Theoretische Physik

Chaotic Dynamics and Transport in Classical and Quantum Systems

From the 18th to the 30th August 2003 , a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) was held in Cargèse, Corsica, France. Cargèse is a nice small village situated by the mediterranean sea and the Inst...

Cosmic Explosions

Supernovae are among the most energetic phenomena in the Universe and - lated to almost all aspects of modern astrophysics including starburst gal- ies, cosmic ray acceleration, neutron star and b...

Quo Vadis Quantum Mechanics?

<P>Each contribution is an article&nbsp;in itself, and great effort has been&nbsp;made by the authors to be lucid and not too technical. A few brief highlights of the round-table dis...

High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics

Steven M. Kahn / Peter Ballmoos / Rashid A. Sunyaev

<P>After three decades of intense research in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, the time was ripe to summarize basic knowledge on X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy for interested students and re...

Quantum Field Theory in a Semiotic Perspective

Norman Sieroka / Hans Günter Dosch / Volkhard F. Müller

Magnetic Monopoles

Yakov M. Shnir

<SUP><P>Surveys the monopole problem on a few different levels, from classical electrodynamics up to N=2 SUSY Yang-Mills theory. and presents&nbsp;a compact,&nbsp;`bird's e...

Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Plasmas

<P>This book presents studies of complexity in the context of nonequilibrium phenomena using theory, modeling, simulations, and experiments, both in the laboratory and in nature.</P>

The Sun, Solar Analogs and the Climate

Mark S. Giampapa / Joanna Dorothy Haigh / Michael Lockwood

The 34th Saas-Fee advanced course of the Swiss Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (SSAA) took place from March 15 to 20, 2004, in Davos, on the subject of The Sun, Solar Analogs and the Climate...

Nonlinear Optical Crystals: A Complete Survey

David N. Nikogosyan

<P>Nonlinear Optical Crystals contains the most complete and up-to-date reference material on properties of nonlinear optical crystals including:</P><P></P><P>Traditi...

Numerische Berechnung der Energieeigenwerte und Eigenfunktionen in Potentialen und Supersymmetrischen Potentialen

Harald Führer

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Physik - Theoretische Physik, Note: Sehr gut, Fachhochschule Vorarlberg GmbH , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Anfang des letzten Jahrhunderts steckte die...

Quantum Information Processing

Quantum processing and communication is emerging as a challenging technique at the beginning of the new millennium. This is an up-to-date insight into the current research of quantum superposition...

The Magnetospheric Cusps: Structure and Dynamics

Statistical Physics for Cosmic Structures

Andrea Gabrielli / F. Sylos Labini / Michael Joyce / Luciano Pietronero

This book has its roots in a series of collaborations in the last decade at the interface between statistical physics and cosmology. The speci?c problem which initiated this research was the study...

The Many Scales in the Universe

<P>All branches of astrophysics are encompassed in this book, from the largest scales and cosmology to the solar system and the Sun, through the galaxies and the stars, including a section o...

Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime

Vesselin Petkov

<P>Puts the emphasis on conceptual questions: Why is there no such thing as absolute motion? What is the physical meaning of relativity of simultaneity? But, the most important question that...

Extreme Events in Nature and Society

<P>Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture, are the topics of <STRONG>Extreme Events in Nature and Soci...

Quantum-Statistical Models of Hot Dense Matter

Arnold F. Nikiforov / Vladimir G. Novikov / Vasili B. Uvarov

<P>This book studies the widely used theoretical models for calculating properties of hot dense matter. Calculations are illustrated by plots and tables, and they are compared with experimen...

High-Velocity Clouds

On the occasion of the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, a symposium was held in Groningen in May of 1996, celebrating his contributions to the study of the int- stellar medium, including his work on ...

Flux-Corrected Transport

<P>Addressing students and researchers as well as CFD practitioners, this book describes the state of the art in the development of high-resolution schemes based on the Flux-Corrected Transp...

Particle Physics and the Universe

The Adriatic Meetings have traditionally been conferences on the most - vanced status of science. They are one of the very few conferences in physics aiming at a very broad participation of young ...