• Title: Introduction to 2-Spinors in General Relativity
• Author: Peter O’Donnell
• Pages: 204 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9812383077
• ISBN-13: 978-9812383075

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This book deals with 2-spinors in general relativity, beginning by developing spinors in a geometrical way rather than using representation theory, which can be a little abstract. This gives the reader greater physical intuition into the way in which spinors behave. The book concentrates on the algebra and calculus of spinors connected with curved space-time. Many of the well-known tensor fields in general relativity are shown to have spinor counterparts. An analysis of the Lanczos spinor concludes the book, and some of the techniques so far encountered are applied to this. Exercises play an important role throughout and are given at the end of each chapter.

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• Title: General Relativity for Mathematicians (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
• Authors: R.K. Sachs, H.-H. Wu
• Pages: 291 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 7, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038790218X
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• Title: General Relativity: A Geometric Approach
• Author: Malcolm Ludvigsen
• Pages: 230 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521630193
• ISBN-13: 978-0521630191

Book Description
Starting with the idea of an event and finishing with a description of the standard big-bang model of the Universe, this textbook provides a clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to the theory of general relativity, suitable for final-year undergraduate mathematics or physics students. Throughout, the emphasis is on the geometric structure of spacetime, rather than the traditional coordinate-dependent approach. This allows the theory to be pared down and presented in its simplest and most elegant form. Topics covered include flat spacetime (special relativity), Maxwell fields, the energy-momentum tensor, spacetime curvature and gravity, Schwarzschild and Kerr spacetimes, black holes and singularities, and cosmology. In developing the theory, all physical assumptions are clearly spelled out and the necessary mathematics is developed along with the physics. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and key ideas in the text are illustrated with worked examples. Solutions and hints to selected problems are also provided at the end of the book. This textbook will enable the student to develop a sound understanding of the theory of general relativity, and all the necessary mathematical machinery.

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• Title: General Relativity
• Author: Robert M. Wald
• Pages: 506 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (June 15, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226870332
• ISBN-13: 978-0226870335

Reviews
“Wald’s book is clearly the first textbook on general relativity with a totally modern point of view; and it succeeds very well where others are only partially successful. The book includes full discussions of many problems of current interest which are not treated in any extant book, and all these matters are considered with perception and understanding.”—S. Chandrasekhar

“A tour de force: lucid, straightforward, mathematically rigorous, exacting in the analysis of the theory in its physical aspect.”—L. P. Hughston, Times Higher Education Supplement
“Truly excellent. . . . A sophisticated text of manageable size that will probably be read by every student of relativity, astrophysics, and field theory for years to come.”—James W. York, Physics Today

About the Author
Robert M. Wald is professor in the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Space, Time, and Gravity: The Theory of the Big Bang and Black Holes, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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• Title: Advanced General Relativity (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
• Author: John Stewart
• Pages: 238 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (November 26, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521449464
• ISBN-13: 978-0521449465

Reviews
“…the theoretical tools for detailed analytical and numerical prediction are becoming increasingly important. Stewart’s concise and lucid summary, the only book of its kind, is therefore very timely….a fine and very useful book, which I strongly recommend to all interested in the subject.” Malcolm MacCallum, Physics Today

“This is a very well written book, including topics such as spinor algebra, the Newman-Penrose formalism, Dirac spinors, and Lie derivatives. The mathematical proofs are very clear. A large number of exercises make Stewart’s text a valuable addition to advanced formal courses in general relativity. The book is also a valuable reference for researchers who have completed their formal education.” Joseph Weber, Comments on Astrophysics

Book Description
A modern self-contained introduction to key topics in advanced general relativity. The opening chapter reviews the subject, with strong emphasis on the geometric structures underlying the theory. The next chapter discusses 2-component spinor theory, its usefulness for describing zero-mass fields, its practical application via Newman-Penrose formalism, together with examples and applications. The subsequent chapter is an account of the asymptotic theory far from a strong gravitational source, describing the mathematical theory by which measurements of the far-field and gravitational radiation emanating from a source can be used to describe the source itself. The final chapter describes the natural characteristic initial value problem, first in general terms, and then with particular emphasis for relativity, concluding with its relation to Arnold’s singularity theory. Exercises are included.

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• Title: Van der Waals Complexes in Supersonic Beams: Laser Spectroscopy of Neutral-Neutral Interactions
• Author: Jaroslaw Koperski
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• Publisher: Wiley-VCH (March 7, 2003)
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Book Description
Here, readers are introduced to the current experimental techniques of laser spectroscopy of van der Waals complexes produced in supersonic beams. The book is unique in its style, subject and scope, and provides information on recent research not only for researchers focusing on molecular spectroscopy but also for those interested in the cooling of atoms and molecules. Additionally, it provides a comprehensive characterization of the metal(Me)-rare gas(RG) and Me2 diatoms, using an example of the 12-group and rare gas atoms, respectively.

