Condensed matter is one of the most active fields of physics, with a stream of discoveries in areas from superfluidity and magnetism to the optical...

Trends In Experimental High Energy Physics

Quantum field theory was invented to deal simultaneously with special relativity and quantum mechanics, the two greatest discoveries of early twent...

Cosmology deals with the nature of the universe. It can be broadly divided into three great ages. The first began in the 6th century BC with the Py...

Physics and mathematics have always been closely intertwined, with developments in one field frequently inspiring the other. Currently, there are m...

A novel way of arranging the atomic structure of a substance so that it can be made thousands of times stronger than in its native state. Often use...

This book is the newest research on the physical properties of optical materials used in all types of lasers and optical systems. The scope include...

Quantum information processing is an exciting new emergent and interdisciplinary field. It combines questions of national security (When will today...

A quantum dot is a particle of matter so small that the addition or removal of an electron changes its properties in some useful way. All atoms are...

Quantum gravity is the field of theoretical physics attempting to unify the theory of quantum mechanics, which describes three of the fundamental f...

Although the various branches of physics differ in their experimental methods and theoretical approaches, certain general principles apply to all o...

Since their discovery a mere thirty years ago, solitons have been invoked to explain such diverse phenomena as: The long lived 'giant red spot' in ...

Turbulent flow means fluid flow in which the fluid undergoes irregular fluctuations. Understanding the turbulent behaviour in flowing fluids is one...

The U.S. energy service company (ESCO) industry is an example of a private sector business model where energy savings are delivered to customers pr...

Almost four decades ago, in response to the Arab oil embargo and recession it triggered, Congress passed legislation restricting crude oil exports ...

This book presents some new results in the studies of anomalous electromagnetic properties of thin granular carbon films. The book describes the st...

In Understanding Density Matrices, the modulus and phase degrees-of-freedom of molecular states are examined, the relevant continuity relations are...

The first chapter of this book proposes an analytical Fourier series solution to the equation for heat transfer by conduction in a spherical shell ...

As a critical theoretical advance, Understanding Plane Waves discusses the acoustic Goos-Hänchen effect. The important applications of this effect...

The book first considers that the evolution of quantum operators is canonical with the total Hamiltonian, and that the generator of the temporal ev...

This book is a natural follow-up and extension of the recent publication "The Big Bang: Theory, Assumptions & Problems", (Eds: O'Connell and Ha...

"Sustainable development is, for government and industry at least, primarily a way of turning trees into lumber, tar into oil, and critique into co...

"The emphasis throughout is to link the fundamentals of the molecules through to the economic drivers for the industry, because this combination de...

Uranium is a naturally occurring, ubiquitous heavy metal. In various chemical forms, natural uranium is found in all soils, rocks, seas and oceans....

Solar energy technologies continue to be deployed at unprecedented levels, aided significantly by the advent of large-scale projects that sell thei...

Ultraviolent (UV) radiation represents a comparatively small part of the total electromagnetic spectrum, yet this portion of the spectrum is respon...

Vacuum Electron & Ion Technologies

The physical and social fabric of the United States is sustained by a system of systems; a complex and dynamic network of interlocking and interdep...

This book introduces the main waste heat sources that come from the industrial, electric, commercial, residential and transportation sectors of soc...

In this book, the main principles of gravitation mass spectroscopy are discussed. The possibilities of this method to investigate the long-range or...

Weak Superconductivity

This book shows that some unexplained cosmological and electrodynamic phenomena may be treated and understood in the geometrically based framework ...

This book is intended to answer the following questions: 1. What is ? 2. Why is the momentum order? 3. When and where does irreversibility occur? 4...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the types, design and efficiency of wind turbines. Topics discussed include mode...