementation will be a future community achievement. The book enters into details of a selection of examples in the sciences and philosophy of science. These are provided not to engage in, or blend the present aim with traditional philosophical debate, but as points of entry to help reveal the possibility and need of balanced empirical method. Taking words of Lonergan: “(Q)uestions of method are practical. So my purpose in these (chapters) is not to demonstrate what is necessary. It is not to forecast what is probable. It is ... to invite you to share in the exploration of a proposal” (Bernard Lonergan, A Third Collection (1985), 114). The main examples are drawn from biochemistry and biology, although heuristics envisioned will include all sciences.

Readership: Undergraduate students in science/engineering field and physics lecturers.

Readership: Students and professionals in philosophy of science, and scholars in Lonergan Studies.

500pp May 2018 978-981-4596-96-1 US$118 £98 978-981-4596-97-8(pbk) US$58 £48

228pp Feb 2017 978-981-3208-43-8 US$98 £81 978-981-3208-44-5(ebook) US$147 £121

Problems and Solutions in University Physics

Basic Physics

by Fuxiang Han (Dalian University of Technology, China)

The (Pre-)Dawning of Functional Specialization in Physics

Newtonian Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Electromagnetism by Fuxiang Han (Dalian University of Technology, China) This book is the solution manual to the textbook “A Modern Course in University Physics”. It contains solutions to all the problems in the afore mentioned textbook. This solution manual is a good companion to the textbook. In this solution manual, we work out every problem carefully and in detail. With this solution manual used in conjunction with the textbook, the reader can understand and grasp the physics ideas more quickly and deeply. Some of the problems are not purely exercises; they contain extension of the materials covered in the textbook. Some of the problems contain problemsolving techniques that are not covered in the textbook. Readership: Undergraduate students in science/engineering field and physics lecturers. 500pp May 2018 978-981-4602-03-7(pbk) US$58 £48

by Kenneth W Ford

IN THE NEWS Q&A: Kenneth Ford on Textbooks, Popularizations, and Scientific Secrecy Physics Today, June 2017 This reissued version of the classic text Basic Physics will help teachers at both the high-school and college levels gain new insights into, and deeper understanding of, many topics in both classical and modern physics that are commonly taught in introductory physics courses. All of the original book is included with new content added. Short sections of the previous book (174 in number) are labeled “Features.” These Features are highlighted in the book, set forth in a separate Table of Contents, and separately indexed. Readership: University students, course lecturers, teaching assistants, university curriculum planners. 852pp Feb 2017 978-981-3208-00-1 US$130 £108 978-981-3208-01-8(pbk) US$48 £40

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Wolf Prize in Physics

edited by Tsvi Piran (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) The Wolf Foundation began its activities in 1976, with an initial endowment donated by the Wolf family. Within a very short period of time after its initiation, the Wolf prize has become one of the major signs for recognition of scientific achievements and excellence. This volume is devoted to a selection of Wolf Prize laureates in Physics and each has included two respective major publications as well as a commentary written by the laureate describing his scientific career. Readers around the world are provided a unique opportunity to get a glimpse of how scientific processes work in physics, and to comprehend how these laureates have left an indelible imprint on scientific history. Readership: Students and academics in physics and related areas. 1172pp Oct 2016 978-981-3109-85-8 US$195 £162 978-981-3141-02-5(pbk) US$78 £65

Liquidator

The Chernobyl Story by Sergei Belyakov (Theracross Technologies, Singapore) In the late April of 1986, the world learned about the quaint town in the Central Ukraine — Chernobyl. The largest nuclear catastrophe in the history of mankind, which affected the lives of millions and millions, had forced the USSR government to take unprecedented actions. One of them was the formation of a cleanup crew from the Army reservists. They were tasked with a titanic chore of cleaning the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from radioactive debris after the explosion of Reactor #4. Sergei Belyakov, then a PhD scientist, volunteered to become one of the many “nuclear jumpers” of that long-forgotten crew. This book sums up his recollections about that nuclear jumper stint. It is written not as a traditional memoir, but as an alloy of personal views and feelings, templated over the information about the Chernobyl disaster from the official sources of those days. It will give the Western readers a chilling sense of the magnitude of the event that brought down the almighty Soviet Union. Readership: People who are interested in the Chernobyl story. 200pp Jun 2018 978-981-3227-41-5 US$48 £42 978-981-3228-68-9(pbk) US$28 £25 978-981-3227-43-9(ebook) US$72 £63

The Pull of History

Human Understanding of Magnetism and Gravity through the Ages by Yoshitaka Yamamoto (Sundai Preparatory School, Japan) This book seeks to understand what bring to pass the birth of modern physics by focusing upon the formation of the concept of force. This would be the first book to note the important role magnetism has played in this process. Indeed, the force between celestial bodies, before the introduction of the Isaac Newtonian gravitational force, is first introduced by Johannes Kepler by analogy with the magnetic force. Moreover, this book, by concentrating our attention on the magnetism, fully describes the developments and the recognition of the force concept during the Middle Ages. The detailed description of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is a strong point of this book. By discussing and emphasizing on the role accomplished by the magnetic force, this book makes clear the connection between the natural magic and the modern experimental physics. This book will open up a new aspect of the birth of modern physics. Readership: History students, philosophy students, general public. 900pp Apr 2018 978-981-3223-76-9 US$198 £174 978-981-3223-77-6(ebook) US$297 £261

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New series on Newtonian Physics by Peter Rowlands (University of Liverpool, UK)

Readership: Newtonian scholars, historians of science, philosophers of science and others interested in Newtonian physics.

Newton and Modern Physics

This book looks at how Newton’s theories can be linked to modern day problems and solutions in physics. Newton created an abstract system of theorizing which has been applied to all aspects of the physical world, however he had difficulties in persuading his contemporaries of its unique merits. A detailed study of Newton’s writings, published and unpublished, suggests that he had an almost archetypally powerful mode of thinking guaranteed to produce ‘correct’ results even in areas of physics where systematic study only began long after his time. Newton and Modern Physics investigates this phenomenon, looking at examples of where Newton’s principles have relevance to modern day thinking — the study of Newton’s work in both seventeenth century and present-day contexts helps to enhance our understanding of both. 300pp Sep 2017 978-1-78634-329-1 US$115 £95 978-1-78634-330-7(pbk) US$48 £40 978-1-78634-331-4(ebook) US$173 £143

Newton and the Great World System

Mathematics is, in many ways, the most generic and abstract of all systems of human thought. Once Newton found he could describe dynamics and planetary motions using purely mathematical laws and deductive processes, he understood that there was no limit to what else could be explained — given time and ingenuity every aspect of Nature would find its mathematical roots. Newton himself repeatedly stated how aspects of chemistry, biology and even human thought could be accessed by his method. He also acknowledged how immense the task would be, involving many contributors over many centuries, however once the system was in place, it could be extended indefinitely. Although not fully understood during his lifetime, the Newtonian method has since been applied to many subjects outside of physics, including chemistry, physiology and philosophy. This book analyses the Newtonian method and demonstrates how it represents the very roots of our understanding of the great world system we live in today. 300pp Nov 2017 978-1-78634-372-7 US$115 £101 978-1-78634-374-1(ebook) US$173 £152

Newton: Innovation and Controversy

Unique among celebrated scientists, Newton was equally gifted at theoretical physics, experimental physics and pure mathematics. He was also exceptional in another, less well-recognised sense. No one has come near to equalling his extraordinary analytical power. Analytically-derived truths are controversial because such truths can only be established by extended experimental verification or by their success in generating further truths by systematic development. While Newton’s optics was ultimately established by the first method and his theory of gravity by the second, much of his work on other subjects, though equally powerful and innovative, has never been totally established as part of this analytical context. This book discusses why the innovations matter today and why they were, and sometimes still are, controversial. 300pp Jan 2018 978-1-78634-401-4 US$115 £101 978-1-78634-403-8(ebook) US$173 £152

Physics Catalogue 2018

Atom Projects

“I am the Smartest Man I Know”

by Boris Ioffe (ITEP, Moscow, Russia)

by Ivar Giaever (Applied BioPhysics, Inc., USA)

This book is a collection of personal memories about the people who participated in the USSR atomic project — Landau, Alikhanov, Pomeranchuk, Alikhanian, Migdal Jr., Gribov, Zeldovich, Sakharov, Kurchatov, Vannikov, Eldian. As the author is the only living person who was involved in the project, these personal recollections are interesting and unique for a broad audience who has been unfamiliar with the details so far.

“This is a wonderful story, from Ivar Giaever’s life in a Norwegian village, through Canada, and to General Electric in Schenectady, his experiments on electron tunnelling into superconductors, and the Nobel prize. It is told in his distinctive and unique way of speaking, making it like listening to the story over a cup of coffee, or a glass of Akvavit. Don’t be put off by the title, which has a story of its own, but doesn’t sound at all like the book reads. We are also treated to his views on life, which are always a little different from what one might have expected.” Professor Walter A Harrison Stanford University

Events and People

Readership: Scientists and students who are interested in physics and history of science. 228pp Aug 2017 978-981-3145-93-1 US$55 £46 978-981-3145-94-8(pbk) US$28 £23 978-981-3146-02-0(ebook) US$83 £69

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Standing Together in Troubled Times Unpublished Letters by Pauli, Einstein, Franck and Others

edited by M Shifman (University of Minnesota, USA) “The author has done a very important work in collecting and editing biographic materials on Wolfgang Pauli and Charlotte Houterman. The material has a bearing on the life and works of many people, most of whom lived in Europe, under circumstances which were very difficult in view of the post WW1-situation, which eventually led to totalitarian regimes in Europe and to the disastrous WW2. The letters collected by the author complement the biographic material in a very readable way. The text is a reminder of how fragile our civilisation is.” Dr Christofer Cronström Helsinki Institute of Physics Readership: Students, researchers, academicians and historians of science. 360pp Mar 2017 978-981-3201-00-2 US$75 £62 978-981-3201-01-9(pbk) US$38 £32 978-981-3201-02-6(ebook) US$113 £93

Communicating Science

A Practical Guide for Engineers and Physical Scientists

by Raymond Boxman (Tel Aviv University, Israel) & Edith Boxman “The book, written from years of experience in publishing and teaching, is a delightful, informative, easy read. Taking the lessons provided to heart by writers of scientific publications, journal articles or other formats, could save countless hours and frustration for writers and reviewers. Ultimately it helps to effectively convey the messages to readers. I highly recommend this book to all who are new to publications or to those who feel that improvement of their skills could be possible.” André Anders Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Physics & Senior Scientist, LBNL Readership: Aspiring and practicing engineers and physical scientists. 288pp Feb 2017 978-981-3144-22-4 US$68 £56 978-981-3144-23-1(pbk) US$32 £27 978-981-3144-24-8(ebook) US$102 £84

A Nobel Laureate’s Difficult Journey

“Ivar Giaever’s autobiography is a very lively and entertaining read. In it, he describes detailed recollections of his remarkable life from childhood in a tiny village in rural Norway to a Nobel prize in physics and worldwide recognition of his scientific work. His narrative is sprinkled with frequent touches of humor and his frank opinions on many topics, including “politically incorrect” views on topics like global warming and gender differences.” James D Livingston Author of Rising Force: The Magic of Magnetic Levitation Readership: Students and the general public interested in science and entrepreneurship. 280pp Jan 2017 978-981-3109-17-9 US$58 £48 978-981-3109-18-6(pbk) US$28 £23 978-981-3109-19-3(ebook) US$87 £72

Physics Matters

by Vasant Natarajan (Indian Institute of Science, India) This is a collection of essays on physics topics. It is written as a textbook for non-physics science and arts students, at the undergraduate level. Topics covered include cellphone radiation, lasers, the twin paradox, and more. Readership: Non-physics undergraduates in both the sciences and the arts. 148pp Sep 2016 978-981-3142-50-3 US$58 £48 978-981-3142-51-0(pbk) US$29 £24 978-981-3142-52-7(ebook) US$87 £72

Colour

How We See It and How We Use It by Michael Mark Woolfson (University of York, UK) “This slender work is packed with an enormous amount of information related to the science of colour. The best part of the material is the array of pictures and diagrams, many of which are in colour, that help to complement the text. The book has something for the physicist, chemist, biologist, engineer, and lay reader. Summing up: Highly recommended.” CHOICE Connect Readership: General readership, physicists interested in the colour science, opthalmologists, art historians. 252pp Sep 2016 978-1-78634-084-9 US$75 £62 978-1-78634-085-6(pbk) US$34 £28 978-1-78634-086-3(ebook) US$113 £93

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Building the H Bomb A Personal History

by Kenneth W Ford (Retired Director, American Institute of Physics, USA) “Ford's book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the H bomb and its role in the Cold War, and in how that work affected the life and career of an individual involved.” Physics Today "Personal memories are the book's greatest strength. Ford doesn't glorify, or apologize for, his work on the H-bomb. He simply tells it as it was. As a result, this is an engagingly human glimpse into the world of physics in the US in the early 1950s." Physics World 240pp 978-981-4632-07-2 978-981-4618-79-3(pbk)

Mar 2015 US$58 US$24

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NONLINEAR SCIENCE Exploring Complexity - Vol 3

43 Visions for Complexity

edited by Stefan Thurner (Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Austria) Coping with the complexities of the social world in the 21st century requires deeper quantitative and predictive understanding. Fortythree internationally acclaimed scientists and thinkers share their vision for complexity science in the next decade in this invaluable book. Topics cover how complexity and big data science could help society to tackle the great challenges ahead, and how the newly established Complexity Science Hub Vienna might be a facilitator on this path. Readership: Researchers working on interdisciplinary topics and complexity. 92pp Jan 2017 978-981-3206-84-7 US$28 £23 978-981-3206-85-4(ebook) US$42 £35