About the Author
Jaroslaw Koperski studied Physics at the Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland, and finished his PhD in 1989. Since then he works at the Jagiellonian University, presently as an Assistant Professor. He spent a few years at the University of Windsor, Canada, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organization in Melbourne, Australia.
His main research interests are laser spectroscopy of van der Waals molecules produced in supersonic beams, elements for manipulation of ultra-cold atoms and atomic interferometry, as well as properties and application of quantum beats method in atomic and molecular spectroscopy.

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• Title: Laser Electronics (3rd Edition) (Solid State Physical Electronics Series)
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This is a practical approach to introductory laser electronics that emphasizes real-world applications and problem-solving skills over theory, providing a clear understanding of both optical and microwave frequencies.
The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

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Laser ablation describes the interaction of intense optical fields with matter, in which atoms are selectively driven off by thermal or nonthermal mechanisms. The field of laser ablation physics is advancing so rapidly that its principal results are seen only in specialized journals and conferences. This will be the first book that combines the most recent results in this rapidly advancing field with authoritative treatment of laser ablation and its applications, including the physics of high-power laser-matter interaction. Many practical applications exist, ranging from inertial confinement fusion to propulsion of aerostats for pollution monitoring to laser ignition of hypersonic engines to laser cleaning nanoscale contaminants in high-volume computer hard drive manufacture to direct observation of the electronic or dissociative states in atoms and molecules, to studying the properties of materials during 200kbar shocks developed in 200fs.

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• Title: The Electromagnetic Origin Of Quantum Theory And Light
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Book Description
Provides an innovative way of viewing scattering phenomena, radiation exchanges, and energy transfer by electromagnetic fields. Chapters discuss topics such as photons, quantum theory, classical electrodynamics, and antenna Q. Previous edition not cited.

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• Title: Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering)
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As digital devices continue to be produced at increasingly lower costs and with higher speeds, the need for effective electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) design practices has become more critical than ever to avoid unnecessary costs in bringing products into compliance with governmental regulations. The Second Edition of this landmark text has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect these major developments that affect both academia and the electronics industry. Readers familiar with the First Edition will find much new material, including:
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* The final chapter on System Design for EMC completely rewritten
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Detailed, worked-out examples are now included throughout the text. In addition, review exercises are now included following the discussion of each important topic to help readers assess their grasp of the material. Several appendices are new to this edition including Phasor Analysis of Electric Circuits, The Electromagnetic Field Equations and Waves, Computer Codes for Calculating the Per-Unit-Length Parameters and Crosstalk of Multiconductor Transmission Lines, and a SPICE (PSPICE) tutorial.

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• Title: Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics
• Author: Rajeev Bansal
• Pages: 720 pages
• Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
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• ISBN-13: 978-0824756284

Book Description
Engineers do not have the time to wade through rigorously theoretical books when trying to solve a problem. Beginners lack the expertise required to understand highly specialized treatments of individual topics. This is especially problematic for a field as broad as electromagnetics, which propagates into many diverse engineering fields. The time has come to find a middle ground. The Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics links theory to specific applications with an integrated approach to areas such as wireless communications, fiber optics, microwaves, radar, materials science, and even biomedical engineering. This book not only provides the necessary formulas, figures, and tables, but also the underlying theory and insight needed to formulate and solve real-world engineering problems. A team of international experts discusses fundamental concepts such as Maxwell equations, static fields, electromagnetic induction, transmission lines, waveguides, and electromagnetic compatibility. They also explore specific technologies, various numerical techniques used for computer-aided solutions, biological effects and safety standards, biomedical applications, and measuring electromagnetic properties of biological materials. With tables and graphs integrated into the discussion, each chapter is a nearly self-contained oasis of practical and theoretical problem-solving information for individual applications, with references directing you to more in-depth information. Appendices provide brief compilations of key constants and units as well as a tutorial on vector analysis and coordinate systems.

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• Title: Electromagnetic Propagation in Multi-Mode Random Media
• Author: Harrison E. Rowe
• Pages: 233 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (February 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471110035
• ISBN-13: 978-0471110033

Book Description
Reflecting the growing importance of multi-mode transmission media in communications, radar, sensors, remote sensing, and many other industrial applications, this work presents analytic methods for calculating the transmission statistics of microwave and optical components with random imperfections.

