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A Random Walk in Physics

Beyond Black Holes and Time-Travels

by Massimo Cencini, Andrea Puglisi, Davide Vergni, Angelo Vulpiani ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book offers an informal, easy-to-understand account of topics in modern physics and mathematics. The focus is, in particular, on statistical mechanics, soft matter, probability, chaos, complexity, and models, as well as their interplay. The book features 28 key entries and it is carefully structured so as to allow readers to pursue different paths that reflect their interests and priorities, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

This book offers an informal, easy-to-understand account of topics in modern physics and mathematics. The focus is, in particular, on statistical mechanics, soft matter, probability, chaos, complexity, and models, as well as their interplay. The book features 28 key entries and it is carefully structured so as to allow readers to pursue different paths that reflect their interests and priorities,
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Effective Field Theory for Spontaneously Broken Symmetry

by Tomáš Brauner ...

Series Book 1023 - Lecture Notes in Physics
This open access book is about spontaneous symmetry breaking, which is a classic area of theoretical physics that lies at the core of many fascinating phenomena such as ferromagnetism, superfluidity, superconductivity, or the Higgs mechanism. The book brings an up-to-date overview of spontaneous symmetry breaking and of modern effective field theory description thereof. The topics covered include ... Read more

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This open access book is about spontaneous symmetry breaking, which is a classic area of theoretical physics that lies at the core of many fascinating phenomena such as ferromagnetism, superfluidity, superconductivity, or the Higgs mechanism. The book brings an up-to-date overview of spontaneous symmetry breaking and of modern effective field theory description thereof. The topics covered include
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The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation

by D. C. Rapaport ...

The extremely powerful technique of molecular dynamics simulation involves solving the classical many-body problem in contexts relevant to the study of matter at the atomistic level. Since there is no alternative approach capable of handling this extremely broad range of problems at the required level of detail, molecular dynamics methods have proved themselves indispensable in both pure and ... Read more

$138.99 USD

The extremely powerful technique of molecular dynamics simulation involves solving the classical many-body problem in contexts relevant to the study of matter at the atomistic level. Since there is no alternative approach capable of handling this extremely broad range of problems at the required level of detail, molecular dynamics methods have proved themselves indispensable in both pure and
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Particles, Fields, Space-Time

From Thomson’s Electron to Higgs’ Boson

by Martin Pohl ...

Series series Discovering Physics
CHOICE Highly Recommended 2021Particles, Fields, Space-Time: From Thomson's Electron to Higgs' Boson explores the concepts, ideas, and experimental results that brought us from the discovery of the first elementary particle in the end of the 19th century to the completion of the Standard Model of particle physics in the early 21st century.The book concentrates on disruptive events and unexpected ... Read more

$61.99 USD

CHOICE Highly Recommended 2021Particles, Fields, Space-Time: From Thomson's Electron to Higgs' Boson explores the concepts, ideas, and experimental results that brought us from the discovery of the first elementary particle in the end of the 19th century to the completion of the Standard Model of particle physics in the early 21st century.The book concentrates on disruptive events and unexpected
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Advanced High Voltage Power Device Concepts

by B. Jayant Baliga ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The devices described in “Advanced MOS-Gated Thyristor Concepts” are utilized in microelectronics production equipment, in power transmission equipment, and for very high power motor control in electric trains, steel-mills, etc. Advanced concepts that enable improving the performance of power thyristors are discussed here, along with devices with blocking voltage capabilities of 5,000-V, 10,000-V ... Read more

$188.99 USD

The devices described in “Advanced MOS-Gated Thyristor Concepts” are utilized in microelectronics production equipment, in power transmission equipment, and for very high power motor control in electric trains, steel-mills, etc. Advanced concepts that enable improving the performance of power thyristors are discussed here, along with devices with blocking voltage capabilities of 5,000-V, 10,000-V
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Physics and Mathematics of Quantum Many-Body Systems

by Hal Tasaki ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book is a self-contained advanced textbook on the mathematical-physical aspects of quantum many-body systems, which begins with a pedagogical presentation of the necessary background information before moving on to subjects of active research, including topological phases of matter.The book explores in detail selected topics in quantum spin systems and lattice electron systems, namely, long ... Read more

$98.99 USD

This book is a self-contained advanced textbook on the mathematical-physical aspects of quantum many-body systems, which begins with a pedagogical presentation of the necessary background information before moving on to subjects of active research, including topological phases of matter.The book explores in detail selected topics in quantum spin systems and lattice electron systems, namely, long
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Graphitic Carbon Nitride