NOTABLE BACKLIST Physics Olympiad — Basic to Advanced Exercises by The Committee of Japan Physics Olympiad Fundamental Forces of Nature The Story of Gauge Fields by Kerson Huang (MIT) Statistical Methods in Experimental Physics (2nd Edition) by Frederick James (CERN, Switzerland) PWA90: A Lifetime of Emergence edited by Premi Chandra, Piers Coleman, Gabi Kotliar (Rutgers University, USA), Phuan Ong (Princeton), Daniel L Stein (New York University, USA) & Clare Yu (UC Irvine) Asian Physics Olympiad (1st-8th) Problems and Solutions edited by Yongling Zheng (Fudan University, China) Understanding the Universe (Revised Edition) From Quarks to the Cosmos by Don Lincoln (Fermilab) More Physics with MATLAB (with Companion Media Pack) by Dan Green (Fermilab) Physics in a Mad World edited by M Shifman (University of Minnesota, USA) Dear Professor Dyson Twenty Years of Correspondence Between Freeman Dyson and Undergraduate Students on Science, Technology, Society and Life edited by Dwight E Neuenschwander (Southern Nazarene University, USA) A Bouquet of Numbers and Other Scientific Offerings by Jeremy Bernstein (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) Time in Powers of Ten Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales by Gerard ‘t Hooft & Stefan Vandoren (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) translated by Saskia Eisberg- ‘t Hooft A Singularly Unfeminine Profession One Woman’s Journey in Physics by Mary K Gaillard (UC Berkeley) Achieving the Rare Robert F Christy’s Journey in Physics and Beyond by I-Juliana Christy (Caltech) The Hope and Vision of J Robert Oppenheimer by Michael A Day (Lebanon Valley College, USA) Birds and Frogs Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson, 1990 – 2014 by Freeman J Dyson (IAS, Princeton) More and Different Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon by Philip W Anderson (Princeton)

World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science Series A Vol 92

Modeling, Analysis and Control of Dynamical Systems With Friction and Impacts

by Paweł Olejnik, Jan Awrejcewicz (Lodz University of Technology, Poland) & Michal Fec˘kan (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia) This book is aimed primarily towards physicists and mechanical engineers specializing in modeling, analysis, and control of discontinuous systems with friction and impacts. It fills a gap in the existing literature by offering an original contribution to the field of discontinuous mechanical systems based on mathematical and numerical modeling as well as the control of such systems. Each chapter provides the reader with both the theoretical background and results of verified and useful computations, including solutions of the problems of modeling and application of friction laws in numerical computations, results from finding and analyzing impact solutions, the analysis and control of dynamical systems with discontinuities, etc. Readership: Physicists and mechanical engineers specializing in modeling, analysis and control of discontinuous systems. 276pp Sep 2017 978-981-3225-28-2 US$98 £86 978-981-3225-29-9(ebook) US$147 £129

Understanding Systems

A Grand Challenge for 21st Century Engineering by Michael F Insana & Jamshid Ghaboussi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Our book presents a unique and original viewpoint on natural and engineered systems. The authors’ goal is to propose and explain core principles that govern the formation and function of simple and complex systems. Examples are drawn from a broad range of topics from common materials and manufactured structures to the behavior of cells, organisms and socio-economic organizations. We provide a technical discussion of key engineering principles without the use of mathematics so that we may describe for a general audience how the systems of daily life form, operate, and evolve. We use analogy and illustrations to show how the components self-organize and scale to form complex adaptive systems. Readership: Scientists, engineers, beginning undergraduate and graduate students in engineering, non-experts interested in the behavior of systems that control daily life. 220pp Sep 2017 978-981-3225-94-7 US$68 £60 978-981-3225-95-4(pbk) US$48 £42

Physics Catalogue 2018

NUCLEAR PHYSICS Fundamentals of Nuclear Models

Quarks, Nuclei and Stars

by David J Rowe (University of Toronto, Canada) & John L Wood (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

edited by J W Holt (Texas A& M University, USA), Thomas T S Kuo (Stony Brook University, USA), K K Phua (NTU, Singapore), M Rho (CEA Saclay, France) & I Zahed (Stony Brook University, USA)

Volume 2: Unified Models

The focus of this volume is to show how the various successful models of nuclear structure complement one another and can be realised as approximations, appropriate in different situations, to an underlying nonrelativistic many-nucleon theory of nuclei. In common with the previous volume on Foundational Models, it starts with a broad survey of the relevant nuclear structure data and proceeds with two dominant themes. The first is to review the many-body theories and successful phenomenological models with collective and nucleon degrees of freedom. The second is to show how these models relate to the underlying many-nucleon shell model in its various coupling schemes. Readership: Graduate students, academics, and researchers in nuclear physics, as well as mathematical physicists. 500pp 978-981-4439-10-7

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Dynamics of Intense Particle Beams in Linear Accelerators

MemorialVolume Dedicated to Gerald E Brown

This memorial volume is dedicated to physicist Gerald E Brown (1926 – 2013) or ‘Gerry’ as he was known to his many students, postdocs, colleagues and friends. As written by one of the contributors to this book, “Gerry was an inspiring father figure for generations of theoretical nuclear physicists and a great human being”. This book covers a wide range of topics in nuclear physics, including nuclear structure, two- and three-body nuclear forces, strangeness nuclear physics, chiral symmetry, hadrons in dense medium, hidden local symmetry, heavy quark symmetry, cosmic neutrinos, nuclear double-beta decay, neutron stars, gravitational waves, renormalization group methods, exotic nuclei, electron ion collider (EIC), and much more. Most of the authors are Gerry’s former students and collaborators. Readership: Students and researchers in nuclear and particle physics. 536pp May 2017 978-981-3220-64-5 US$128 £106 978-981-3220-66-9(ebook) US$192 £159

by Yuri Batygin (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) This book is devoted to the quickly developing area of high intensity particle beam physics. Beam emittance growth, halo formation and chaotic particle motion are the main areas of research in the new intense particle accelerators. Knowledge of those phenomena is crucial for the design of particle accelerators with space-charge dominated beams. This important book provides a new, self-consistent description of high brightness particle beams with essentially nonlinear space-charge forces. The emphasis is on the proper matching of the beam with focusing and accelerating structures to suppress beam emittance growth and halo formation. Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers in nuclear physics and high energy physics. 350pp Feb 2018 978-981-02-4027-1 US$132 £110 978-981-4696-88-3(ebook) US$198 £165

Emergent Phenomena in Atomic Nuclei from Large-Scale Modeling 20

A Symmetry-Guided Perspective

The Multifaceted Skyrmion (2nd Edition)

edited by Mannque Rho (CEA Saclay, France) & Ismail Zahed (Stony Brook University, USA) This book presents, in the form of reviews by world’s leading physicists in wide-ranging fields in theoretical physics, the influence and prescience of Skyrme’s daring idea of 1960, originally conceived for nuclear physics, that fermions can arise from bosons via topological solitons, pervasively playing a powerful role in wide-ranging areas of physics, from nuclear/astrophysics, to particle physics, to string theory and to condensed matter physics. This second edition has been expanded with addition of new reviews and extensively updated to take into account the latest developments in the field. Readership: Research scientists in the fields of condensed matter physics, nuclear and particle physics, and string theory. 748pp Nov 2016 978-981-4704-40-3 US$168 £139 978-981-4704-41-0(ebook) US$252 £209

edited by Kristina D Launey (Louisiana State University, USA)

Edward Teller Lectures (2nd Edition)

This book is a unique collection of reviews that share a common topic, emergent phenomena in atomic nuclei, while revealing the multifaceted nature of the subject, from quarks to heavy nuclei. It tells an amazing story of a decades-long journey of trials and successes, up to present days, with the aim to understand the vast array of experimental data and the fundamentals of strongly interacting fermions. The emphasis is on discovering emergent orderly patterns amidst the overarching complexity of many-particle quantum-mechanical systems. Recent findings are discussed within an interesting framework: a combination of nuclear theory and experiment, of group theory and computational science, and of pivotal models of astonishing simplicity and state-of-the-art models empowered by supercomputers.

edited by Heinrich Hora (University of New South Wales, Australia) & George H Miley (University of Illinois, Urbana, USA)

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in nuclear physics. 392pp Sep 2017 978-981-3146-04-4 US$138 £121 978-981-3146-05-1(ebook) US$207 £182

Lasers and Inertial Fusion Energy

“The 2nd Edition gives an overview of inertial confinement research over 50 years presented by major participants. It provides an authoritative account of the inertial confinement fusion approach to achieving an environmentally clean and economically feasible option for future energy production.” Dr Fred Osman Trinity Grammar School, Sydney Readership: Upper-level undergraduates, academics, researchers, and industrialists in plasma and laser physics. 512pp Oct 2016 978-1-911299-65-3 US$145 £120 978-1-911299-66-0(ebook) US$218 £180

For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com NOTABLE BACKLIST Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics (2nd Edition) by A Das & T Ferbel (University of Rochester, USA) Principles of Fusion Energy An Introduction to Fusion Energy for Students of Science and Engineering by A A Harms, D R Kingdon (McMaster University, Canada), K F Schoepf (University of Innsbruck, Austria) & G H Miley (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA) Principles of Radiation Interaction in Matter and Detection (4th Edition) by Claude Leroy (Universitéde Montréal, Canada) & Pier-Giorgio Rancoita (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milan, Italy) Relativistic Density Functional for Nuclear Structure edited by Jie Meng (Peking University, China) Nuclear Radiation Interactions by Sidney Yip (MIT) Quark – Gluon Plasma 5 edited by Xin-Nian Wang (Central China Normal University, China & LBNL) Subatomic Physics (3rd Edition) by Ernest M Henley & Alejandro Garcia (University of Washington, USA) Quarks and Gluons A Century of Particle Charges by M Y Han (Duke University) Spin Physics Selected Papers from the 21st International Symposium on Spin Physics (SPIN2014) edited by Haiyan Gao (Duke University, USA) & Bo-Qiang Ma (Peking University, China) Fundamentals of Nuclear Models Foundational Models by David J Rowe (University of Toronto, Canada) & John L Wood (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

OPTICS AND LASER PHYSICS Short Pulse Laser Interactions with Matter (2nd Edition)

by Paul Gibbon (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany) This book examines the physical phenomena which occur when light from short-pulse lasers interacts with material in gaseous, liquid or solid forms. The huge concentration of photon energy within the laser ensures that ordinary matter is torn apart within a few cycles, giving way to a host of exotic physical effects such as multiphoton ionization, particle acceleration by plasma waves, relativistic self-channeling and high harmonic generation. These processes are central to a number of emerging applications of high-power laser technology, such as hadron therapy, X-ray flash-lamps and photonuclear physics. Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students interested in laser technology and researchers in laser and plasma physics. 400pp 978-1-84816-865-7

Aug 2018 US$88 £73

Scattering and Diffraction in Physical Optics (3rd Edition)

by Manuel Nieto-Vesperinas (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain) 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. This latest edition is expanded to deal with more modern topics in a comprehensive way. Also included is an additional chapter on optomechanics manipulation of nanoparticles. Readership: Postgraduates and researchers interested in electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic optics and photonics. 520pp 978-981-4630-04-7

Jun 2018 US$108 £90

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Physics of Nonlinear Optics (2nd Edition)

by Guang S He (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA) & Song H Liu (South China Normal University, China) Review of the First Edition: “It is an excellent handbook that can be used by research scientists and engineers working in optics, laser technology, opto-electronics, photonics, chemistry, and a number of other multidisciplinary fields ... The book is well referenced and has a good table of contents. I would recommend it as a must for any optics library.” Optics & Photonics News Readership: Graduate students and research scientists/engineers who work in optics, electro-optics, laser technology, opto-electronics, quantum electronics, photonics, engineering, chemistry and other multi-disciplinary fields. 600pp 978-981-3223-04-2

Jan 2018 US$128 £113

Lasers for Scientists and Engineers by L Wilmer Anderson & John B Boffard (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Lasers for Scientists and Engineers is a grand and glorious book that discusses the principles of laser operation and the details of how selected lasers operate. This book is short and easy to read, enabling the reader to thoroughly grasp the subject, with discussions that begin at an elementary level and lead to a complete understanding of lasers. This book is suitable for a one semester college course for upper-level undergraduate or first year graduate level students in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and the various fields of engineering. Readership: Advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics and electrical engineering, practicing engineers, and non-experts interested in all-optical network technologies. 412pp 978-981-3224-28-5

Aug 2017 US$98 £86

Quantum Optics for Experimentalists by Zheyu Jeff Ou (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, USA)

This book on quantum optics is from the point of view of an experimentalist. It approaches the theory of quantum optics with the language of optical modes of classical wave theory, with which experimentalists are most familiar. This approach makes the transition easy from classical optics to quantum optics. The emphasis on the multimode description of an optical system is more realistic than in most quantum optics textbooks. After the theoretical part, the book goes directly to the two most basic experimental techniques in quantum optics and establishes the connection between the experiments and the theory. The applications include some key quantum optics experiments, and a few more current interests that deal with quantum correlation and entanglement, quantum noise in phase measurement and amplification, and quantum state measurement. Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in quantum optics. 432pp Jul 2017 978-981-3220-19-5 US$128 £113 978-981-3220-20-1(pbk) US$68 £60

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Interaction of Mid-Infrared Parametric Waves in Laser Plasmas

by Rashid Ganeev (Voronezh State University, Russia) This book shows the most recent findings of various new schemes of the application of MIR pulses for HHG in laser-produced low-ionised, low-density plasma plumes, which could be dubbed for simplicity as ‘plasma harmonics’. The use of any element of the periodic table, as well as thousands of complex samples that exist as solids largely extends the range of materials employed, whereas only a few rare gases are typically available for gas HHG. The exploration of practically any solid-state material through the nonlinear spectroscopy comprising laser ablation and harmonic generation can be considered as a new tool for materials science. Thus the MIR pump based laser-ablation-induced high-order harmonic generation spectroscopy can be considered a new method for the study of materials and one of most important applications of plasma HHG. Readership: Researchers working on laser-induced plasmas or laser applications. 296pp Apr 2017 978-981-3208-25-4 US$118 £98 978-981-3208-26-1(ebook) US$177 £147

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff’s Treatise “On the Theory of Light Rays” (1882) English Translation, Analysis and Commentary edited by Klaus Hentschel & Ning Yan Zhu (University of Stuttgart, Germany) The 1882 paper by the mathematical physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff on diffraction theory is still being discussed to this day, but has never been translated into English. This volume contains the first English translation of the Kirchhoff treatise, as well as background and commentary on it. Included are a biographical introduction to Kirchhoff’s life, an analysis of the reception to Kirchhoff’s paper through the ages, a discussion on why Kirchhoff’s theory manages to produce accurate predictions in spite of being “wrong”, and views on the theory as well as its predecessor and subsequent developments. This anthology will make all English-speaking scientists, engineers, historians, and interested laymen aware of the great fecundity of Kirchhoff’s thought and historical context. Readership: Physicists, engineers, historians and philosophers of science. 168pp Oct 2016 978-981-3147-13-3 US$88 £73 978-981-3147-15-7(ebook) US$132 £110