The emphasis here is on multi-mode waveguides, optical fibers, and directional couplers-described by the coupled line equations with random parameters-as well as multi-layer optical coatings used as windows, mirrors, or filters. The author clearly explains how to calculate the transmission statistics of these devices in terms of their coupling or optical thickness statistics, in both the time and frequency domains. This unique resource for engineers and researchers involved in the design of multi-mode transmission media:
* Focuses on matrix techniques and the various types of problems to which they can be applied
* Incorporates many new results developed by the author
* Discusses applications to problems of significant practical interest
* Demonstrates a purely analytical approach-not using Monte Carlo or other simulation methods

About the Author
HARRISON E. ROWE has made major contributions to a wide range of subjects in the communications area, including the Manley-Rowe relations, early work on multi-mode random waveguides, a widely used method for determining digital angle-modulation spectra, and more. Dr. Rowe was the joint recipient of the David Sarnoff award in 1977 and the Microwave Prize in 1972 for his contributions, and is the author of Signal and Noise in Communications Systems.

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• Title: Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism
• Author: Carver A. Mead
• Pages: 158 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 1st edition (August 28, 2000)
• Language: English
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Book Description
In this book Carver Mead offers a radically new approach to the standard problems of electromagnetic theory. Motivated by the belief that the goal of scientific research should be the simplification and unification of knowledge, he describes a new way of doing electrodynamics–collective electrodynamics–that does not rely on Maxwell’s equations, but rather uses the quantum nature of matter as its sole basis. Collective electrodynamics is a way of looking at how electrons interact, based on experiments that tell us about the electrons directly. (As Mead points out, Maxwell had no access to these experiments.)

The results Mead derives for standard electromagnetic problems are identical to those found in any text. Collective electrodynamics reveals, however, that quantities that we usually think of as being very different are, in fact, the same–that electromagnetic phenomena are simple and direct manifestations of quantum phenomena. Mead views his approach as a first step toward reformulating quantum concepts in a clear and comprehensible manner.

The book is divided into five sections: magnetic interaction of steady currents, propagating waves, electromagnetic energy, radiation in free space, and electromagnetic interaction of atoms. In an engaging preface, Mead tells how his approach to electromagnetic theory was inspired by his interaction with Richard Feynman.

About the Author
Carver A. Mead is the Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology. He won the 1999 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention and Innovation.

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• Title: Atoms In Electromagnetic Fields (World Scientific Series on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
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• Pages: 752 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; 2 edition (March 2005)
• Language: English
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• ISBN-13: 978-9812389428

World Scientific has performed a service for all with an interest in the most recent history of physics by inducing Cohen-Tannoudji to bring together - and by reproducing photographically in so well-produced a volume - this selection of his scientific papers … As the dates of publication of the papers in each section have relatively small temporal dispersion and the ordering of the sections is essentially chronologic, the volume gives the trajectory both of Cohen-Tannoudji’s attention and of the development of his field. In this it is an effective complement to his recent systematic exposition: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jacques Dupont-Roc, and Gilbert Grynberg, Atom-Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications (Wiley, 1992; translated from the French edition, 1988). Paul Forman, Science, 1995

Book Description
Presents papers from the last 40 years covering various physical effects which can be observed on atoms interacting with electromagnetic fields. Discusses atoms in intense laser fields, photon correlations, quantum jumps, and more. Previous edition: c1994. Hardcover, softcover available.

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• ISBN-10: 0471165492
• ISBN-13: 978-0471165491

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Applied Electromagnetics and Electromagnetic Compatibility deals with Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), which is the reception of undesired radio signals originating from digital electronics and electronic equipment. With today’s rapid development of radio communication, these undesired signals as well as signals due to natural phenomena such as lightning, sparking, and others are becoming increasingly important in the general area of Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC). EMC can be defined as the capability of some electronic equipment or system to be operated at desired levels of performance in a given electromagnetic environment without generating EM emissions unacceptable to other systems operating in the vicinity.

About the Author
DIPAK L. SENGUPTA, PhD, is Professor Emeritus and Research Scientist at the Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, and his professional interests are in the areas of antennas, electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility, and navigation systems.

VALDIS V. LIEPA, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he works on problems relating to applied electromagnetics and EMC compliance. Dr. Liepa is a Life Member of IEEE.

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• Title: Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 129: Calculus of Finite Differences in Quantum Electrodynamics
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The objective of this fourth volume in the series Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems remains the same as previous volumes: to add a number of significant advances in this area of research to scientific and professional literature.