Innovations in Energy, Environment, and Biomedical Applications

by Muhammad Ahsaan Bari, Zaka Ullah ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the synthesis, properties, and multifunctional applications of g-C₃N₄, with a strong emphasis on its role in solving critical global challenges. As the world faces escalating challenges related to energy scarcity and environmental pollution, the demand for sustainable solutions has never been greater. Over the past four decades, global energy ... Read more

$161.99 USD

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the synthesis, properties, and multifunctional applications of g-C₃N₄, with a strong emphasis on its role in solving critical global challenges. As the world faces escalating challenges related to energy scarcity and environmental pollution, the demand for sustainable solutions has never been greater. Over the past four decades, global energy
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Navier-Stokes Turbulence

Theory and Analysis

by Wolfgang Kollmann ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The book serves as a core text for graduate courses in advanced fluid mechanics and applied science. It consists of two parts. The first provides an introduction and general theory of fully developed turbulence, where treatment of turbulence is based on the linear functional equation derived by E. Hopf governing the characteristic functional that determines the statistical properties of a ... Read more

$62.99 USD

The book serves as a core text for graduate courses in advanced fluid mechanics and applied science. It consists of two parts. The first provides an introduction and general theory of fully developed turbulence, where treatment of turbulence is based on the linear functional equation derived by E. Hopf governing the characteristic functional that determines the statistical properties of a
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Investigation on SiGe Selective Epitaxy for Source and Drain Engineering in 22 nm CMOS Technology Node and Beyond

by Guilei Wang ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis presents the SiGe source and drain (S/D) technology in the context of advanced CMOS, and addresses both device processing and epitaxy modelling.As the CMOS technology roadmap calls for continuously downscaling traditional transistor structures, controlling the parasitic effects of transistors, e.g. short channel effect, parasitic resistances and capacitances is becoming increasingly ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This thesis presents the SiGe source and drain (S/D) technology in the context of advanced CMOS, and addresses both device processing and epitaxy modelling.As the CMOS technology roadmap calls for continuously downscaling traditional transistor structures, controlling the parasitic effects of transistors, e.g. short channel effect, parasitic resistances and capacitances is becoming increasingly
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Analog-to-Digital Conversion

by Marcel J.M. Pelgrom ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
A book is like a window that allows you to look into the world. The window is shaped by the author and that makes that every window presents a unique view of the world. This is certainly true for this book. It is shaped by the topics and the projects throughout my career. Even more so, this book re?ects my own style of working and thinking. That starts already in Chap. 2. When I joined Philips ... Read more

$152.99 USD

A book is like a window that allows you to look into the world. The window is shaped by the author and that makes that every window presents a unique view of the world. This is certainly true for this book. It is shaped by the topics and the projects throughout my career. Even more so, this book re?ects my own style of working and thinking. That starts already in Chap. 2. When I joined Philips
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Nuclear Structure Physics

Edited by Amritanshu Shukla, Suresh Kumar Patra ...

Nuclear structure Physics connects to some of our fundamental questions about the creation of universe and its basic constituents. At the same time, precise knowledge on the subject has lead to develop many important tools of human kind such as proton therapy, radioactive dating etc. This book contains chapters on some of the crucial and trending research topics in nuclear structure, including the ... Read more

$88.99 USD

Nuclear structure Physics connects to some of our fundamental questions about the creation of universe and its basic constituents. At the same time, precise knowledge on the subject has lead to develop many important tools of human kind such as proton therapy, radioactive dating etc. This book contains chapters on some of the crucial and trending research topics in nuclear structure, including the
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The Cosmic Spacetime

by Fulvio Melia ...

The growth of cosmology into a precision science represents one of the most remarkable stories of the past century. Much has been written chronicling this development, but rarely has any of it focused on the most critical element of this work–the cosmic spacetime itself.Addressing this lacuna is the principal focus of this book, documenting the growing body of evidence compelling us–not only to ... Read more

$70.99 USD

The growth of cosmology into a precision science represents one of the most remarkable stories of the past century. Much has been written chronicling this development, but rarely has any of it focused on the most critical element of this work–the cosmic spacetime itself.Addressing this lacuna is the principal focus of this book, documenting the growing body of evidence compelling us–not only to
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Quantum Mechanics of Charged Particle Beam Optics

Understanding Devices from Electron Microscopes to Particle Accelerators

by Ramaswamy Jagannathan, Sameen Ahmed Khan ...