NOTABLE BACKLIST Introduction to Geometrical Optics by Milton Katz (State University of New York, USA) Problems and Solutions on Optics edited by Yung-Kuo Lim (NUS, Singapore) Short Pulse Laser Interactions with Matter An Introduction by Paul Gibbon (Research Centre Jülich, Germany) Fiber Amplifiers and Fiber Lasers by Niloy K Dutta (University of Connecticut, USA) Laser 50 Years of Discoveries by Fabien Bretenaker (Laboratoire AiméCotton, France) & Nicolas Treps (University Pierre and Marie Curie, France) Birefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements (2nd Edition) by Martin W McCall (Imperial College London, UK), Ian J Hodgkinson (University of Otago, New Zealand) & Qihong Wu (Finisar Australia, Australia) Engineering Optics with MATLAB ® by Ting-Chung Poon (Virginia Tech, USA) & Taegeun Kim (Sejong University, South Korea)

PARTICLE PHYSICS / HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, QUANTUM FIELDS Nonabelian Quantized Field Theories

Subtleties, Anomalies and Necessary Existence of Regions Accessible Non-Accessible to Renormalized Perturbation Expansions edited by Peter Minkowski (University of Bern, Switzerland) This book will develop the basic form of renormalized field theories as specified in the subtitle and leads to the important consequences and questions to be solved. The topics covered include Regge parametrization, classification of elementary particles, symmetry of baryons and mesons, unified interactions of leptons and hadrons, as well as nongravitational local gauge field theories and others. In the commentaries, the author discusses how the selected papers accumulated from 1966 contributed to our present improved state of knowledge as well as the emergent questions which remain as problems to be eventually assessed in the future. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in quantum field theories. 600pp 978-981-4723-05-3

Aug 2018 US$190 £158

100 Years of General Relativity

Advanced Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors (In 2 Volumes) Volume I: Essentials of Gravitational Wave Detectors Volume II: Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and Beyond

edited by David Reitze (Caltech) & Peter Saulson (Syracuse University, USA) Advanced Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors brings together many of the world’s top experts to deliver an authoritative and in-depth treatment on current and future detectors. Volume I is devoted to the essentials of gravitational-wave detectors, presenting the physical principles behind large-scale precision interferometry, the physics of the underlying noise sources that limit interferometer sensitivity, and an explanation of the key enabling technologies that are used in the detectors. Volume II provides an in-depth look at the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo interferometers that have just finished construction, as well as examining future interferometric detector concepts. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in gravitational waves and experimental physics. 700pp Jul 2018 978-981-3146-07-5(Set) US$198 £164 978-981-3146-08-2(Set)(ebook) US$297 £246 Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics

Multiple Parton Interactions at the LHC edited by Paolo Bartalini (Central China Normal University, China), Jonathan Richard Gaunt (Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef), The Netherlands)

Many high-energy collider experiments (including the current Large Hadron Collider at CERN) involve the collision of hadrons. Hadrons are composite particles consisting of partons (quarks and gluons), and this means that in any hadron – hadron collision there will typically be multiple collisions of the constituents — i.e. multiple parton interactions (MPI). Understanding the nature of the MPI is important in terms of searching for new physics in the products of the scatters, and also in its own right to gain a greater understanding of hadron structure. This book aims at providing a pedagogical introduction and a comprehensive review of different research lines linked by an involvement of MPI phenomena. It is written by pioneers as well as young leading scientists, and reviews both experimental findings and theoretical developments, discussing also the remaining open issues. Readership: This is a valuable reference for both graduate students and experienced researchers in particle physics. 600pp Nov 2018 978-981-3227-75-0 US$188 £165 978-981-3227-76-7(ebook) US$282 £248

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An Introduction to String Theory and D-Brane Dynamics (3rd Edition) With Problems and Solutions

by Richard J Szabo (Heriot-Watt University, UK) This invaluable book provides both an introduction to the rudiments of perturbative string theory and a more detailed introduction to the more current topic of D-brane dynamics. The approach taken is pedagogical, with much of the technical detail streamlined. It is the concise nature of this rapid, but highly coherent, introduction to the subject that distinguishes it from other books on string theory or D-brane dynamics. The third edition has been revised to include a new chapter on the recent topic of string theory in electromagnetic fields. The material is based on courses in theoretical high-energy physics delivered by the author at various summer schools, so its level of appropriateness has been tested and has been resoundingly well received. Readership: Graduate students and professionals in the field of high-energy or particle physics. 200pp May 2018 978-1-78634-018-4 US$90 £75 978-1-78634-019-1(ebook) US$135 £112

Scientific Works of Shoichi Sakata and Commentaries edited by Toshihide Maskawa (Nagoya University, Japan)

S Sakata (1911–1970) was an outstanding leader of Japanese physicists. In 1955 he proposed a composite model for hadrons (the Sakata model) that became the inspiration for the later Cabibbo– Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix of 1973, which led to the Nobel Prize in Physics for T Maskawa and M Kobayashi. In commemoration of Professor Sakata, Professor Maskawa and a scientific committee from the Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute and Department of Physics of Nagoya University put together this volume that consists of a selection of Sakata’s scientific papers, as well as some important scientific papers influenced by him, including the Kobayashi–Maskawa paper. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in particle physics or the work of Prof. Shoichi Sakata. 450pp Apr 2018 978-981-4663-90-8 US$118 £98 978-981-4675-65-9(ebook) US$177 £147 Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics

The State of the Art of Neutrino Physics

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Quantum Field Theory

Lectures of Sidney Coleman Foreword by David Kaiser edited by Bryan Gin-ge Chen (Leiden University, Netherlands), David Derbes (University of Chicago, USA), David Griffiths (Reed College, USA), Brian Hill (Saint Mary’s College of California, USA), Richard Sohn (Kronos, Inc., Lowell, USA) & Yuan-Sen Ting (Harvard) “Sidney Coleman was the master teacher of quantum field theory. All of us who knew him became his students and disciples. Sidney’s legendary course remains fresh and bracing, because he chose his topics with a sure feel for the essential, and treated them with elegant economy.” Frank Wilczek Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics MIT Readership: Graduate students and academics interested in quantum field theory. 600pp Mar 2018 978-981-4632-53-9 US$110 £91 978-981-4635-50-9(pbk) US$55 £46 978-981-4635-51-6(ebook) US$165 £137

Fermilab at 50

edited by Swapan Chattopadhyay (Northern Illinois University, USA & Fermilab) & Joseph Lykken (Fermilab) “My 40 years of association with Fermilab has been exciting and memorable. I have worked with many very competent, dedicated and sometimes colorful characters with whom I have made friends. I look forward to a continuing collaboration ... Happy 50th anniversary Fermilab!” Lyndon Evans Director, Linear Collider Collaboration Readership: Academics and general readers in particle physics. 300pp Dec 2017 978-981-3227-45-3 US$58 £51 978-981-3227-46-0(ebook) US$87 £77

Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition) An Introduction

A Tutorial for Graduate Students and Young Researchers

by Asim Gangopadhyaya, Jeffry Mallow (Loyola University Chicago, USA) & Constantin Rasinariu (Columbia College Chicago, USA)

edited by Antonio Ereditato (University of Bern, Switzerland)

Reviews of the First Edition: “This work is appropriate for anyone with a solid background in upperdivision undergraduate mathematics and physics ... The problems, which are scattered throughout the chapters, were very well chosen.” CHOICE

The neutrino is the most fascinating elementary particle due to its elusive nature and outstanding properties that have attracted the interest of generations of physicists since 1930, when it was first postulated by Wolfgang Pauli as a “desperate remedy” to explain the apparent energy violation in the beta decay. Many fundamental discoveries in particle physics had the neutrino involved in one way or another. To date, neutrino physics is still one of the hottest topics of modern particle physics. Key experiments and significant theoretical developments have contributed in building up what we can call now the Standard Model of Neutrino Physics. Readership: Students and researchers interested in high energy physics and/or astrophysics. 560pp Apr 2018 978-981-3226-08-1 US$168 £148 978-981-3226-09-8(ebook) US$252 £222

Readership: Undergraduates, graduate and academics in physics. 300pp Feb 2018 978-981-3221-03-1 US$98 £81 978-981-3221-04-8(pbk) US$48 £40

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Physics Catalogue 2018

Concepts in Particle Physics

A Concise Introduction to the Standard Model by V Parameswaran Nair (City College of New York, USA)

edited by Kok Khoo Phua, Hwee Boon Low & Chi Xiong (NTU, Singapore)

This book is an attempt to put the key concepts of particle physics together in an appealing way, and yet give enough extra tidbits for students seriously considering graduate studies in particle physics. It starts with some recapitulation of relativity and quantum mechanics, and then builds on it to give both conceptual ideas regarding the Standard Model of particle physics as well as technical details. It is presented in an informal lecture style, and includes “remarks” sections where extra material, history, or technical details are presented for the interested student. The last lecture presents an assessment of the open questions, and where the future might take us.

Professor Kerson Huang was a well respected theoretical physicist, who was also well versed in English and Chinese

Readership: Advanced undergraduates studying particle physics.

Readership: Academics in high energy physics, cosmology, condensed matter and statistical physics.

316pp 978-981-3227-55-2

Dec 2017 US$98 £86

Tsinghua Report and Review in Physics - Vol 3

Principles of Physics (2nd Edition) From Quantum Field Theory to Classical Mechanics by Jun Ni (Tsinghua University, China) Review of the First Edition: “The book is highly recommended as a reference for advanced graduate students and scholars involved in modern physics research. The perspective obtained from sequential derivation and presentation of topics, from quantum to macro-scales, enables the reader with an increased understanding of the topics so described.” Contemporary Physics Readership: This is suitable for graduate students and physicists who wish to have an overview of fundamental physics. 560pp 978-981-3227-09-5

Sep 2017 US$98 £86

The Standard Model and Beyond

Memorial Volume for Kerson Huang

This memorial volume is dedicated to Prof Huang who passed away peacefully at home on September 1, 2016 at the age of 88. The volume features the recollections of Prof Huang by his former colleagues and students, including Profs Chen-Ning Yang and Samuel Ting, as well as their reflections on Prof Huang’s achievements in the various subdivisions of physics.

144pp Sep 2017 978-981-3207-42-4 US$34 £28 978-981-3207-43-1(ebook) US$51 £42

Memorial Volume for Stanley Mandelstam

edited by Nathan Berkovits (São Paulo State University, Brazil), Lars Brink (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Ling-Lie Chau (UC Davis), Kok Khoo Phua (NTU, Singapore) & Charles B Thorn (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA) Stanley Mandelstam (1928 – 2016) was one of the most influential and respected particle theorists. Coming as a young chemical engineer from South Africa to study theoretical physics in England, he quickly became a leading physicist in his field. With his deep understanding of quantum field theory, he pioneered the development of the analytic S-matrix theory as well as the path-dependent formulations for quantum gauge theories and for quantum general relativity. This volume contains essays written by many of his friends and students, including both detailed reports on his scientific achievements as well as personal reminiscences. Also collected in the volume are some selected reprints of Mandelstam’s early seminal papers and abstracts of selected papers representing the full spectrum of his contributions.

by Ioannis (J D) Vergados (University of Ioannina, Greece)

Readership: Students, researchers and academics interested in particle physics and the work of Stanley Mandelstam.

This book contains a systematic and pedagogical exposition of recent developments in particle physics and cosmology. It starts with two introductory chapters on group theory and the Dirac theory. Then it proceeds with the formulation of the Standard Model (SM) of Particle Physics, particle content and symmetries, fully exploiting the material of the first two chapters. It discusses the concept of gauge symmetries and emphasizes their role in particle physics. It then analyses the Higgs mechanism and the spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB). It explains how the particles (gauge bosons and fermions) after the SSB acquire a mass and get admixed. The various forms of charged currents are discussed in detail as well as how the parameters of the SM, which cannot be determined by the theory, are fixed by experiment, including the recent LHC data and the Higgs discovery. Quantum chromodynamics is discussed and various low energy approximations to it are presented. The Feynman diagrams are introduced and applied, at the level of first year graduate students.

348pp Aug 2017 978-981-3207-84-4 US$118 £104 978-981-3227-90-3(pbk) US$48 £42 978-981-3207-85-1(ebook) US$177 £156

Readership: Advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates studying particle or astroparticle physics. 450pp 978-981-3228-55-9

Oct 2017 US$98 £86

Nuclear Particle Correlations and Cluster Physics edited by Schröder Wolf-Udo (University of Rochester, USA)

A timely presentation of new results, challenges, and opportunities in the quickly developing field of nuclear cluster physics, presented by an international group of eminent theoretical and experimental scientists active in the field. Their work reveals how correlations of nucleons can appear spontaneously, propagate, and survive in nuclear matter at both low and high densities. Characteristic nuclear substructures, beyond those predicted by mean-field or collective scenarios, appear on microscopic and cosmic length scales. They can influence the dynamics of fusion of light nuclei and the decay of heavy, fissioning nuclei or of systems produced transiently in heavy-ion reactions. A must-read for young scientists entering the field and a valuable resource for more seasoned nuclear researchers! Readership: Researchers and graduate students in nuclear, high energy and particle physics. 572pp Jul 2017 978-981-3209-34-3 US$188 £165 978-981-3209-35-0(ebook) US$282 £248

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Technology Meets Research

Open Access

60 Years of CERN Technology: Selected Highlights

edited by Christian Fabjan (Vienna University of Technology & Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria), Thomas Taylor, Daniel Treille & Horst Wenninger (CERN, Switzerland) “Big” science and advanced technology are known to cross-fertilize. This book emphasizes the interplay between particle physics and technology at CERN that has led to breakthroughs in both research and technology over the laboratory’s first 60 years. The innovations, often the work of individuals or by small teams, are illustrated with highlights describing selected technologies from the domains of accelerators and detectors. The book also presents the framework and conditions prevailing at CERN that enabled spectacular advances in technology and contributed to propel the European organization into the league of leading research laboratories in the world. Readership: Research scientists, physicists, engineers and administrators at accelerator laboratories; general readers; undergraduates and graduates in physics and electrical engineering.