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• Title: Topics in Mathematical Physics General Relativity and Cosmology in Honor of Jerzy Plebanski
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• Title: The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe
• Author: Steven Weinberg
• Pages: 224 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books; 2 Updated edition (August 17, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0465024378
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• Title: Tensors and Manifolds: with Applications to Mechanics and Relativity
• Author: Robert H. Wasserman
• Pages: 424 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 30, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195065611
• ISBN-13: 978-0195065619

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“Considering the complexity of the material, the tone is friendly; one can almost hear Wasserman lecturing. The presentation is rigorous without being pedantic. Excellent exercises. Highly recommended.” –Choice

“First, the emphasis is placed on mathematical structures and all chapters are built around them. . . Second, the text is highly interactive: problems appear all the time and problems are turned into exercises. Third, the author does not shy away from . . . sending the reader to very precise references, with page numbers. Finally, the book strikes a balance between background and advanced topics, easy and difficult material, classical and modern methods, and theory and application. . . . a valuable addition to the courses available in manifold theory and tensor analysis.” –SIAM Review

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This book introduces the concepts of tensor algebras and differentiable manifolds to the intermediate-level student. It describes analytical and geometrical structures built on these basic concepts. Those structures — which include differential forms and their integration, flows, Lie derivatives, distributions and their integrability conditions, connections, and pseudo-Riemannian and symplectic manifolds — are then applied to the description of the fundamental ideas and Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics, and special and general relativity. This book is designed to be accessible to the mathematics or physics student with a good standard undergraduate background, who is interested in obtaining a broader perspective of the rich interplay of mathematics and physics before deciding on a specialty.

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• Classical Mechanics: Point Particles and Relativity (Classical Theoretical Physics) - Walter Greiner
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• Pages: 288 pages
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What could be better than an introduction to the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein himself? One that combines Einstein’s original text, written for the layperson nearly a century ago, with insights from today’s leading experts.

Einstein shattered common-sense notions of space and time with the publication of his special theory of relativity in 1905. In the general theory of relativity, published in 1916, he extended the special theory to include gravity, supplanting Newton’s law of universal gravitation, the zenith of the Scientific Revolution. In Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Einstein took his revolutionary theory directly to the people. In simple terms, he carefully laid out the basic concepts of relativity. But almost ninety years have passed since Einstein penned this classic; many advances have been made in our understanding of relativity and space and time.

Robert Geroch, one of the world’s preeminent experts on relativity, builds on Einstein’s work with commentary that addresses the ideas at the heart of the theory, bringing a modern understanding of relativity to the text. He elucidates how special relativity is a reconciliation of the contradictions between the nature of light and the principle of relativity (a long-standing tenet of physics known since Galileo’s time); he expands on Einstein’s treatment of the geometry of space-time and the fundamental notion of an “event”; he explains in detail, but without technical language, the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass, a cornerstone of general relativity.

Roger Penrose’s eloquent introduction frames the creation of both the special and the general theories in the history of science. He argues that even without Einstein, the special theory would have been formulated, as its essential ideas had been put forward before 1905. But the general theory, he shows, is so unique and revolutionary that, without Einstein, we still may not have it today. He also discusses important developments in general relativity since Einstein’s death, and the significance of the theory from the vantage point of contemporary science.

David C. Cassidy explores the impact of relativity outside of physics. In a century of unprecedented scientific advances, yet one of great turmoil, violence, and disillusionment, relativity became a tool of ideologies. Cassidy shows that while the theory reinforced the idea of scientific progress for some, the counterintuitive nature of the theory alienated many nonscientists, opening a rift between science and the public that continues to grow today.

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Although gravity is the dominant force of nature at large distances (from intermediate scales to the Hubble length), it is the weakest of forces in particle physics, though it is believed to become important again at very short scales (the Planck length). The conditions created in particle accelerators are similar to those at the time of the early universe. While particle physics offers insight to early universe physics, there is a need to understand gravity at extremes of large and short distances to further understand cosmology and the development of the universe. Gravitation: From the Hubble Length to the Planck Length fulfills this need by providing an overview of relativistic astrophysics, early universe physics, cosmology, and their interface with particle physics. Written by international experts, this reference presents up-to-date information on classical relativity, astrophysics, and theoretical and experimental particle physics. The introduction sets the scene and provides a context for the remaining chapters. Chapters cover an extensive array of topics, from refined experimental techniques in gravitational physics to cosmology and the quantum frontier. The book concludes with a discussion of the connection among particles, fields, strings, and branes. This compilation shows how gravity plays a fundamental role in astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology by exploring domains from the microscopic, such as black holes, to superclusters of galaxies that form the large-scale texture of the present-day cosmos. Moreover, with its theoretical and experimental focus on the foundations of gravity, Gravitation proves to be an invaluable resource for current and future research.

