Physics and Music

Physics and Music

Author: Harvey E. White

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 0486779343

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Comprehensive and accessible, this foundational text surveys general principles of sound, musical scales, characteristics of instruments, mechanical and electronic recording devices, and many other topics. More than 300 illustrations plus questions, problems, and projects.


Fundamentals of Photonics

Fundamentals of Photonics

Author: Bahaa E. A. Saleh

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-03-04

Total Pages: 2127

ISBN-13: 1119702119

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Fundamentals of Photonics A complete, thoroughly updated, full-color third edition Fundamentals of Photonics, Third Edition is a self-contained and up-to-date introductory-level textbook that thoroughly surveys this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a blend of theory and applications, coverage includes detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and photon optics, as well as the interaction of light and matter. Presented at increasing levels of complexity, preliminary sections build toward more advanced topics, such as Fourier optics and holography, photonic-crystal optics, guided-wave and fiber optics, LEDs and lasers, acousto-optic and electro-optic devices, nonlinear optical devices, ultrafast optics, optical interconnects and switches, and optical fiber communications. The third edition features an entirely new chapter on the optics of metals and plasmonic devices. Each chapter contains highlighted equations, exercises, problems, summaries, and selected reading lists. Examples of real systems are included to emphasize the concepts governing applications of current interest. Each of the twenty-four chapters of the second edition has been thoroughly updated.


Exactly Solved Models

Exactly Solved Models

Author: Fa Yueh Wu

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 9812813896

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This unique volume provides a comprehensive overview of exactly solved models in statistical mechanics by looking at the scientific achievements of F Y Wu in this and related fields, which span four decades of his career. The book is organized into topics ranging from lattice models in condensed matter physics to graph theory in mathematics, and includes the author's pioneering contributions. Through insightful commentaries, the author presents an overview of each of the topics and an insider's look at how crucial developments emerged. With the inclusion of important pedagogical review articles by the author, Exactly Solved Models is an indispensable learning tool for graduate students, and an essential reference and source book for researchers in physics and mathematics as well as historians of science.


Many-body Problem, The: An Encyclopedia Of Exactly Solved Models In One Dimension (3rd Printing With Revisions And Corrections)

Many-body Problem, The: An Encyclopedia Of Exactly Solved Models In One Dimension (3rd Printing With Revisions And Corrections)

Author: Daniel C Mattis

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1993-03-15

Total Pages: 992

ISBN-13: 9814505579

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This book differs from its predecessor, Lieb & Mattis Mathematical Physics in One Dimension, in a number of important ways. Classic discoveries which once had to be omitted owing to lack of space — such as the seminal paper by Fermi, Pasta and Ulam on lack of ergodicity of the linear chain, or Bethe's original paper on the Bethe ansatz — can now be incorporated. Many applications which did not even exist in 1966 (some of which were originally spawned by the publication of Lieb & Mattis) are newly included. Among these, this new book contains critical surveys of a number of important developments: the exact solution of the Hubbard model, the concept of spinons, the Haldane gap in magnetic spin-one chains, bosonization and fermionization, solitions and the approach to thermodynamic equilibrium, quantum statistical mechanics, localization of normal modes and eigenstates in disordered chains, and a number of other contemporary concerns.


Landmark Experiments in Twentieth-Century Physics

Landmark Experiments in Twentieth-Century Physics

Author: George L. Trigg

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-03-21

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0486151204

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Clear, detailed explorations feature extensive quotations from original research papers in their coverage of groundbreaking research. Topics include x-rays, superconductivity, neutrinos, lasers, and many other subjects. 120 illustrations. 1975 edition.


Hubbard Model, The: A Collection Of Reprints

Hubbard Model, The: A Collection Of Reprints

Author: A Montorsi

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1992-03-20

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 9814506354

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This book gathers a collection of reprints on the Hubbard Model. The major contributions to the subject since its origin are included, with the aim of providing all scientists working on the model and its applications with easy access to the relevant literature.The book is divided into five parts. The introductory part is concerned with the physical origin and motivations of the model, and contains a collection of mainly historical papers. The remaining four sections are intended to present a coherent scenario of the different approaches to the model solution: exact and rigorous statistical mechanics results; variational methods; perturbative approaches; numerical Quantum Monte Carlo and exact diagonalization studies. Among the applications special emphasis is given to high-Tc superconductivity. Each section is preceded by commentary notes from the editor.