WORLD SCIENTIFIC 100 Years of General Relativity - Vol 3

An Introduction to Covariant Quantum Gravity and Asymptotic Safety by Roberto Percacci (SISSA — International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy)

This book covers recent developments in the covariant formulation of quantum gravity. Developed in the 1960s by Feynman and DeWitt, by the 1980s this approach seemed to lead nowhere due to perturbative non-renormalizability. The possibility of nonperturbative renormalizability or “asymptotic safety”, originally suggested by Weinberg but largely ignored for two decades, was revived towards the end of the century by technical progress in the field of the renormalization group. It is now a very active field of research, providing an alternative to other approaches to quantum gravity. Readership: Researchers in quantum gravity, and anyone looking to enter the field. 312pp Apr 2017 978-981-3207-17-2 US$118 £98 978-981-3207-18-9(ebook) US$177 £147

484pp Jun 2017 978-981-4749-13-8 US$168 £139 978-981-4749-14-5(ebook) US$252 £209

Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology

Memorial Volume on Abdus Salam’s 90th Birthday

edited by Alexander W Chao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA) & Weiren Chou (Fermilab)

edited by Lars Brink (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Michael Duff (Imperial College London, UK) & Kok Khoo Phua (NTU, Singapore) In honor of one of the most prolific and exciting scientists of the second half of the last century, a memorial meeting was organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies at Nanyang Technological University for Professor Abdus Salam’s 90th Birthday in January 2016. Professor Salam shared the Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) with S Glashow and S Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He was the first Pakistani Nobel Laureate and the second only Muslim after Anwar Sadat. The book collected the papers presented at this memorable event which saw many distinguished scientists participating as speakers to reflect on Prof Salam’s great passion for the science and achievements. Readership: Students, researchers and academics interested in elementary particle physics.

Volume 9: Technology and Applications of Advanced Accelerator Concepts

Since its invention in the 1920s, particle accelerators have made tremendous progress in accelerator science, technology and applications. However, the fundamental acceleration principle, namely, to apply an external radiofrequency (RF) electric field to accelerate charged particles, remains unchanged. As this method (either room temperature RF or superconducting RF) is approaching its intrinsic limitation in acceleration gradient (measured in MeV/m), it becomes apparent that new methods with much higher acceleration gradient (measured in GeV/m) must be found for future very high energy accelerators as well as future compact (table-top or room-size) accelerators. This volume introduces a number of advanced accelerator concepts (AAC) — their principles, technologies and potential applications. For the time being, none of them stands out as a definitive direction in which to go. But these novel ideas are in hot pursuit and look promising. Furthermore, some AAC requires a high power laser system. This has the implication of bringing two different communities — accelerator and laser — to join forces and work together. It will have profound impact on the future of our field. Readership: Physicists and engineers in accelerator science and industry.

544pp May 2017 978-981-3144-86-6 US$128 £106 978-981-3144-87-3(ebook) US$192 £159

344pp Apr 2017 978-981-3209-57-2 US$148 £123 978-981-3209-58-9(ebook) US$222 £185

Quantum Field Theory

The Future of High Energy Physics — Some Aspects

by Harald Fritzsch (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany) The matter in our universe is composed of electrons and quarks. The dynamics of electrons and quarks is described by the Standard Model of particle physics, which is based on quantum field theories. The general framework of quantum field theories is described in this book. After the classical mechanics and the relativistic mechanics the details of classical scalar fields, of electrodynamics and of quantum mechanics are discussed. Then the quantization of scalar fields, of spinor fields and of vector fields is described.

edited by L R Flores Castillo (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) & K Prokofiev (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) This book comprises 26 carefully edited articles with well-referenced and up-to-date material written by many of the leading experts. These articles — originated from presentations and dialogues at the second HKUST Institute for Advanced Study Program on High Energy Physics — are organized into three aspects, Theory, Accelerator, and Experiment, focusing on in-depth analyses and technical aspects that are essential for the developments and expectations for the future high energy physics.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in quantum field theory and its application in Standard Model and Grand Unification.

Readership: Researchers, academics and graduate students in the field of high energy physics.

168pp May 2017 978-981-3141-72-8 US$68 £56 978-981-3141-73-5(ebook) US$102 £84

332pp Apr 2017 978-981-3209-91-6 US$128 £106 978-981-3220-08-9(ebook) US$192 £159

Physics Catalogue 2018

Group and Representation Theory

by J D Vergados (University of Ioannina, Greece) “This book by Vergados provides an excellent method to learn about Lie groups and their many applications to modern science. It covers the classical groups in a thorough and enjoyable manner — two qualities not usually associated together in textbooks. His approach is different than that found in the usual textbooks and which is much more suited to the eventual applications of the topics. In particular, his presentations of the construction of irreducible representations and Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients is exceptional; it is difficult to find such clear and useful discussions of the topic elsewhere. I only wish I had had access to this book when I was learning the subject many years ago, or when I was teaching the subject.” Daniel Strottman Los Alamos National Laboratory Readership: Advanced undergraduate students in particle physics/high energy physics. 348pp 978-981-3202-44-3

Feb 2017 US$88 £73

The Large Hadron Collider

The Greatest Adventure in Town and Ten Reasons Why it Matters, as Illustrated by the ATLAS Experiment by Andrew J Millington (OMNI Communications, UK) edited by Markus Nordberg, Thorsten Wengler & Rob McPherson (ATLAS at CERN, Switzerland) This book charts a path through the cultural, economic and medical gains of modern particle physics. It illustrates these messages through the ATLAS experiment at CERN, one of the two big experiments which found the Higgs particle. Moving clear of in-depth physics analysis, it draws on the unparalleled curiosity about particle physics aroused by the Higgs discovery, and relates it to developments familiar in the modern world, including the Internet, its successor “The Grid”, and the latest cancer treatments. Readership: Advanced students and professionals interested in the wider story of the LHC, and the stories behind the ATLAS experiment. 292pp Nov 2016 978-1-78634-136-5 US$78 £65 978-1-78634-137-2(pbk) US$38 £32 978-1-78634-138-9(ebook) US$117 £97

Higher Spin Gauge Theories

edited by Lars Brink (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Marc Henneaux (UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles & International Solvay Institutes, Belgium) & Mikhail A Vasiliev (Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia) Symmetries play a fundamental role in physics. Non-Abelian gauge symmetries are the symmetries behind theories for massless spin-1 particles, while the reparametrization symmetry is behind Einstein’s gravity theory for massless spin-2 particles. In supersymmetric theories these particles can be connected also to massless fermionic particles. Does Nature stop at spin-2 or can there also be massless higher spin theories. In the past strong indications have been given that such theories do not exist. However, in recent times ways to evade those constraints have been found and higher spin gauge theories have been constructed. With the advent of the AdS/CFT duality correspondence even stronger indications have been given that higher spin gauge theories play an important role in fundamental physics. Readership: Researchers and academics in theoretical high energy physics. 404pp Jan 2017 978-981-3144-09-5 US$148 £123 978-981-3144-10-1(ebook) US$222 £185

Anomaly! Collider Physics and the Quest for New Phenomena at Fermilab by Tommaso Dorigo (INFN, Italy)

“What makes Anomaly! unique is the sense of what research is like within a collaboration determined to make history. There have been other accounts of discovery in particle physics experiments ... But none has captured the boom-and-bust cycle of collaborative frontier science quite so well and quite so entertainingly as Dorigo. His lively tour of the false discoveries and crushed ambitions, the outrageous hope, hard work and intense focus is a guilty pleasure in the very best sense.” Times Higher Education Readership: General readers interested in physics and the Fermilab experiments, graduate and undergraduate students in physics, researchers, scientific historians and physicists from other fields. 304pp Nov 2016 978-1-78634-110-5 US$110 £91 978-1-78634-111-2(pbk) US$48 £40 978-1-78634-112-9(ebook) US$165 £136

Discovery of the Higgs Boson

edited by Aleandro Nisati (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare — Sezione di Roma, Italy) & Vivek Sharma (UC San Diego) “This book is printed on high-quality paper including many full coloured figures that make it a pleasure to read and extract information out of it. For sure, this collection is a valuable contribution to the literature as no equivalent textbook exists. In summary, this collection is a comprehensive account of the experimental effort in the search for the Higgs boson at the LHC and has the ability to work as a standard reference in the field.” Zentralblatt MATH Readership: Graduate students and researchers in particle physics. 472pp Oct 2016 978-981-4425-44-5 US$128 £113 978-981-4425-87-2(pbk) US$58 £51 978-981-4425-45-2(ebook) US$192 £170

Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics - Vol 26

Open Access

The Standard Theory of Particle Physics

Essays to Celebrate CERN’s 60th Anniversary edited by Luciano Maiani (INFN & University of Rome, Italy) & Luigi Rolandi (CERN, Switzerland & Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy) “In this very substantial collection of original articles the physics foundation, as well as the impressive experimental evidence, for the Standard Model are presented in a coherent and attractive way. This is a great collection of articles, for advanced students and active researchers, as well as for readers who would like to have a comprehensive documentation about one of the greatest achievements of fundamental physics in the last 60 years, to which CERN has contributed so much.” Peter Jenni CERN Readership: Graduate students and researchers in particle physics. 484pp 978-981-4733-50-2

Oct 2016 US$162 £134

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An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution The Holographic Universe

by Leonard Susskind (Stanford University, USA) & James Lindesay (Howard University, USA) “Students and non-specialists will welcome this book, which provides an entry into this fascinating realm at a level that can be enjoyed by an enterprising undergraduate ... This well-planned, stimulating and sometimes provocative book can be enthusiastically recommended.” Classical and Quantum Gravity Readership: Graduate students, researchers and theoretical physicists. 200pp Dec 2004 978-981-256-083-4 US$39 £32 978-981-256-131-2(pbk) US$19 £16 978-981-256-309-5(ebook) US$59 £48

Particles and Quantum Fields

by Hagen Kleinert (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) This is an introductory book on elementary particles and their interactions. It starts out with many-body Schrödinger theory and second quantization and leads, via its generalization, to relativistic fields of various spins and to gravity. The text begins with the best known quantum field theory so far, the quantum electrodynamics of photon and electrons (QED). It continues by developing the theory of strong interactions between the elementary constituents of matter (quarks). This is possible due to the property called asymptotic freedom. On the way one has to tackle the problem of removing various infinities by renormalization. The divergent sums of infinitely many diagrams are performed with the renormalization group or by variational perturbation theory (VPT). The latter is an outcome of the Feynman-Kleinert variational approach to path integrals discussed in two earlier books of the author, one representing a comprehensive treatise on path integrals, the other dealing with critial phenomena. Unlike ordinary perturbation theory, VPT produces uniformly convergent series which are valid from weak to strong couplings, where they describe critical phenomena. Readership: Students and researchers in theoretical physics. 1628pp Jul 2016 978-981-4740-89-0 US$168 £139 978-981-4740-90-6(pbk) US$60 £50 978-981-4740-91-3(ebook) US$252 £209

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QUANTUM MECHANICS AND QUANTUM INFORMATION An Introduction to the Methods of Relativistic Molecular Quantum Mechanics by Stephen Wilson

Molecular electronic structure calculations have assumed increasing importance in a wide range of research fields. Applications abound in fields as diverse as molecular electronics and pharmacology, radioastronomy and organic synthesis. The vast majority of contemporary molecular electronic structure studies are performed within the framework of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. However, recent years have seen a growing recognition of the importance of relativistic effects in molecules, especially in systems containing heavy atoms. This has fuelled the development of methods for relativistic molecular electronic structure studies. This book describes the essential theoretical and computational apparatus for a relativistic quantum chemistry. Readership: Chemists and physicists. 250pp 978-981-02-2444-8

Aug 2018 US$77 £64

Quantum Effects in Biology

by Sisir Roy (National Institute of Advanced Studies, India) This book intends to give a systematic exposition of the validity of quantum principles in biological systems. There are two types of applications of quantum theory in physical systems — the “trivial applications” and “non-trivial applications”. Since every object in this universe consists of atoms and molecules, they should be described by the laws of quantum theory — which we call trivial applications. On the other hand, there exist some systems where the observational results cannot be explained by the laws of classical physics and this requires a change of paradigm — these are known as non-trivial applications. Many authors pointed out such non-trivial applications of quantum theory to explain how some biological systems function. In this book, we review such kinds of results in a systematic manner which clearly indicates the need to change the paradigm to understand these biological systems better. Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in the quantum principles in biological systems. 200pp May 2018 978-981-3109-82-7 US$94 £78 978-981-3109-83-4(ebook) US$141 £117 Cold Atoms - Vol 5

NOTABLE BACKLIST 60 Years of Yang – Mills Gauge Field Theories C N Yang’s Contributions to Physics edited by L Brink (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) & K K Phua (NTU, Singapore) Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics by Martinus J G Veltman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA & NIKHEF, The Netherlands) Memorial Volume for Y. Nambu edited by Lars Brink (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Lay Nam Chang (Virginia Tech, USA), Moo-Young Han (Duke University, USA) & Kok Khoo Phua (NTU, Singapore) Effective Field Theories by Alexey A Petrov (Wayne State University, USA) & Andrew E Blechman (Wayne State University, USA) The Thermodynamics of Quantum Yang – Mills Theory (2nd Edition) Theory and Applications by Ralf Hofmann (Heidelberg University, Germany) Inside CERN’s Large Hadron Collider From the Proton to the Higgs Boson by Mario Campanelli (University College London, UK) Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering (2nd Edition) edited by Alexander Wu Chao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA), Karl Hubert Mess (CERN), Maury Tigner (Cornell) & Frank Zimmermann (CERN)

The Quantum World of Ultra-Cold Atoms and Light Book III: UltraCold Atoms by Crispin Gardiner (University of Otago, New Zealand) & Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

The Quantum World of Ultra-Cold Atoms and Light is a trilogy, which presents the quantum optics way of thinking and its applications to quantum devices. This book provides a theoretical treatment of ultra-cold Bosons and Fermions and their interactions with electromagnetic fields in a form consistent with the first two books in the trilogy. The book covers five main areas: The physics of cold collisions, binding of atoms into molecules, and Feshbach resonances, Bose – Einstein condensation, at zero temperature, and at finite temperature, Quantum kinetic theory, Ultra-cold Fermions and Atoms in optical lattices. Readership: Researchers and graduate students in the field of quantum technology and quantum optics. 555pp Nov 2017 978-1-78634-417-5 US$148 £130 978-1-78634-418-2(ebook) US$222 £195

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Free and Interacting Quantum Fields

by Daniel Radu, Ioan Merches & Dorian Tatomir (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania)

Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (2nd Edition)

by Roberto Casalbuoni (University of Florence, Italy)

Modern physics is characterized by two great theories, which make it fundamentally different from its predecessor: quantum theory and theory of relativity. In this book we want to bring to the reader’s attention several solutions to problems connected to the quantum-relativistic interaction of particles. Remarkably, such solutions furnished rigorous and pertinent explanations of a large set of phenomena, both in microscopic world and galactic universe.