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• Title: Elementary Electronic Structure
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This is a revised edition of the 1999 text on the electronic structure and properties of solids, similar in spirit to the well-known 1980 text Electronic Structure and the Properties of Solids. The revisions include an added chapter on glasses, and rewritten sections on spin–orbit coupling, magnetic alloys, and actinides. The text covers covalent semiconductors, ionic insulators, simple metals, and transition-metal and f-shell-metal systems. It focuses on the most important aspects of each system, making what approximations are necessary in order to proceed analytically and obtain formulae for the properties. Such back-of-the-envelope formulae, which display the dependence of any property on the parameters of the system, are characteristic of Harrison’s approach to electronic structure, as is his simple presentation and his provision of all the needed parameters.

In spite of the diversity of systems and materials, the approach is systematic and coherent, combining the tight-binding (or atomic) picture with the pseudopotential (or free-electron) picture. This provides parameters — the empty-core radii as well as the covalent energies — and conceptual bases for estimating the various properties of all these systems. Extensive tables of parameters and properties are included.

The book has been written as a text, with problems at the end of each chapter, and others can readily be generated by asking for estimates of different properties, or different materials, than those treated in the text. In fact, the ease of generating interesting problems reflects the extraordinary utility and simplicity of the methods introduced. Developments since the 1980 publication have made the theory simpler and much more accurate, besides allowing much wider application.

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Walter A Harrison is Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He received a Bachelor of Engineering Physics degree at Cornell University in 1953, and a PhD degree in 1956 under Frederick Seitz at the University of Illinois. After nine years as a physicist at the General Electric Research Laboratory, he moved to Stanford in 1965. He was a Guggenheim Fellow and a Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, in 1970–71. He received the Senior Scientist von Humboldt Award in 1982, and carried out research at the Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung in Stuttgart. Professor Harrison is Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Utah and a consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society. He is the author of three widely used texts and some 200 technical papers.

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This is a textbook addressed to students in Physics and other people interested in Relativity and History of Physics. The book contains a complete account of Special Relativity that begins with the historical analysis of the reasons that led to a change in our manner of regarding the space and time. The first chapters are aimed to afford a deep understanding of the relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics. The chapter about covariant formulation includes the concepts of volume and hypersurfaces in manifolds, energy-momentum tensor of a fluid, etc., and prepares the language for General Relativity. The last two chapters are devoted to introduce General Relativity and Cosmology in a modern approach connected with the latest discoveries in these areas.

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This book provides a unified treatment of the characteristics of telescopes of all types, both those whose performance is set by geometrical aberrations and the effect of the atmosphere, and those diffraction-limited telescopes designed for observations from above the atmosphere. The emphasis throughout is on basic principles, such as Fermat’s principle, and their application to optical systems specifically designed to image distant celestial sources.
The book also contains thorough discussions of the principles underlying all spectroscopic instrumentation, with special emphasis on grating instruments used with telescopes. An introduction to adaptive optics provides the needed background for further inquiry into this rapidly developing area.

* Geometrical aberration theory based on Fermat’s principle
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* Thorough discussion of 2-mirror telescopes, including misalignments
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* Schmidt and other catadioptric telescopes
* Principles of adaptive optics
* Over 220 figures and nearly 90 summary tables

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• Title: 100 Years Werner Heisenberg: Works and Impact
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“…reviews some of the most important themes underlying Heisenbergs?s creativity…”
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Book Description
Over 40 renowned scientists from all around the world discuss the work and influence of Werner Heisenberg. The papers result from the symposium held by the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Heisenberg’s birth, one of the most important physicists of the 20th century and cofounder of modern-day quantum mechanics. Taking atomic and laser physics as their starting point, the scientists illustrate the impact of Heisenberg’s theories on astroparticle physics, high-energy physics and string theory right up to processing quantum information.

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• Title: System Integration: From Transistor Design to Large Scale Integrated Circuits
• Author: Kurt Hoffmann
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The development of large-scale integrated systems on a chip has had a dramatic effect on circuit design methodology.

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• Highlights the increasing requirement for information on system-on-a-chip design and integration.
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• Title: Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics And Quantum-device Applications
• Author: Fausto Rossi
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Book Description
This book discusses the basic physics of semiconductor macroatoms at the nanoscale as well as their potential application as building blocks for the realization of new-generation quantum devices. It provides a review on state-of-the art fabrication and characterization of semiconductor quantum dots aimed at implementing single-electron/exciton devices for quantum information processing and communication. After an introductory chapter on the fundamentals of quantum dots, a number of more specialized review articles presents a comprehensive picture of this rapidly developing field, specifically including strongly multidisciplinary topics such as state-of-the-art nanofabrication and optical characterization, fully microscopic theoretical modeling of nontrivial many-body processes, as well as design and optimization of novel quantum-device architectures.