Series series Multidisciplinary and Applied Optics
Classical Charged Particle Beam Optics used in the design and operation of all present-day charged particle beam devices, from low energy electron microscopes to high energy particle accelerators, is entirely based on classical mechanics. A question of curiosity is: How is classical charged particle beam optics so successful in practice though the particles of the beam, like electrons, are quantum ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Classical Charged Particle Beam Optics used in the design and operation of all present-day charged particle beam devices, from low energy electron microscopes to high energy particle accelerators, is entirely based on classical mechanics. A question of curiosity is: How is classical charged particle beam optics so successful in practice though the particles of the beam, like electrons, are quantum
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Are There Really Neutrinos?

An Evidential History

by Allan D. Franklin, Alysia D. Marino ...

Series series Frontiers in Physics
This intriguing and accessible book examines the experiments on neutrino oscillations. It argues that this history gives us good reason to believe in the existence of neutrinos, a particle that interacts so weakly with matter that its interaction length is measured in light years of lead. Yet, the scientific process has provided evidence of the elusive neutrino. Written in a style accessible to ... Read more

$68.99 USD

This intriguing and accessible book examines the experiments on neutrino oscillations. It argues that this history gives us good reason to believe in the existence of neutrinos, a particle that interacts so weakly with matter that its interaction length is measured in light years of lead. Yet, the scientific process has provided evidence of the elusive neutrino. Written in a style accessible to
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Chemistry of Discotic Liquid Crystals

From Monomers to Polymers

by Sandeep Kumar ...

Series series Liquid Crystals Book Series
The self-contained properties of discotic liquid crystals (DLCs) render them powerful functional materials for many semiconducting device applications and models for energy and charge migration in self-organized dynamic functional soft materials. The past three decades have seen tremendous interest in this area, fueled primarily by the possibility ... Read more

$70.99 USD

The self-contained properties of discotic liquid crystals (DLCs) render them powerful functional materials for many semiconducting device applications and models for energy and charge migration in self-organized dynamic functional soft materials. The past three decades have seen tremendous interest in this area, fueled primarily by the possibility
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Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Semiconductors

by K Aoki ...

Series series Condensed Matter Physics
The field of nonlinear dynamics and low-dimensional chaos has developed rapidly over the past twenty years. The principal advances have been in theoretical aspects but more recent applications in a wide variety of the sciences have been made. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Semiconductors is the first book to concentrate on specific physical and ex ... Read more

$440.00 USD

The field of nonlinear dynamics and low-dimensional chaos has developed rapidly over the past twenty years. The principal advances have been in theoretical aspects but more recent applications in a wide variety of the sciences have been made. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Semiconductors is the first book to concentrate on specific physical and ex
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Physical Properties of Materials for Engineers

by Daniel D. Pollock ...

Physical Properties of Materials for Engineers, Second Edition introduces and explains modern theories of the properties of materials and devices for practical use by engineers. Introductory chapters discuss both classical mechanics and quantum mechanics to demonstrate the need for the quantum approach. Topics are presented in an uncomplicated manner; extensive cross-references are provided to ... Read more

$400.00 USD

Physical Properties of Materials for Engineers, Second Edition introduces and explains modern theories of the properties of materials and devices for practical use by engineers. Introductory chapters discuss both classical mechanics and quantum mechanics to demonstrate the need for the quantum approach. Topics are presented in an uncomplicated manner; extensive cross-references are provided to
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Contemporary Theory of Semiconductors and Devices

Semiclassical and Quantum Physical Principles and Applications

by Pedro Pereyra ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive and tutorial-based exploration of semiconductor physics, combining the fundamentals of traditional (semiclassical) theory with the latest quantum approaches used to study semiconductor nanostructures. It thoroughly introduces the physical principles established by Shockley and Bardeen, focusing on the intrinsic and extrinsic properties of semiconductors. The ... Read more

$98.09 USD

This book offers a comprehensive and tutorial-based exploration of semiconductor physics, combining the fundamentals of traditional (semiclassical) theory with the latest quantum approaches used to study semiconductor nanostructures. It thoroughly introduces the physical principles established by Shockley and Bardeen, focusing on the intrinsic and extrinsic properties of semiconductors. The
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Self-standing Substrates