Review of the First Edition: “This book is written according to natural development of physical thinking. Physical motivations, meanings and applications are clearly written with precise calculations. We can recommend this book as a good introduction to quantum field theory.” Zentralblatt MATH

Readership: Researchers and graduate students in quantum field theory and theoretical physics.

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics.

600pp Oct 2017 978-981-3145-46-7 US$158 £131 978-981-3145-47-4(ebook) US$237 £196

380pp 978-981-3146-66-2

Jun 2017 US$98 £86

Universal Measurements Frontier Problems in Quantum Mechanics

How to Free Three Birds in One Move

This book presents the latest developments in the interpretation and many fundamental principles of quantum mechanics. These include the complementarity principle, the geometrical phase, the topological phase, the boundary between quantum and classical mechanics, quantum mechanics on the macroscopic level, and so on. Significant progress in the frontier research in various branches of physics has been achieved by making use of the insights and judgements originating from quantum mechanics, namely quantum information, cavity quantum electrodynamics, the quantum Hall effect and the Bose–Einstein condensation.

This is a book presenting to a wide audience of readers, ranging from fans of science to professional researchers, some of the authors’ recent discoveries in three distinct, but intimately related domains: probability theory (Bertrand’s paradox), observation in physics (the measurement problem) and the modeling of experiments in psychology (quantum cognition). In all three of these domains of investigation, and the associated problems, the authors explain how to advantageously use the key notion of universal measurement, which constitutes the fil rouge of the whole text.

In this volume, basic physical ideas and methods are emphasized instead of going into technical details. In particular, the application of Yang–Baxter system to some basic problems in quantum mechanics is presented.

Readership: University students and science enthusiasts interested in quantum mechanics or quantum cognition.

by Lee Chang (Tsinghua University, China) & Molin Ge (Nankai University, China)

Readership: People working in physics, especially as a guide for graduate students and advanced undergraduates of related disciplines in the transition from course work to active research. 750pp 978-981-3146-84-6

Oct 2017 US$198 £164

The Quantum Puzzle

Critique of Quantum Theory and Electrodynamics by Barry R Clarke (Brunel University, UK)

In 1861, James Clerk – Maxwell published Part II of his four-part series “On physical lines of force”. In it, he attempted to construct a vortex model of the magnetic field but after much effort neither he, nor other late nineteenth century physicists who followed him, managed to produce a workable theory. What survived from these attempts were Maxwell’s four equations of electrodynamics together with the Lorentz force law, formulae that made no attempt to describe an underlying reality but stood only as a mathematical description of the observed phenomena. When the quantum of action was introduced by Planck in 1900 the difficulties that had faced Maxwell’s generation were still unresolved. Since then theories of increasing mathematical complexity have been constructed to attempt to bring the totality of phenomena into order with little success. This work examines the problems that had been abandoned long before quantum mechanics was formulated in 1925 and argues that these issues need to be revisited before real progress in the quantum theory of the electromagnetic field can be made. Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in quantum physics. 400pp Jun 2017 978-981-4696-96-8 US$88 £77 978-981-4696-98-2(ebook) US$132 £116

by Diederik Aerts (Brussels Free University, Belgium) & Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi (Laboratorio di Autoricerca di Base, Switzerland)

148pp May 2017 978-981-3220-15-7 US$68 £56 978-981-3220-16-4(pbk) US$28 £23 978-981-3220-17-1(ebook) US$102 £84

Light and Vacuum (2nd Edition)

The Wave – Particle Nature of the Light and the Quantum Vacuum. Electromagnetic Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics Beyond the Standard Model by Constantin Meis (Institute for Nuclear Science & Technology, France) Light and Vacuum presents a synthesis of selected fundamental topics of electromagnetic wave theory and quantum electrodynamics (QED) and analyzes the main theoretical difficulties encountered to ensure a coherent mathematical description of the simultaneous wave – particle nature of light, put in evidence by the experiments. The notion and the role of the quantum vacuum, strongly related to light, are extensively investigated. In this new edition, improvements have been made to the various chapters taking into account the actual status of the knowledge in this field. The photon wave function is further analyzed and a new concept of quantum vacuum is advanced compatible with recent astrophysical observations. Readership: This book is recommended for advanced postgraduate students and researchers who are interested in Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics. 164pp May 2017 978-981-3209-94-7 US$88 £73 978-981-3220-10-2(ebook) US$132 £110

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Classical and Quantum Dissipative Systems (2nd Edition)

Understanding Our Unseen Reality

by Mohsen Razavy (University of Alberta, Canada)

by Ruth E Kastner (University of Maryland, USA)

Dissipative forces play an important role in problems of classical as well as quantum mechanics. Since these forces are not among the basic forces of nature, it is essential to consider whether they should be treated as phenomenological interactions used in the equations of motion, or they should be derived from other conservative forces. In this book we discuss both approaches in detail starting with the Stoke’s law of motion in a viscous fluid and ending with a rather detailed review of the recent attempts to understand the nature of the drag forces originating from the motion of a plane or a sphere in vacuum caused by the variations in the zero-point energy. In the classical formulation, mathematical techniques for construction of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian for the variational formulation of non-conservative systems are discussed at length. Various physical systems of interest including the problem of radiating electron, theory of natural line width, spin-boson problem, scattering and trapping of heavy ions and optical potential models of nuclear reactions are considered and solved.

“(This book) is a vitally important contribution. Prof Kastner has composed her work with clarity and precision, creating a journey into the quantum world that is engaging, lucid, and imminently accessible. A strength of the work is her ability to present very complex concepts embedded in high level mathematics with clarity and without presuming the reader’s competency in the related mathematical languages and symbols.” Dr Jeffrey Ritter University of Oxford and Johns Hopkins University

Readership: Researchers and graduate students in applied mathematics and theoretical physics. 592pp Apr 2017 978-981-3207-90-5 US$188 £156 978-981-3207-91-2(pbk) US$98 £81 978-981-3207-92-9(ebook) US$282 £234

Universal Quantum Computing

Supervening Decoherence — Surmounting Uncertainty by Richard L Amoroso (Noetic Advanced Studies Institute, USA) This breakthrough volume touts having dissolved the remaining barriers to implementing Bulk Universal Quantum Computing (UQC), and as such most likely describes the most advanced QC development platform. Numerous books, hundreds of patents, thousands of papers and a Googolplex of considerations fill the pantheon of QC R&D. Of late QC mathemagicians claim QCs already exist; but by what chimeric definition. Does flipping a few qubits in a logic gate without an algorithm qualify as quantum computing? In physics, theory bears little weight without rigorous experimental confirmation, less if new, radical or a paradigm shift. This volume develops quantum computing based on ‘3rd regime’ physics of Unified Field Mechanics (UFM). Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in quantum computing or quantum information. 632pp Mar 2017 978-981-3145-99-3 US$178 £148 978-981-3146-00-6(ebook) US$267 £222

Quantum Structural Studies

Classical Emergence from the Quantum Level edited by Ruth E Kastner (University of Maryland, College Park, USA), Jasmina Jekni´c-Dugi´c (University of Niš, Serbia) & George Jaroszkiewicz (The University of Nottingham, UK) Quantum Structural Studies presents conceptual fundamentals and mathematical methods for investigating the structuring of quantum systems into subsystems. Split into four sections, the topics covered include the historical and philosophical aspects of quantum structures, specific interpretive approaches and ontologies, and alternative methodological approaches to quantum mechanics. Readership: Specialists, graduate students and researchers seeking an introduction to the field of emergent structures in physics. 500pp Jan 2017 978-1-78634-140-2 US$168 £139 978-1-78634-141-9(ebook) US$252 £209

Solving Quantum Riddles

Readership: Undergraduate students and readers interested in quantum physics. 248pp Apr 2015 978-1-78326-695-1 US$58 £48 978-1-78326-646-3(pbk) US$28 £23 978-1-78326-647-0(ebook) US$87 £72

Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition) A Modern Development

by Leslie E Ballentine (Simon Fraser University, Canada) “It has an outstanding depth and variety of topics. It has a special emphasis on the foundations of quantum mechanics. Almost every one studying advanced quantum mechanics will find this book useful.” Zentralblatt MATH Readership: Graduate and senior undergraduate students, lecturers and researchers in quantum mechanics. 740pp Nov 2014 978-981-4578-57-8 US$115 £95 978-981-4578-58-5(pbk) US$75 £62 NOTABLE BACKLIST Feynman’s Thesis — A New Approach to Quantum Theory edited by Laurie M Brown (Northwestern University, USA) Problems and Solutions on Quantum Mechanics edited by Yung-Kuo Lim (NUS, Singapore) Six Quantum Pieces A First Course in Quantum Physics by Valerio Scarani (NUS, Singapore), Lynn Chua & Shi Yang Liu (NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore) John S Bell on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics edited by M Bell (CERN), K Gottfried (Cornell) & M Veltman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Lectures on Quantum Theory Mathematical and Structural Foundations by Chris J Isham (Imperial College) Introductory Quantum Physics and Relativity by Jacob Dunningham (University of Leeds, UK) & Vlatko Vedral (Oxford & NUS, Singapore) Quantum Mechanics by Richard Fitzpatrick (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Problems and Solutions in Quantum Computing and Quantum Information (3rd Edition) by Willi-Hans Steeb & Yorick Hardy (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) From Spinors to Quantum Mechanics by Gerrit Coddens (Commissariat àl’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France) Advanced Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition) by Freeman Dyson (IAS, Princeton) translated & transcribed by David Derbes (Laboratory Schools, University of Chicago, USA) Quantum Computing from the Ground Up by Riley Tipton Perry (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Physics Catalogue 2018

RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION Problems and Solutions in Special Relativity and Electromagnetism by Sergei Kruchinin (Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ukraine)

Field theory is an important topic in theoretical physics, which is studied in the physical and physico-mathematical departments of universities. Therefore, lecturers are faced with the urgent task of not only providing students with information about the subject, but also to help them master the material at a deep qualitative level, by presenting the specific features of general approaches to the statement and the solution of problems in theoretical physics. One of the ways to study field theory is the practical one, where the students can deepen their knowledge of the theoretical material and develop problem-solving skills. This book includes a concise theoretical summary of the main branches of field theory and electrodynamics, worked examples, and some problems for the student to solve. Readership: Teachers and students of theoretical physics at advanced undergraduate level. 140pp Jan 2018 978-981-3227-26-2 US$68 £60 978-981-3227-27-9(pbk) US$38 £33

Centennial of General Relativity A Celebration

edited by César Augusto Zen Vasconcellos (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil & ICRANet, Italy) It has been over 100 years since the presentation of the Theory of General Relativity by Albert Einstein, in its final formulation, to the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. To celebrate 100 years of general relativity, World Scientific publishes this volume with a dual goal: to assess the current status of the field of general relativity in broad terms, and discuss future directions. The volume thus consists of broad overviews summarizing major developments over the past decades and their perspective contributions. Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers in the field of astrophysics and cosmology. 336pp Apr 2017 978-981-4699-65-5 US$118 £98 978-981-4699-66-2(ebook) US$177 £147

Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (2nd Edition)

by Peter R Saulson (Syracuse University, USA) This book aims to communicate the basic logic of interferometric gravitational wave detectors to students who are new to the field. It assumes that the reader has a basic knowledge of physics, but no special familiarity with gravitational waves, with general relativity, or with the special techniques of experimental physics. All of the necessary ideas are developed in the book. For the second edition, an Epilogue has been added; it brings the treatment of technical details up to date, and provides references that would allow a student to become proficient with today’s designs. Readership: Anyone with undergraduate knowledge of physics who wish to know more about the detection of gravitational waves. 336pp Apr 2017 978-981-3143-07-4 US$101 £89 978-981-3146-19-8(ebook) US$151 £133

NOTABLE BACKLIST General Relativity A First Examination by Marvin Blecher (Virginia Tech, USA) 100 Years of General Relativity - Vol 1 Numerical Relativity by Masaru Shibata (Kyoto University, Japan) Special Relativity for Beginners A Textbook for Undergraduates by Jürgen Freund (Schubart College, Germany) De Sitter Invariant Special Relativity by Mu-Lin Yan (University of Science and Technology of China, China) Introduction to General Relativity by John Dirk Walecka (College of William and Mary, USA) Scale Relativity and Fractal Space-Time A New Approach to Unifying Relativity and Quantum Mechanics by Laurent Nottale (Paris-Meudon Observatory, France)

STATISTICAL PHYSICS, COMPLEXITY AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS Principles of Classical Thermodynamics Applied to Materials Science

by Didier de Fontaine (UC Berkeley) The aim of this book is to present Classical Thermodynamics in a unified way, from the most fundamental principles to non-uniform systems, thereby requiring the introduction of coarse graining methods, leading for instance to phase field methods. Solutions thermodynamics and temperature – concentration phase diagrams are covered, plus also a brief introduction to statistical thermodynamics and topological disorder. The Landau theory is included along with a general treatment of multicomponent instabilities in various types of thermodynamic applications, including phase separation and order – disorder transitions. Nucleation theory and spinodal decomposition are presented as extreme cases of a single approach involving the all-important role of fluctuations. Readership: Students and professionals in solid state physics and materials science. 350pp 978-981-3222-68-7

Feb 2018 US$99 £82

World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics - Vol 28

The Langevin Equation (4th Edition)

With Applications to Stochastic Problems in Physics, Chemistry and Electrical Engineering by William T Coffey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) & Yuri P Kalmykov (Universitéde Perpignan Via Domitia, France) Review of the Previous Edition: “This book is devoted to a detailed presentation of Langevin’s idea and does this almost perfectly. Successive topics considered in this book are presented in a detailed manner giving the general impression that this book is a comprehensive compendium of knowledge. This book should be a very valuable addition to libraries of many experienced scientists and also beginners (e.g., students) presenting solutions of many stochastic phenomena.” Zentralblatt MATH Readership: Advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers in statistical physics, condensed matter physics and magnetism, chemical physics, theoretical chemistry and applied mathematics. 928pp May 2017 978-981-3221-99-4 US$198 £164 978-981-3222-00-7(ebook) US$297 £246

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Statistical Mechanics and the Physics of Many-Particle Model Systems

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Excursions in the Land of Statistical Physics

by Alexander Leonidovich Kuzemsky (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia)

by Michael E Fisher (The University of Maryland, College Park, USA)

The book is devoted to the study of the correlation effects in many-particle systems. It presents the advanced methods of quantum statistical mechanics (equilibrium and nonequilibrium), and shows their effectiveness and operational ability in applications to problems of quantum solid-state theory, quantum theory of magnetism and the kinetic theory. The book includes description of the fundamental concepts and techniques of analysis following the approach of N N Bogoliubov’s school, including recent developments. It provides an overview that introduces the main notions of quantum many-particle physics with the emphasis on concepts and models.