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• Quantum Coherence Correlation and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures - Toshihide Takagahara
• Interlayer Dielectrics for Semiconductor Technologies, Volume 1 (Academic Press) - Shyam P Muraka, Moshe Eizenberg, Ashok K Sinha
• Inelastic Light Scattering of Semiconductor Nanostructures (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics) - Christian Schüller
• Coherent Semiconductor Optics: From Basic Concepts to Nanostructure Applications - T. Meier, P. Thomas, S.W. Koch
• Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Quantum Structures - T. Yao, J.C. Woo
• Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices - V.A. Vashchenko, V.F. Sinkevitch
• Mathematical Problems in Semiconductor Physics: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, June 15-22, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics / Fondazione C.I.M.E., Firenze) - A.M. Anile, W. Allegretto, C. Ringhofer
• Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices
• Handbook of Silicon Semiconductor Metrology - Alain C. Diebold
• Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices: Introduction to Physics and Simulation

• Title: Quantum Coherence Correlation and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures
• Author: Toshihide Takagahara
• Pages: 496 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (June 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0126822255
• ISBN-13: 978-0126822250

Book Description
Semiconductor nanostructures are attracting a great deal of interest as the most promising device with which to implement quantum information processing and quantum computing. This book surveys the present status of nanofabrication techniques, near field spectroscopy and microscopy to assist the fabricated nanostructures. It will be essential reading for academic and industrial researchers in pure and applied physics, optics, semiconductors and microelectronics.

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• Inelastic Light Scattering of Semiconductor Nanostructures (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics) - Christian Schüller
• Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics And Quantum-device Applications - Fausto Rossi
• Interlayer Dielectrics for Semiconductor Technologies, Volume 1 (Academic Press) - Shyam P Muraka, Moshe Eizenberg, Ashok K Sinha
• Coherent Semiconductor Optics: From Basic Concepts to Nanostructure Applications - T. Meier, P. Thomas, S.W. Koch
• Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Quantum Structures - T. Yao, J.C. Woo
• Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices - V.A. Vashchenko, V.F. Sinkevitch
• Mathematical Problems in Semiconductor Physics: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, June 15-22, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics / Fondazione C.I.M.E., Firenze) - A.M. Anile, W. Allegretto, C. Ringhofer
• Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices
• Decoherence and the Quantum-To-Classical Transition (The Frontiers Collection) - Maximilian A. Schlosshauer
• Handbook of Silicon Semiconductor Metrology - Alain C. Diebold

• Title: Interlayer Dielectrics for Semiconductor Technologies, Volume 1 (Academic Press)
• Author: Shyam P Muraka
• Editors: Moshe Eizenberg, Ashok K Sinha
• Pages: 464 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0125112211
• ISBN-13: 978-0125112215

Book Description
Semiconductor technologies are moving at such a fast pace that new materials are needed in all types of application. Manipulating the materials and their properties at atomic dimensions has become a must. This book presents the case of interlayer dielectrics materials whilst considering these challenges.

Interlayer Dielectrics for Semiconductor Technologies cover the science, properties and applications of dielectrics, their preparation, patterning, reliability and characterisation, followed by the discussion of different materials including those with high dielctric constants and those useful for waveguide applications in optical communications on the chip and the package.

* Brings together for the FIRST time the science and technology of interlayer deilectrics materials, in one volume
* written by renowned experts in the field
* Provides an up-to-date starting point in this young research field.

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• Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics And Quantum-device Applications - Fausto Rossi
• Quantum Coherence Correlation and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures - Toshihide Takagahara
• Inelastic Light Scattering of Semiconductor Nanostructures (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics) - Christian Schüller
• Coherent Semiconductor Optics: From Basic Concepts to Nanostructure Applications - T. Meier, P. Thomas, S.W. Koch
• Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Quantum Structures - T. Yao, J.C. Woo
• Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices - V.A. Vashchenko, V.F. Sinkevitch
• Mathematical Problems in Semiconductor Physics: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, June 15-22, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics / Fondazione C.I.M.E., Firenze) - A.M. Anile, W. Allegretto, C. Ringhofer
• Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices
• Handbook of Silicon Semiconductor Metrology - Alain C. Diebold
• Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices: Introduction to Physics and Simulation

• Title: Intense Terahertz Excitation of Semiconductors (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology)
• Authors: S. G. Ganichev, W. Prettl
• Pages: 434 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198528302
• ISBN-13: 978-0198528302

Reviews
`…a useful book…in a strongly growing research area. ‘ Arthur Gossard, University of California at Santa Barbara

`…important and topical…with a good range of topics…and an audience amoung semiconductor physicists, but also advanced students who are interested in terahertz electronics and high-power terahertz research. ‘ Carl Pidgeon, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

