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Provides a critical review of both theoretical and experimental work in the field of high energy physics, particularly thermophysics of intensive pulsed excitation. ... Read more

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This volume represents a "status report" emanating from presentations made during the 18^th Annual Workshop on Computer Simulations Studies in Condensed Matter Physics at the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia in March 2005. It provides a broad overview of the most recent advances in the field, spanning the range from statistical physics to soft condensed matter and biological systems. Results on nanostructures and materials are included as are several descriptions of advances in quantum simulations and quantum computing as well as.methodological advances.

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This volume is a "status report" based on the presentations and discussions which took place during the 13th Annual Workshop on Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics at the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia in February 2000. It provides a broad overview of the most recent advances in the field, spanning a wide range of topical areas in simulational condensed-matter physics. These include recent developments in the simulations of classical statistical mechanics models, electronic structure calculations, quantum Monte Carlo simulations, and simulations of polymers. New physical results and novel simulational data analysis methods are presented. ... Read more

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Recently, there have been significant advances in the fields of high-enthalpy hypersonic flows, high-temperature gas physics, and chemistry shock propagation in various media, industrial and medical applications of shock waves, and shock-tube technology. This series contains all the papers and lectures of the 19th International Symposium on Shock Waves held in Marseille in 1993. They are published in four topical volumes, each containing papers on related topics, and preceded by an overview wrtitten by a leading international expert. The volumes may be purchased independently. ... Read more

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This book offers a detailed account of one of the most startling and fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics: the quantum interference of matter wave, vividly displayed in the wide assembly of neutron interferometry experiments. The book is written in a style suitable at the beginning graduate level, and it is ideal for students and researchers in neutron physics, optics, and atomic physics. ... Read more

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The unexpected and therefore really amazing discovery of J.G.Bednorz and K.A. Müller, that certain oxide compounds enter asuperconductivity state at temperatures above 30 K, pushed research onsuperconductivity into the limelight of science in general in a waythat seemed reserved only for high energy or particle physics. It maytherefore be expected that this entire review would solely deal withsuperconductivity at high temperatures, i.e. above the boiling pointof hydrogen.
Any unexpected occurrence of superconductivity is, however, achallenge to scientists interested either in the physics of thisphenomenon or in its materials science aspects. In this respect, theeighties have been quite revolutionary in the sense that, on variousoccasions, superconductivity was discovered in materials whosephysical properties were not obviously favourable for adopting thisground state.
Therefore, apart from emphasizing the topic of oxide superconductors,this collection of reprints also contains a selection of papers thatdeal with other subjects, such as coexistence of magnetic order andsuperconductivity, heavy electron and organic superconductors. This isall the more justified when we consider the fact that various aspectsof superconductivity in high T_c oxide compounds are, ormight be, connected with features that are also observed in theseother materials.
For nonspecialists who might be interested in this collection ofreprints the Editor briefly reviews the possibilities for identifyingsuperconductivity and discusses some special features of thesuperconducting state.
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Volume III/27 covers the magnetic properties of non-metallic inorganic compounds based on transition elements. It can therefore be considered as a supplement to volumes III/4 and III/12 "Magnetic and Other Properties of Magnetic Oxides and Related Compounds" which appeared in 1970 and in the period 1978 - 1982 respectively. The magnetic properties of the oxides with corundum, ilmenite and perovskite-type crystal structure and amorphous oxides are given in volume 27f, partly in the present subvolume III/27f3. ... Read more

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All papers in this volume were peer-reviewed. This volume embodies the most recent research on shock compression of condensed matter and includes 363 plenary, invited, and contributed papers. Topics addressed are: equations of state, phase transitions, chemical reactions, warm dense matter, fracture, geophysics and planetary science, energetic materials, optical studies, material modeling, and recent experimental developments in the field of shock compression of condensed matter. ... Read more

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Reference work on high-magnetic-field science. Describes key concepts and future prospects. ... Read more

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In subvolume III/27C2 magnetic and related properties of binary actinide oxides have been compiled. This subvolume covers data obtained since 1980 and can therefore be regarded as supplement to volume III/12c. Part 27C1 deals with binary oxides of the lanthanide elements. Magnetic properties of the binary oxides of 3d transition elements are given in subvolume 27 G. ... Read more

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Nanoscience is of central importance in the physical and biological sciences and is now pervasive in technology. However nanomagnetism has a special role to play as magnetic properties depend uniquely on both dimensionality and lengthscales. Nanomagnetism is already central to data storage, sensor and device technologies but is increasingly being used in the life sciences and medicine. This volume aims to introduce scientists, computer scientists, engineers and technologists from diverse fields to this fascinating and technologically important new branch of nanoscience. The volume should appeal to both the interested general reader but also to the researcher wishing to obtain an overview of this fast moving field.


The contributions come from acknowledged leaders in the field who each give authoritative accounts of key fundamental aspects of nanomagnetism to which they have themselves made a major contribution.After a brief introduction by the editors, Wu first surveys the fundamental properties of magnetic nanostructures. The interlayer exchange interactions within magnetic multilayer structures is next discussed by Stiles. Camley then discusses the static, dynamic and thermal properties of magnetic multilayers and nanostructures, followed by an account of the phenomenon of exchange anisotropy by Berkowitz and Kodama. This latter phenomenon is widely in current read head devices for example. The transport properties of nanostructures also are spectacular, and again underpin computer technology, as we see from the discussion of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) and tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) presented by Fert and his colleagues. Beyond GMR and TMR we look to the field of spintronics where new electronic devices are envisioned and for which quantum
computing may depend as discussed in the chapter by Flatte and Jonker.


The volume concludes with discussion of the recently discovered phenomenon of current induced switching of magnetization by Edwards and Mathon.

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This collection of 298 papers discusses recent research on the response of inert and energetic materials to high-pressure environments produced by rapid loading phenomena. This includes theoretical, computational (modeling/simulation) and experimental studies of inert and energetic materials, as well as ballistic and material synthesis studies and experimental technique advances. ... Read more

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The phenomenon of superconductivity has gained a new interest since the recent discovery of materials with transition temperatures above 77K. The research on the new substances has increasingly contributed to the progress of materials science. In volume III/21 the reported data on superconducting materials, from the discovery of this phenomenon to the present day, are compiled. The data comprise various modifications of a material, e.g. bulk state, thin films, implanted or filamentary wires. Where available, data obtained under high pressure or after high energy particle irradiation are also tabulated. A particular effort was made to present not only the superconducting data for a given substance, but also the complete characterization of the analyzed samples. This characterization comprises the metallurgical and the crystallographical analysis as well as the analysis of the physical properties. The goal of the volume is to establish a complete and reliable compilation of critically reviewed experimental data, excluding purely theoretical works. The large amount of publications, more than 40,000 since 1913, requires a subdivision of the data in several subvolumes, the first of which is presented herewith. No such complete collection exists elsewhere, so that these tables should respond to a real need of both physicists and materials scientists. ... Read more

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This volume aims to provide a thorough treatment of the phenomena of elastic anisostropy and a discussion on dislocation mobilities. The book presents a wide treatment of these topics, and includes descriptions of detailed theoretical models to describe dislocations and cracks, and moving dislocations. An overview is given of the physical behaviour resulting from dislocation mobility in materials, such as glide and climb, interactions with point defects and the behaviour of dislocations under radiation such as creep and swelling. ... Read more