This book is a compilation of selected reviews by Professor Michael E Fisher. Fisher’s major contributions to physics have been in equilibrium statistical mechanics, and have spanned the entire range of that subject. He has been credited with bringing together, and teaching a common language to chemists and physicists working on diverse problems of phase transitions.

Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in the field of statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics and many-particle systems. 1260pp Apr 2017 978-981-3145-62-7 US$258 £214 978-981-3145-63-4(pbk) US$98 £81 978-981-3145-64-1(ebook) US$387 £321

Introduction to Statistical Mechanics Solutions to Problems

by John Dirk Walecka (College of William and Mary, USA) Statistical mechanics is concerned with defining the thermodynamic properties of a macroscopic sample in terms of the properties of the microscopic systems of which it is composed. The previous book Introduction to Statistical Mechanics provided a clear, logical, and self-contained treatment of equilibrium statistical mechanics starting from Boltzmann’s two statistical assumptions, and presented a wide variety of applications to diverse physical assemblies. An appendix provided an introduction to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics through the Boltzmann equation and its extensions. The coverage in that book was enhanced and extended through the inclusion of many accessible problems. The current book provides solutions to those problems. These texts assume only introductory courses in classical and quantum mechanics, as well as familiarity with multi-variable calculus and the essentials of complex analysis. Some knowledge of thermodynamics is also assumed, although the analysis starts with an appropriate review of that topic. Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics, chemistry and related physical sciences, and researchers. 244pp Oct 2016 978-981-3149-98-4 US$58 £48 978-981-3148-13-0(pbk) US$28 £23

Intermediate Statistical Mechanics by Jayanta Bhattacharjee (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India) & Dhruba Banerjee (Jadavpur University, India)

A special feature of this text is the detailed presentation of the theory of second-order phase transitions and the renormalization group, emphasizing the role of disorder. Non-equilibrium statistical physics is introduced via the Boltzmann transport equation. Additional topics covered here include metastability, glassy systems, the Langevin equation, Brownian motion, and the Fokker-Planck equation. Readership: Graduate students and academics focusing on statistical mechanics. 440pp 978-981-3201-14-9

Feb 2017 US$98 £81

Readership: Undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in statistical physics. 416pp Oct 2016 978-981-3144-89-7 US$88 £73 978-981-3144-90-3(pbk) US$48 £40 978-981-3144-91-0(ebook) US$132 £110

Statistical Thermodynamics for Beginners by Howard D Stidham (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)

This book is the distilled essence of the author teaching statistical mechanics to juniors, seniors and graduate students for over 50 years in various course settings. It uses a unique approach that leads naturally into the development of all possible ensembles. Much of the later chapters on polymers has previously been available only in the literature. Throughout the book, the assumption is made that the reader is still relatively raw, and mathematical detail is provided that other books leave to the abilities of the reader. While this produces a plethora of equations that mature scientists would regard as unnecessary, it is intended to help those just coming into the field and who want to get the idea without suffering hours of agony wondering, “where did that come from?”. Readership: Students in statistical mechanics. 496pp Apr 2017 978-981-3149-92-2 US$98 £81 978-981-3149-93-9(pbk) US$48 £40 NOTABLE BACKLIST Thermodynamics and Equations of State for Matter From Ideal Gas to Quark-Gluon Plasma by Vladimir Fortov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) 40 Years of Berezinskii – Kosterlitz – Thouless Theory edited by Jorge V José(Indiana University, USA) Statistical Physics An Introductory Course by Daniel J Amit (Universita di Roma “La Sapienza” & The Hebrew University), Yosef Verbin (The Open University of Israel) Equilibrium Statistical Physics (3rd Edition) by Michael Plischke (Simon Fraser University, Canada) & Birger Bergersen (University of British Columbia, Canada) Statistical Physics Statics, Dynamics and Renormalization by Leo P Kadanoff (University of Chicago) Complexity and Criticality by Kim Christensen & Nicholas R Moloney (Imperial College London, UK) Statistical Physics Fundamentals and Application to Condensed Matter by Hung T Diep (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France) Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (New and Revised Printing) by Carolyne M Van Vliet (Universitéde Montréal, Canada & University of Miami, USA) Statistical Mechanics Rigorous Results by David Ruelle (Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France) Introduction to Quantum Statistical Mechanics (2nd Edition) by N N Bogolubov & N N Bogolubov Jr (Moscow State University, Russia)

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FOURTEENTH MARCEL GROSSMANN MEETING, THE - PROCEEDINGS OF THE MG14 MEETING ON GENERAL RELATIVITY (IN 4 VOLUMES)

RUFFINI REMO ET AL

07-Jul-17

9789813226593

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869

EXOTIC NUCLEI: EXON-2016 - PROCEEDINGS OF VIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

SOBOLEV YURI & PENIONZHKEVICH YURI

23-Jun-17

9789813226531

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PARTICLE PHYSICS AT THE YEAR OF LIGHT - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTEENTH LOMONOSOV CONFERENCE ON ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS

STUDENIKIN ALEXANDER I

17-Apr-17

9789813224551

198

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ADVANCES IN THE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF DR BERNI ALDER’S 90TH BIRTHDAY

SCHWEGLER ERIC ET AL

17-Feb-17

9789813209411

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FUTURE OF OUR PHYSICS INCLUDING NEW FRONTIERS, THE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 53RD COURSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

ZICHICHI ANTONINO

13-Feb-17

9789813208285

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CPT AND LORENTZ SYMMETRY - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH MEETING

KOSTELECKY ALAN

18-Jan-17

9789813148499

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EVERYTHING ABOUT GRAVITY - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND LECOSPA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

CHEN PISIN

30-Dec-16

9789813203945

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NEW FRONTIERS IN FIELDS AND STRINGS (TASI 2015) - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2015 THEORETICAL ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS

POLCHINSKI JOSEPH ET AL

29-Nov-16

9789813149434

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STATUS OF THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING AND OF EXPERIMENTAL POWER FOR LHC PHYSICS AND BEYOND - 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE QUARK - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

ZICHICHI ANTONINO

02-Nov-16

9789813148635

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NEW PHYSICS AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER - PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE

FRITZSCH HARALD

27-Oct-16

9789813145498

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LASER SPECTROSCOPY - PROCEEDINGS OF THE XXII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

DIECKMANN KAI

14-Oct-16

9789813200609

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GRIBOV-85 MEMORIAL VOLUME: EXPLORING QUANTUM FIELD THEORY - PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEMORIAL WORKSHOP DEVOTED TO THE 85TH BIRTHDAY OF V N GRIBOV

DOKSHITZER YURI L ET AL

16-Sep-16

9789813141698

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INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES - 48TH SESSION: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM

RAGAINI RICHARD C

28-Jul-16

9789813148642

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PROBING THE MEANING OF QUANTUM MECHANICS: SUPERPOSITIONS, DYNAMICS, SEMANTICS AND IDENTITY

AERTS DIEDERIK ET AL

21-Jul-16

9789813146273

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ADVANCED MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (AMSE2016)

REN DAHAI ET AL

24-May-16

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60 YEARS OF YANG-MILLS GAUGE FIELD THEORIES: C N YANG’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHYSICS

BRINK LARS ET AL

22-Apr-16

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ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 26TH SOLVAY CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS

BLANDFORD ROGER ET AL

29-Mar-16

9789813142800

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE IN CHINA 2014 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR STRUCTURE IN CHINA

WANG NING ET AL

14-Mar-16

9789813109629

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GRAVITATION, ASTROPHYSICS, AND COSMOLOGY - PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH ASIA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

HSU JONG-PING ET AL

22-Feb-16

9789814759809

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SYMMETRY, SPIN DYNAMICS AND THE PROPERTIES OF NANOSTRUCTURES - LECTURE NOTES OF THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON THEORETICAL PHYSICS

DUGAEV VITALII K ET AL

12-Nov-15

9789814740364

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JOURNEYS THROUGH THE PRECISION FRONTIER: AMPLITUDES FOR COLLIDERS (TASI 2014) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2014 THEORETICAL ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS

DIXON LANCE ET AL

18-Sep-15

9789814678759

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UNIFIED FIELD MECHANICS: NATURAL SCIENCE BEYOND THE VEIL OF SPACETIME - PROCEEDINGS OF THE IX SYMPOSIUM HONORING NOTED FRENCH MATHEMATICAL PHYSICIST JEAN-PIERRE VIGIER

AMOROSO RICHARD L ET AL

09-Sep-15

9789814719056

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QUANTUM CRITICALITY IN CONDENSED MATTER: PHENOMENA, MATERIALS AND IDEAS IN THEORY AND EXPERIMENT - 50TH KARPACZ WINTER SCHOOL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS

JEDRZEJEWSKI JANUSZ

23-Jul-15

9789814704083

142

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EXOTIC NUCLEI: EXON-2014 - PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

PENIONZHKEVICH YURI & SOBOLEV YURI

30-Jun-15

9789814699457

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PARTICLE AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, GRAVITATION AND COSMOLOGY: PREDICTIONS, OBSERVATIONS AND NEW PROJECTS - PROCEEDINGS OF THE XXX-TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

RYUTIN ROMAN ANATOLIEVICH & PETROV VLADIMIR ALEXEEVICH

18-Jun-15

9789814689298

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH ASIAN PHYSICS OLYMPIAD

CHOWDARI B V R

20-Apr-15

9789814689113

REFLECTIONS ON THE NEXT STEP FOR LHC - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

ZICHICHI ANTONINO

30-Mar-15

9789814678100

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PARTICLE PHYSICS AT THE YEAR OF CENTENARY OF BRUNO PONTECORVO - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTEENTH LOMONOSOV CONFERENCE ON ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS

STUDENIKIN ALEXANDER I

12-Mar-15

9789814663601

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THIRTEENTH MARCEL GROSSMANN MEETING, THE: ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GENERAL RELATIVITY, ASTROPHYSICS AND RELATIVISTIC FIELD THEORIES - PROCEEDINGS OF THE MG13 MEETING ON GENERAL RELATIVITY (IN 3 VOLUMES)

ROSQUIST KJELL ET AL

27-Jan-15

9789814612142

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EXOTIC NUCLEI: IASEN-2013 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN SYMPOSIUM

PENIONZHKEVICH YURI ERASTOVICH ET AL

21-Nov-14

9789814632034

201

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HIGH GRADIENT ACCELERATING STRUCTURE - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE OCCASION OF 70TH BIRTHDAY OF JUNWEN WANG

GAI WEI

27-Oct-14

9789814602099

NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND GAMMA-RAY SOURCES FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

HAYAKAWA TAKEHITO ET AL

27-Oct-14

9789814635448

140

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CHIRAL SYMMETRY IN HADRONS AND NUCLEI - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

GENG LI-SHENG ET AL

03-Oct-14

9789814618212

104

PHYSICS IN COLLISION (PIC 2013)

SHEN XIAOYAN

07-Jul-14

9789814618649

135

112

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES - 46TH SESSION: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM

RAGAINI RICHARD C

07-Jul-14

9789814623438

162

143

POMERANCHUK 100

GORSKY ALEXANDER S & VYSOTSKY MIKHAIL I

16-Jun-14

9789814616843

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE LHC TO GIVE US - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

ZICHICHI ANTONINO

11-Jun-14

9789814603898

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ASTROPARTICLE, PARTICLE, SPACE PHYSICS AND DETECTORS FOR PHYSICS APPLICATIONS PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH ICATPP CONFERENCE

GIANI S ET AL

02-Jun-14

9789814603157

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE IN HONOUR OF THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF FREEMAN DYSON

PHUA K K ET AL

23-Apr-14

9789814590105

NEXT GENERATION EXPERIMENTS TO MEASURE THE NEUTRON LIFETIME - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2012 WORKSHOP

SEESTROM SUSAN J

04-Apr-14

9789814571661

SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION AND METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE

GUO GUICHUN ET AL

20-Mar-14

9789814596633

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104

PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, AND ALL THAT QUANTUM JAZZ

TANAKA SHU ET AL

12-Mar-14

9789814602365

115

NEW RESULTS AND ACTUAL PROBLEMS IN PARTICLE & ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY XXIX-TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

RYUTIN ROMAN, PETROV VLADIMIR & KISELEV V

06-Mar-14

9789814578738

PROBING THE MEANING OF QUANTUM MECHANICS: PHYSICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND LOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

AERTS DIEDERIK ET AL

24-Feb-14

9789814596282

145

120

CPT AND LORENTZ SYMMETRY - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH MEETING