Book Description
Intense Terahertz Excitation of Semiconductors presents the first comprehensive treatment of high-power terahertz applications to semiconductors and low-dimensional semiconductor structures. Terahertz properties of semiconductors are in the center of scientific activities because of the need
of high-speed electronics. This research monograph bridges the gap between microwave physics and photonics. It focuses on a core topic of semiconductor physics providing a full description of the state of the art of the field.
The reader is introduced to new physical phenomena which occur in the terahertz frequency range at the transition from semi-classical physics with a classical field amplitude to the fully quantized limit with photons. The book covers a wide range of optical, optoelectronic, and nonlinear transport
processes, presenting experimental results, clearly visualizing models and basic theories. Background information for future work and exhaustive references of current literature are given. A particularly valuable feature is the thorough discussion of various technical aspects of the terahertz range
like the generation of high-power coherent radiation, optical components, instrumentation, and detection schemes of short intense pulses. The book complements, for the first time in form of a monograph, previous books on infrared physics which dealt with low-power optical and opto-electronic
processes. It will be useful not only to scientists but also to advanced students who are interested in terahertz research.

About the Author
Sergey D. Ganichev Department of Physics Universitat Regensburg D93040 Regensburg German Willi Prettl Department of Physics Universitat Regensburg D93040 Regensburg Germany

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• Breakdown Phenomena in Semiconductors and Semiconductor Devices (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems) - Michael Levinshtein, Juha Kostamovaara, Sergey Vainshtein
• The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors: An Introduction - John H. Davies
• Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors, Fourth Edition - Hartmut Haug, Stephan W. Koch

• Title: Inelastic Light Scattering of Semiconductor Nanostructures (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)
• Author: Christian Schüller
• Pages: 189 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540365257
• ISBN-13: 978-3540365259

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• Quantum Coherence Correlation and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures - Toshihide Takagahara
• Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics And Quantum-device Applications - Fausto Rossi
• Interlayer Dielectrics for Semiconductor Technologies, Volume 1 (Academic Press) - Shyam P Muraka, Moshe Eizenberg, Ashok K Sinha
• Coherent Semiconductor Optics: From Basic Concepts to Nanostructure Applications - T. Meier, P. Thomas, S.W. Koch
• Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Quantum Structures - T. Yao, J.C. Woo
• Physical Limitations of Semiconductor Devices - V.A. Vashchenko, V.F. Sinkevitch
• Mathematical Problems in Semiconductor Physics: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, June 15-22, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics / Fondazione C.I.M.E., Firenze) - A.M. Anile, W. Allegretto, C. Ringhofer
• Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices
• Path Integral Quantization and Stochastic Quantization (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics) - Michio Masujima
• Theory of Van Der Waals Attraction (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 72.) - Dieter W. Langbein

• Title: Breakdown Phenomena in Semiconductors and Semiconductor Devices (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems)
• Editors: Michael Levinshtein, Juha Kostamovaara, Sergey Vainshtein
• Pages: 224 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (September 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9812563954
• ISBN-13: 978-9812563958

Book Description
Impact ionization, avalanche and breakdown phenomena form the basis of many very interesting and important semiconductor devices, such as avalanche photodiodes, avalanche transistors, suppressors, sharpening diodes (diodes with delayed breakdown), as well as IMPATT and TRAPATT diodes. In order to provide maximal speed and power, many semiconductor devices must operate under or very close to breakdown conditions. Consequently, an acquaintance with breakdown phenomena is essential for scientists or engineers dealing with semiconductor devices. The aim of this book is to summarize the main experimental results on avalanche and breakdown phenomena in semiconductors and semiconductor devices and to analyze their features from a unified point of view. Attention is focused on the phenomenology of avalanche multiplication and the various kinds of breakdown phenomena and their qualitative analysis.

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• Intense Terahertz Excitation of Semiconductors (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology) - S. G. Ganichev, W. Prettl
• The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors: An Introduction - John H. Davies
• Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors, Fourth Edition - Hartmut Haug, Stephan W. Koch
• Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems - Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion
• Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems - Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion
• The RF Transmission Systems Handbook (Electronics Handbook Series) - Jerry C. Whitaker
• High Reliability Magnetic Devices (Electrical Engineering & Electronics, 115) - Colonel Wm. T. McLyman
• Handbook of High-Temperature Superconductor Electronics (Applied Physics) - Neeraj Khare
• Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook, Second Edition (Electronics Handbook Series) - Jerry C. Whitaker
• Electron Beams and Microwave Vacuum Electronics (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering) - Shulim E. Tsimring

• Title: Spheroidal Wave Functions in Electromagnetic Theory (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering)
• Authors: Le-Wei Li, Xiao-Kang Kang, Mook-Seng Leong
• Pages: 312 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (November 19, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471031704
• ISBN-13: 978-0471031703

Book Description
The flagship monograph addressing the spheroidal wave function and its pertinence to computational electromagnetics

Spheroidal Wave Functions in Electromagnetic Theory presents in detail the theory of spheroidal wave functions, its applications to the analysis of electromagnetic fields in various spheroidal structures, and provides comprehensive programming codes for those computations.