Materials and Applications

Edited by Inamuddin, Rajender Boddula, Abdullah M. Asiri ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book systematically describes free-standing films and self-supporting nanoarrays growing on rigid and flexible substrates, and discusses the numerous applications in electronics, energy generation and storage in detail. The chapters present the various fabrication techniques used for growing self-supporting materials on flexible and rigid substrates, and free-standing films composed of ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book systematically describes free-standing films and self-supporting nanoarrays growing on rigid and flexible substrates, and discusses the numerous applications in electronics, energy generation and storage in detail. The chapters present the various fabrication techniques used for growing self-supporting materials on flexible and rigid substrates, and free-standing films composed of
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Physics of Semiconductor Devices

by Massimo Rudan ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook describes the basic physics of semiconductors, including the hierarchy of transport models, and connects the theory with the functioning of actual semiconductor devices. Details are worked out carefully and derived from the basic physical concepts, while keeping the internal coherence of the analysis and explaining the different levels of approximation. Coverage includes the main ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This textbook describes the basic physics of semiconductors, including the hierarchy of transport models, and connects the theory with the functioning of actual semiconductor devices. Details are worked out carefully and derived from the basic physical concepts, while keeping the internal coherence of the analysis and explaining the different levels of approximation. Coverage includes the main
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Fundamentals of Mean Field Theories of Liquid Crystals

by Akihiko Matsuyama ...

Fundamentals of Mean Field Theories of Liquid Crystals offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to mean field approaches for understanding liquid crystalline systems, with a focus on rod-like molecules and polymeric liquid crystals. These theories form the foundation for describing the rich phase behavior of anisotropic fluids, which underpin soft matter physics and advanced materials science ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Fundamentals of Mean Field Theories of Liquid Crystals offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to mean field approaches for understanding liquid crystalline systems, with a focus on rod-like molecules and polymeric liquid crystals. These theories form the foundation for describing the rich phase behavior of anisotropic fluids, which underpin soft matter physics and advanced materials science
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Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik

by Manuel Holler ...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Physik - Kernphysik, Teilchenphysik, Note: 1,7, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (Institut für experimentelle Kernphysik), Veranstaltung: Der Urknall und seine Teilchen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik gibt wohl die aktuellste Antwort auf eine Frage, die die Menschheit seit Anbeginn der Zeit beschäftigt: "Woraus ist alles ... Read more

$16.15 USD

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Physik - Kernphysik, Teilchenphysik, Note: 1,7, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (Institut für experimentelle Kernphysik), Veranstaltung: Der Urknall und seine Teilchen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik gibt wohl die aktuellste Antwort auf eine Frage, die die Menschheit seit Anbeginn der Zeit beschäftigt: "Woraus ist alles
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Metal Oxide Semiconductors

Synthesis, Properties, and Devices

by Zhigang Zang, Wensi Cai, Yong Zhou ...

Metal Oxide SemiconductorsUp-to-date resource highlighting highlights emerging applications of metal oxide semiconductors in various areas and current challenges and directions in commercializationMetal Oxide Semiconductors provides a current understanding of oxide semiconductors, covering fundamentals, synthesizing methods, and applications in diodes, thin-film transistors, gas sensors, solar ... Read more

$125.00 USD

Metal Oxide SemiconductorsUp-to-date resource highlighting highlights emerging applications of metal oxide semiconductors in various areas and current challenges and directions in commercializationMetal Oxide Semiconductors provides a current understanding of oxide semiconductors, covering fundamentals, synthesizing methods, and applications in diodes, thin-film transistors, gas sensors, solar
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Fractal Approach to Tribology of Elastomers

by Ahad Kh Janahmadov, Maksim Javadov ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book summarizes the results of years of research on the problem of strength and fracture of polymers and elastomers. It sets out the modern approach to the strength theory from the standpoint of fractals, the kinetic and thermodynamic theories as well as the meso-mechanic destruction. The dimension reduction method is applied to model the friction processes in elastomers subjected to the ... Read more

$152.09 USD

This book summarizes the results of years of research on the problem of strength and fracture of polymers and elastomers. It sets out the modern approach to the strength theory from the standpoint of fractals, the kinetic and thermodynamic theories as well as the meso-mechanic destruction. The dimension reduction method is applied to model the friction processes in elastomers subjected to the
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