KOSTELECKY ALAN

16-Jan-14

9789814566421

124

103

STRONG COUPLING GAUGE THEORIES IN THE LHC PERSPECTIVE (SCGT 12) - PROCEEDINGS OF THE KMI-GCOE WORKSHOP

AOKI YASUMICHI ET AL

14-Jan-14

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Title Page 18 “I AM THE SMARTEST MAN I KNOW”: A NOBEL LAUREATE’S DIFFICULT JOURNEY 16 (PRE-)DAWNING OF FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION IN PHYSICS, THE 19 43 VISIONS FOR COMPLEXITY ADVANCED CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS: GREEN 15 FUNCTIONS, REGULARIZATIONS, MULTIPOLE DECOMPOSITIONS 22 ADVANCED INTERFEROMETRIC GRAVITATIONALWAVE DETECTORS (IN 2 VOLUMES) ANOMALY! COLLIDER PHYSICS AND THE QUEST FOR 26 NEW PHENOMENA AT FERMILAB 8 ASTROPHYSICS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE (SECOND EDITION) 18 ATOM PROJECTS: EVENTS AND PEOPLE 16 BASIC PHYSICS CENTENNIAL OF GENERAL RELATIVITY: A CELEBRATION 30 5 CHALLENGING ROUTES IN QUANTUM COSMOLOGY 29 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS (SECOND EDITION) 5 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM UNIVERSE: EINSTEINIAN PICTURE 13 COLLECTIVE CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM FIELDS: IN PLASMAS, SUPERCONDUCTORS, SUPERFLUID 3HE, AND LIQUID CRYSTALS 18 COLOUR: HOW WE SEE IT AND HOW WE USE IT 18 COMMUNICATING SCIENCE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ENGINEERS AND PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS 13 COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS OF MATRIX FIELD THEORY 24 CONCEPTS IN PARTICLE PHYSICS: A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO THE STANDARD MODEL 8 COOKING COSMOS: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE 7 COSMIC PARADOXES (SECOND EDITION) 9 COSMOLOGY WITH MATLAB: WITH COMPANION MEDIA PACK 15 DIAGNOSTICS OF LABORATORY AND ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS USING SPECTRAL LINESHAPES OF ONE-, TWO-, AND THREEELECTRON SYSTEMS 6 DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE TWO CHIEF MODELS OF PLANET FORMATION, A 26 DISCOVERY OF THE HIGGS BOSON DYNAMICS OF INTENSE PARTICLE BEAMS IN LINEAR 20 ACCELERATORS EDWARD TELLER LECTURES: LASERS AND INERTIAL 20 FUSION ENERGY (SECOND EDITION) 4 ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS USING TRANSMISSION LINE VARIABLES (THIRD EDITION) 20 EMERGENT PHENOMENA IN ATOMIC NUCLEI FROM LARGE-SCALE MODELING: A SYMMETRY-GUIDED PERSPECTIVE 5 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COSMOLOGY, THE (IN 4 VOLUMES) EXCURSIONS IN THE LAND OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS 31 11 EXTENDED LAGRANGE AND HAMILTON FORMALISM FOR POINT MECHANICS AND COVARIANT HAMILTON FIELD THEORY 23 FERMILAB AT 50 4 FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF STAR CLUSTERS, THE 6 FOURTEENTH MARCEL GROSSMANN MEETING, THE - PROCEEDINGS OF THE MG14 MEETING ON GENERAL RELATIVITY (IN 4 VOLUMES) 28 FREE AND INTERACTING QUANTUM FIELDS 8 FROM THE SUN TO THE STARS 28 FRONTIER PROBLEMS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS 30 FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERFEROMETRIC GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS (SECOND EDITION) FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR MODELS - VOLUME 2: 20 UNIFIED MODELS 25 FUTURE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, THE - SOME ASPECTS 13 GEOMETRIC METHODS IN THE ELASTIC THEORY OF MEMBRANES IN LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASES (SECOND EDITION) 26 GROUP AND REPRESENTATION THEORY 12 GUIDE TO MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR PHYSICISTS, A: WITH PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 22 GUSTAV ROBERT KIRCHHOFF’S TREATISE “ON THE THEORY OF LIGHT RAYS” (1882): ENGLISH TRANSLATION, ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY 12 HALF-CENTURY OF PHYSICAL ASYMPTOTICS AND OTHER DIVERSIONS, A: SELECTED WORKS BY MICHAEL BERRY

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Title HAWKING RADIATION: FROM ASTROPHYSICAL BLACK HOLES TO ANALOGOUS SYSTEMS IN LAB HIGHER SPIN GAUGE THEORIES INDIRECT EFFECTS OF DARK MATTER PHYSICS INDUSTRIALACCELERATORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS INTERACTION OF MID-INFRARED PARAMETRIC WAVES IN LASER PLASMAS INTERMEDIATE STATISTICAL MECHANICS INTERNATIONAL YOUNG PHYSICISTS’ TOURNAMENT: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 2015 INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY BY THEODORE METOCHITES: STOICHEIOSIS ASTRONOMIKE 1.5-30 INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS, AN (2ND EDITION) INTRODUCTION TO COVARIANT QUANTUM GRAVITY AND ASYMPTOTIC SAFETY, AN INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCES: A PHYSICS APPROACH INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY: SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLE DARK MATTER, AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM FIELD THEORY (SECOND EDITION) INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL MECHANICS: SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS INTRODUCTION TO STRING THEORY AND D-BRANE DYNAMICS, AN: WITH PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS (3RD EDITION) INTRODUCTION TO THE METHODS OF RELATIVISTIC MOLECULAR QUANTUM MECHANICS, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE: HOT BIG BANG THEORY (SECOND EDITION) INVITATION TO GENERALIZED EMPIRICAL METHOD: IN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE LANGEVIN EQUATION, THE: WITH APPLICATIONS TO STOCHASTIC PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (FOURTH EDITION) LARGE HADRON COLLIDER, THE: THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN TOWN AND TEN REASONS WHY IT MATTERS, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE ATLAS EXPERIMENT LASERS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS LIGHT AND VACUUM: THE WAVE-PARTICLE NATURE OF THE LIGHT AND THE QUANTUM VACUUM. ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY AND QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL (SECOND EDITION) LIQUIDATOR: THE CHERNOBYL STORY LOCAL ZETA REGULARIZATION AND THE SCALAR CASIMIR EFFECT: A GENERAL APPROACH BASED ON INTEGRAL KERNELS LOOP QUANTUM GRAVITY: THE FIRST 30 YEARS MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICISTS MEMORIAL VOLUME FOR KERSON HUANG MEMORIAL VOLUME FOR STANLEY MANDELSTAM MEMORIAL VOLUME ON ABDUS SALAM’S 90TH BIRTHDAY MODELING, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS WITH FRICTION AND IMPACTS MODERN COURSE IN UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, A: OPTICS, THERMAL PHYSICS, MODERN PHYSICS MULTIFACETED SKYRMION, THE (SECOND EDITION) MULTIPLE PARTON INTERACTIONS AT THE LHC NEUTRINO ASTRONOMY: CURRENT STATUS, FUTURE PROSPECTS NEW SUPERCONDUCTORS: FROM GRANULAR TO HIGH TC (2ND EDITION) NEWTON AND MODERN PHYSICS NEWTON AND THE GREAT WORLD SYSTEM NEWTON: INNOVATION AND CONTROVERSY NON-COMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY: A PERSPECTIVE ON STRING AND FIELD THEORIES NONABELIAN QUANTIZED FIELD THEORIES: SUBTLETIES, ANOMALIES AND NECESSARY EXISTENCE OF REGIONS ACCESSIBLE/NONACCESSIBLE TO RENORMALIZED PERTURBATION EXPANSIONS NUCLEAR PARTICLE CORRELATIONS AND CLUSTER PHYSICS ON FOUNDATIONS OF SEISMOLOGY: BRINGING IDEALIZATIONS DOWN TO EARTH ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY: FROM GENESIS AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, COSMOLOGY AND QUANTUM GRAVITY (IN 2 VOLUMES)

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Title ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF COMETS: TEN YEARS AFTER THE NICE MODEL AND ONE YEAR AFTER ROSETTA ORIGIN OF NATURAL ORDER, THE: AN AXIOMATIC THEORY OF BIOLOGY OVERVIEW OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, AN: THEORY, SOURCES AND DETECTION PHYSICS AND CULTURE PHYSICS MATTERS PHYSICS OF LOW DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS, THE PHYSICS OF LOW-MASS STARS, BROWN DWARFS AND GASEOUS PLANETS, THE PHYSICS OF NONLINEAR OPTICS (SECOND EDITION) PRINCIPLES OF CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS: APPLIED TO MATERIALS SCIENCE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS: FROM QUANTUM FIELD THEORY TO CLASSICAL MECHANICS (SECOND EDITION) PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN SPECIAL RELATIVITY AND ELECTROMAGNETISM PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN UNIVERSITY PHYSICS: OPTICS, THERMAL PHYSICS, MODERN PHYSICS PULL OF HISTORY, THE: HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF MAGNETISM AND GRAVITY THROUGH THE AGES QUANTUM EFFECTS IN BIOLOGY QUANTUM FIELD THEORY QUANTUM FIELD THEORY: LECTURES OF SIDNEY COLEMAN QUANTUM OPTICS FOR EXPERIMENTALISTS QUANTUM PUZZLE, THE: CRITIQUE OF QUANTUM THEORY AND ELECTRODYNAMICS QUANTUM STRUCTURAL STUDIES: CLASSICAL EMERGENCE FROM THE QUANTUM LEVEL QUANTUM WORLD OF ULTRA-COLD ATOMS AND LIGHT, THE - BOOK III: ULTRA-COLD ATOMS QUARKS, NUCLEI AND STARS: MEMORIAL VOLUME DEDICATED FOR GERALD E BROWN RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY: AN INTENSITY APPROACH REVIEWS OF ACCELERATOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 9: TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS SCATTERING AND DIFFRACTION IN PHYSICAL OPTICS (3RD EDITION) SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF SHOICHI SAKATA AND COMMENTARIES SHORT PULSE LASER INTERACTIONS WITH MATTER (2ND EDITION) SILICON SOLID STATE DEVICES AND RADIATION DETECTION SOFT MATTER TRANSFORMATIONS IN CULINARY PROCESSES STANDARD MODEL AND BEYOND, THE STANDARD THEORY OF PARTICLE PHYSICS, THE: ESSAYS TO CELEBRATE CERN’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY STANDING TOGETHER IN TROUBLED TIMES: UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF PAULI, EINSTEIN, FRANCK AND OTHERS STAR FORMATION STATE OF THE ART OF NEUTRINO PHYSICS, THE: A TUTORIAL FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND THE PHYSICS OF MANY-PARTICLE MODEL SYSTEMS STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS FOR BEGINNERS STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF STARS, THE STUDYING DISTANT GALAXIES: A HANDBOOK OF METHODS AND ANALYSES SUPERFLUID UNIVERSE, A SUPERSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS: AN INTRODUCTION (SECOND EDITION) SYNCHROTRON RADIATION APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY MEETS RESEARCH - 60 YEARS OF CERN TECHNOLOGY: SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS TOPICS ON THE NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND ACOUSTICS OF ORDERED GRANULAR MEDIA TURBULENT TRANSPORT IN MAGNETIZED PLASMAS (SECOND EDITION) UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS: A GRAND CHALLENGE FOR 21ST CENTURY ENGINEERING UNIVERSAL MEASUREMENTS: HOW TO FREE THREE BIRDS IN ONE MOVE UNIVERSAL QUANTUM COMPUTING: SUPERVENING DECOHERENCE - SURMOUNTING UNCERTAINTY WAVES AND RAYS IN SEISMOLOGY: ANSWERS TO UNASKED QUESTIONS WOLF PRIZE IN PHYSICS

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Abrahams Elihu........................................14 Aerts Diederik...........................................28 Alastuey Angel..........................................13 Allemand Jean-francois............................10 Amit Daniel J............................................31 Amoroso Richard L...................................29 Anderson L Wilmer...................................21 Anderson Philip W...............................14,19 Angilella Giuseppe G N............................14 Archer Mary D..........................................14 Ashtekar Abhay........................................12 Auger Gerard..............................................8 Awrejcewicz Jan.......................................19 Baaquie Belal Ehsan..................................9 Ballentine Leslie E....................................29 Banerjee Dhruba......................................31 Barkana Rennan........................................5 Barrett Terence William............................15 Bartalini Paolo..........................................22 Bastian Nate John......................................4 Batygin Yuri..............................................20 Baumjohann Wolfgang.............................15 Belgiorno Francesco D...............................4 Bell Mary...................................................29 Belyakov Sergei.......................................17 Benini Riccardo..........................................5 Benkadda Sadruddin................................15 Bergersen Birger......................................31 Berkovits Nathan Jacob...........................24 Berkshire Frank H....................................11 Bernstein Jeremy.....................................19 Berry Michael Victor.................................12 Bhattacharjee Jayanta K..........................31 Bianchi Massimo........................................6 Blake David..............................................14 Blandford Roger D......................................9 Blecher Marvin.........................................30 Blechman Andrew E.................................27 Boehmer Christian G..................................8 Boffard John B..........................................21 Bogolubov Jr Nickolai N...........................31 Bogolubov N N.........................................31 Boxman Edith S........................................18 Boxman Reuven (raymond) L...................18 Bretenaker Fabien....................................22 Brink Lars..................................24,25,26,27 Brinkman Andrew.....................................14 Brizard Alain J..........................................11 Brown James Robert..................................7 Brown Laurie M........................................29 Cacciatori Sergio L.....................................4 Calkin Melvin G........................................11 Campanelli Mario.....................................27 Casalbuoni Roberto..................................28 Cassi Davide............................................15 Castells Pere............................................15 Cattaruzza Enrico.....................................13 Chabrier Gilles............................................5 Chandra Premi.........................................19 Chang Lay Nam.......................................27 Chang Lee................................................28 Chang Ming-che.......................................14 Chao Alexander Wu.............................25,27 Chattopadhyay Swapan...........................23 Chau Ling-lie............................................24 Chaudhuri Asis Kumar................................8 Chen Bryan Gin-ge...................................23 Cheng Ran...............................................14 Chou Weiren.............................................25 Christensen Kim.......................................31 Christy I-juliana.........................................19 Chua Lynn................................................29 Cianfrani Francesco...................................5 Clarke Barry R..........................................28 Clusel Maxime..........................................13 Coddens Gerrit.........................................29 Coffey William T.......................................30 Cohen-tannoudji Claude...........................10 Coleman Piers..........................................19 Constantin Meis........................................28 Cotterell Brian...........................................16 Das Ashok................................................21

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Day Michael A...........................................19 De Bianchi Massimiliano Sassoli..............28 De Fontaine Didier...................................30 Derbes David.......................................23,29 Desbiolles Pierre......................................10 Deutscher Guy.........................................13 Di Bartolo Baldassare..........................14,15 Diep Hung-the..........................................31 Dorigo Tommaso......................................26 Duff Michael James..................................25 Dunningham Jacob..................................29 Dutta Niloy K............................................22 Dyson Freeman J................................19,29 Eldridge John J...........................................4 Englert Berthold-georg........................11,15 Ereditato Antonio......................................23 Ezawa Zyun Francis.................................14 Fabjan Christian W...................................25 Faccio Daniele............................................4 Fazekas Patrik..........................................14 Fazio Giovanni G........................................5 Feckan Michal..........................................19 Ferbel Thomas.........................................21 Fermi Davide............................................12 Fisher Michael E.......................................31 Fisher Timothy S......................................14 Fitzpatrick Richard....................................29 Flores Castillo Luis Roberto.....................25 Flores Hector..............................................8 Ford Kenneth W..................................16,19 Fortov Vladimr E.......................................31 Freericks James K....................................14 Freund Jurgen..........................................30 Fritzsch Harald.........................................25 Fulde Peter...............................................14 Furrer Albert.............................................14 Gaillard Mary K.........................................19 Gaisser Thomas K......................................7 Ganeev Rashid.........................................22 Gangopadhyaya Asim..............................23 Gao Haiyan..............................................21 Gao Wenli.................................................11 Garcia Alejandro.......................................21 Gardiner Crispin W..............................10,27 Gaunt Jonathan Richard..........................22 Ge Mo-lin..................................................28 Gerstman Bernard S................................10 Ghaboussi Jamshid..................................19 Ghatak Kamakhya Prasad.......................14 Giaever Ivar..............................................18 Gibbon Paul.........................................21,22 Gibbons Gary W.........................................9 Goncalves Paulo Andre Dias....................14 Gonzalo Julio A...........................................7 Goodwin Simon..........................................4 Gorbunov Dmitry S..................................6,9 Gottfried Kurt............................................29 Gozzi Ennio..............................................13 Green Daniel.........................................9,19 Green Martin Andrew...............................14 Greiner Walter..........................................11 Gross David J.............................................9 Guery-odelin David..............................10,11 Gupta Kumar Sankar................................14 Gutfreund Hanoch....................................10 Hamilton Joseph H...................................10 Hamm Marianne E.....................................4 Hamm Robert W.........................................4 Hammer Francois.......................................8 Han Fuxiang........................................14,16 Han Moo-young...................................21,27 Hardy Yorick.............................................29 Harms Archie A.........................................21 Hartmann Alexander K.............................13 Hasan M Arif.............................................11 Hasegawa Shuji.......................................19 Haug Hartmut...........................................14 Haw Jing Yan............................................29 Hawking Stephen W...................................9 He Guang S..............................................21 Henley Ernest M.......................................21 Henneaux Marc.....................................9,26

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Hentschel Klaus.......................................22 Hernquist Lars............................................5 Hodgkinson Ian J......................................22 Hofmann Ralf...........................................27 Holt Jeremy W..........................................20 Hora Heinrich...........................................20 Horton, Jr C Wendell................................15 Hsu James Jang-yu..................................15 Huang Kerson.......................................9,19 Ikelle Luc Thomas......................................7 Insana Michael F......................................19 Ioffe Boris Lazarevich...............................18 Iro Harald..................................................11 Isham Chris J............................................29 Jain Jainendra K..................................11,31 Jalalzadeh Shahram...................................5 James Frederick.......................................19 Jantzen Robert T........................................6 Japan The Committee Of Japan Physics Olympiad..................................................19 Jaroszkiewicz George..............................29 Jayaprakash K R......................................11 Jeknic-dugic Jasmina...............................29 Jentschura Ulrich D..................................15 Jose Jorge V............................................31 Kadanoff Leo P.........................................31 Kaiser David.............................................23 Kaler James B............................................8 Kalmykov Yuri P.......................................30 Kar Supriya K...........................................12 Karle Albrecht.............................................7 Kastner Ruth E.........................................29 Katz Milton................................................22 Khlopov Maxim Yu......................................5 Kibble Tom................................................11 Kim Jihn E..................................................5 Kim Taegeun.............................................22 Kingdon Dave R.......................................21 Kisslinger Leonard S...............................8,9 Kleinert Hagen.....................................13,27 Knoop Martina..........................................10 Koch Stephan W......................................14 Kotliar Gabi...............................................19 Kruchinin Sergei.......................................30 Krumholz Mark R........................................6 Kuo Thomas T S.......................................20 Kuzemsky Alexander Leonidovich............31 Lahaye Thierry..........................................11 Lam Kai S.................................................11 Launey Kristina D.....................................20 Lequeux James..........................................9 Leroy Claude.........................................4,21 Licata Ignazio...........................................13 Lim Yung Kuo..................10,11,14,15,22,29 Lincoln Donald..........................................19 Lindesay James.......................................27 Liu Jixing..................................................13 Liu Shi Yang.............................................29 Liu Song-hao............................................21 Liu Yunquan..............................................10 Loeb Abraham............................................5 Low Hwee Boon.......................................24 Lunine Jonathan.........................................5 Lykken Joseph D......................................23 Ma Bo-qiang.............................................21 Madsen Niels............................................10 Magro Marc..............................................13 Maiani Luciano.........................................26 Malik G P..................................................14 Mallow Jeffry V.........................................23 March Norman H......................................14 Maskawa Toshihide..................................23 Mccall Martin W........................................22 Mcculloch Michael Edward.......................11 Mckee Christopher.....................................5 Mcpherson Rob........................................26 Meng Jie...................................................21 Merches Ioan............................................28 Mesot Joel F.............................................14 Mess Karl-hubert......................................27 Miley George H...................................20,21

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Millington Andrew J..................................26 Minkowski Peter.......................................22 Moloney Nicholas R.................................31 Moniz Paulo Vargas....................................5 Montani Giovanni.......................................5 Mudry Christopher....................................14 Mukunda N...............................................11 Muller-kirsten Harald J W....................11,13 Nagamine Kentaro.....................................5 Nair V Parameswaran..............................24 Natarajan Vasant......................................18 Nelson Jenny A.........................................14 Neuenschwander Dwight E......................19 Ni Jun..................................................11,24 Ni Wei-tou...................................................6 Nieto Vesperinas Manuel.........................21 Nisati Aleandro.........................................26 Niu Qian...................................................14 Nordberg Markus......................................26 Nottale Laurent.........................................30 Oks Eugene..............................................15 Olejnik Pawel............................................19 Ong Phuan...............................................19 Ou Zheyu Jeff...........................................21 Ou-yang Zhong-can.................................13 Owens Frank J.........................................10 Pagani Carlo.............................................13 Pang Xiao-feng.........................................14 Paschos Emmanuel...................................7 Percacci Roberto......................................25 Peres Nuno Miguel Machado Reis...........14 Perry Riley Tipton.....................................29 Petrini Michela..........................................12 Petrov Alexey A........................................27 Peuch Mathieu...........................................8 Phua Kok Khoo.........................20,24,25,27 Piran Tsvi..................................................17 Pizzocchero Livio.....................................12 Plagnol Eric................................................8 Plischke Michael.......................................31 Poon Ting-chung......................................22 Powell Richard C......................................14 Pradisi Gianfranco....................................12 Profumo Stefano........................................7 Prokofiev Kirill...........................................25 Pujol Pierre...............................................13 Pullin Jorge...............................................12 Quinn Terrance J......................................16 Radu Daniel..............................................28 Raine Derek J.............................................9 Rancoita Pier-giorgio.............................4,21 Rasinariu Constantin................................23 Razavy Mohsen........................................29 Reitze David.............................................22 Rho Mannque...........................................20 Rickman Hans............................................6 Robson Robert E......................................14 Rodgers Clive D.......................................13 Rodrigues Myriam......................................8 Rolandi Luigi.............................................26 Rowe David J...........................................21 Rowlands Peter........................................17 Roy Sisir...................................................27 Rubakov Valery A....................................6,9 Ruelle David.............................................31 Ruffini Remo...............................................6 Sapina-navarro Fernando........................15 Sato Kenichi.............................................14 Saulson Peter R...............................9,22,30 Scarani Valerio.........................................29 Schoepf Klaus F.......................................21 Schroeder Wolf-udo..................................24 Sen Siddhartha.........................................14 Sevrin Alexander........................................9 Sharma Vivek...........................................26 Shibata Masaru........................................30 Shifman Misha.....................................18,19 Siegel Ethan...............................................9 Simelidis Christos.......................................7 Slawinski Michael A...............................7,11 Sohn Richard............................................23

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Starosvetsky Yuli......................................11 Steeb Willi-hans.......................................29 Stein Daniel L...........................................19 Stidham Howard D...................................31 Straessle Thierry......................................14 Struckmeier Jurgen..................................11 Sudarshan E C George............................11 Sun Yi-sui.................................................11 Susskind Leonard.....................................27 Szabo Richard J.......................................23 't Hooft Gerard..........................................19 't Hooft Saskia..........................................19 Tan Arjun..................................................11 Tatomir Dorian..........................................28 Taylor Thomas..........................................25 Tennyson Jonathan....................................9 The Open University Of Israel..................31 Thomas Edwin............................................9 Thompson Michael John.........................5,9 Thompson Richard C...............................10 Thorn Charles B.......................................24 Thouless David....................................14,31 Thron Christopher P.................................15 Thurner Stefan.........................................19 Tigner Maury............................................27 Ting Yuan-sen..........................................23 Toulouse Gerard.......................................10 Tout Christopher Adam...............................4 Treille Daniel.............................................25 Treps Nicolas............................................22 Treumann Rudolf......................................15 Tsujikawa Shinji..........................................5 Tu Zhanchun............................................13 Tymms Vijay.............................................11 Vakakis Alexander F.................................11 Van Vliet Carolyn M..................................31 Vandoren Stefan.......................................19 Vasconcellos Cesar Augusto Zen.............30 Vasiliev Mikhail A......................................26 Vedral Vlatko............................................29 Veltman Martinus J G..........................27,29 Verbin Yosef.............................................31 Vergados Ioannis John Demetrius......24,26 Walecka John Dirk..........................12,30,31 Wang Huaiyu............................................13 Wang Ke-lin..........................10,11,14,15,22 Wang Sihui...............................................11 Wang Xin-nian..........................................21 Weiner Maurice..........................................4 Weiss Ulrich..............................................14 Wengler Thorsten.....................................26 Wenninger Horst.......................................25 Wickramasinghe Nalin Chandra.................9 Wiedemann Armin....................................13 Wilcox Walter Mark...................................15 Willeboordse Frederick Hans.....................9 Wilson Stephen........................................27 Wong Ke-lin..............................................29 Wood John L............................................21 Woolfson Michael Mark.........................6,18 Wu Biao....................................................14 Wu Guozhen.............................................10 Wu Qihong................................................22 Xiao Di......................................................14 Xie Yuzhang.............................................13 Xiong Chi..................................................24 Yamamoto Yoshitaka................................17 Yan Mu-lin.................................................30 Yang Fujia.................................................10 Ydri Badis.................................................13 Yip Sidney................................................21 Yu Clare....................................................19 Zaffaroni Alberto.......................................12 Zahed Ismail.............................................20 Zhang Xinyi..............................................10 Zhao Qinyi................................................10 Zheng Yongling.........................................19 Zhou Li-yong............................................11 Zhu Ning Yan............................................22 Zimmermann Frank..................................27 Zoller Peter..........................................10,27

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International Journal of Modern Physics A (IJMPA)

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Print / Online ISSN: 0217-751X / 1793-656X

Print / Online ISSN: 0217-9849 / 1793-6640

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Started in 1986, IJMPA has gained international repute as a high-quality scientific journal. It consists of important review articles and original papers covering the latest research developments in Particles and Fields, and selected topics intersecting with Gravitation and Cosmology.

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International Journal of Modern Physics B (IJMPB) Print / Online ISSN: 0217-9792 / 1793-6578

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Launched in 1987, the IJMPB covers the most important aspects and the latest developments in Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical Physics, as well as Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. A strong emphasis is placed on topics of current interest, such as cold atoms and molecules, new topological materials and phases, and novel low dimensional materials.

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Modern Physics Letters A (MPLA) Print / Online ISSN: 0217-7323 / 1793-6632

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Launched in 1986, MPLA consists of research papers covering current research developments in Gravitation, Cosmology, Nuclear Physics, and Particles and Fields. The journal also contains a Brief Reviews section with the purpose of publishing short reports on the latest experimental findings and urgent new theoretical developments.

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MPLB opens a channel for the fast circulation of important and useful research findings in Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical Physics, as well as Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. A strong emphasis is placed on topics of current interest, such as cold atoms and molecules, new topological materials and phases, and novel low-dimensional materials.

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International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC) Print / Online ISSN: 0129-1831 / 1793-6586

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The scope of this journal covers Computational Physics, Physical Computation and related subjects. IJMPC aims at publishing both review and research articles on the use of computers to advance knowledge in physical sciences and the use of physical analogies in computation.

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International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD) Print / Online ISSN: 0218-2718 / 1793-6594

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Gravitation, astrophysics and cosmology are exciting and rapidly advancing fields of research. This journal aims to accommodate and promote this expansion of information and ideas and it features research papers and reviews on theoretical, observational and experimental findings in these fields.

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International Journal of Modern Physics E (IJMPE) Print / Online ISSN: 0218-3013 / 1793-6608

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This journal covers the topics on experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, and its applications and interface with astrophysics and particle physics. The journal publishes research articles as well as review articles on topics of current interest.

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Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation (JAI) Print / Online ISSN: 2251-1717/ 2251-1725

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TThe JAI focuses on astronomical instrumentation topics in all wavebands (Radio to Gamma-Ray) and includes the disciplines of Heliophysics, Space Weather, Lunar and Planetary Science, Exoplanet Exploration, and Astroparticle Observation (cosmic rays, cosmic neutrinos, etc.).

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International Journal of Quantum Information (IJQI) Print / Online ISSN: 0219-7499 / 1793-6918

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The IJQI provides a forum for the interdisciplinary field of Quantum Information Science. • • • •

Quantum Cryptography Quantum Computation Quantum Communication Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics

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Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials (JNOPM) Print / Online ISSN: 0218-8635 / 1793-6624

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This journal is devoted to the rapidly advancing research and development in the field of nonlinear interactions of light with matter.

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International Journal of Modern Physics: Conference Series (IJMPCS) Online ISSN: 2010-1945

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Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology (RAST) Print / Online ISSN: 1793-6268 / 1793-8058

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Reports in Advances of Physical Sciences (RAPS) Print / Online ISSN: 2424-9424 / 2529-752X

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Weiren Chou (Fermilab, USA)

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