The topics covered in this monograph include:

• Spheroidal coordinates and wave functions
• Dyadic Green’s functions in spheroidal systems
• EM scattering by a conducting spheroid
• EM scattering by a coated dielectric spheroid
• Spheroid antennas
• SAR distributions in a spheroidal head model

The programming codes and their applications are provided online and are written in Mathematica 3.0 or 4.0. Readers can also develop their own codes according to the theory or routine described in the book to find subsequent solutions of complicated structures. Spheroidal Wave Functions in Electromagnetic Theory is a fundamental reference for scientists, engineers, and graduate students practicing modern computational electromagnetics or applied physics.

About the Author
LE-WEI LI, PhD, is Deputy Director of the Antenna and Scattering Laboratory and Electromagnetics Research Group at the National University of Singapore. He is a senior member of the IEEE, an editorial board member of Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, and the author of Dyadic Green’s Functions in Inhomogeneous Media and Electromagnetic Theory of Complex Media.
XIAO-KANG KANG, PhD, is a research engineer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore.
MOOK-SENG LEONG, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore.

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• Handbook of Nonlinear Optics (Optical Engineering Series, Vol 52) - Richard L. Sutherland
• Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications (Optical Science and Engineering) - Mark G. Kuzyk
• Electron Beams and Microwave Vacuum Electronics (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering) - Shulim E. Tsimring
• Electromagnetic Theory for Microwaves and Optoelectronics - Keqian Zhang, Dejie Li
• Semiconductor Laser Fundamentals (Optical Engineering)
• Electromagnetic Theory and Applications for Photonic Crystals

• Title: Magnetism: Materials and Applications
• Editors: Etienne du Trémolet de Lacheisserie, Damien Gignoux, Michel Schlenker
• Pages: 517 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387230009
• ISBN-13: 978-0387230009

This book deals with the basic phenomena that govern the magnetic properties of matter, with magnetic materials and with the applications of magnetism in science, technology and medicine.

Dedicated to magnetic materials and applications of magnetism, this book deals with permanent magnet (hard) materials, magnetically soft materials for low-frequency applications, then for high-frequency electronics, magnetostrictive materials, superconductors, magnetic-thin films and multilayers, and ferrofluids. A chapter is dedicated to magnetic recording. The role of magnetism in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and in the earth and the life sciences, is discussed. Finally, a chapter deals with instrumentation for magnetic measurements. Appendices provide tables of magnetic properties, unit conversions, useful formulas, and some figures on the economic place of magnetic materials.

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• Magnetism: Fundamentals - Etienne du Trémolet de Lacheisserie, Damien Gignoux, Michel Schlenker
• Magnetism: Molecules to Materials IV (Magnetism: Molecules to Materials)
• Magnetism and Structure in Functional Materials (Springer Series in Materials Science) - A. Planes, L. Mañosa, A. Saxena
• Magnetism: A Synchrotron Radiation Approach (Lecture Notes in Physics) - Eric Beaurepaire, Hervé Bulou, Fabrice Scheurer, Jean-Paul Kappler
• Fundamentals of Magnetism - Mathias Getzlaff
• A History Electricity and Magnetism - Herbert W. Meyer
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• Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter: From Materials to Chemical Biology. Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• Title: Magnetism: Fundamentals
• Editors: Etienne du Trémolet de Lacheisserie, Damien Gignoux, Michel Schlenker
• Pages: 507 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387229671
• ISBN-13: 978-0387229676

This book deals with the basic phenomena that govern the magnetic properties of matter, with magnetic materials and with the applications of magnetism in science, technology and medicine.

Although an in-depth understanding of magnetism requires a quantum mechanical approach, a phenomenological description of the mechanisms involved has been deliberately chosen in most chapters in order for the book to be useful to a wide readership. The emphasis is placed, in the part devoted to the atomic aspects of magnetism, on explaining, rather than attempting to calculate, the mechanisms underlying the exchange interaction and magnetocrystalline anisotropy, which lead to magnetic order, hence to useful materials. This theoretical part is placed, in Volume I, between a phenomenological part, introducing magnetic effects at the atomic, mesoscopic and macroscopic levels, and a presentation of magneto-caloric, magneto-elastic, magneto-optical and magneto-transport coupling effects.

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• Magnetism: Materials and Applications - Etienne du Trémolet de Lacheisserie, Damien Gignoux, Michel Schlenker

• Title: Magnetism in Condensed Matter (Oxford Maser Series in Condensed Matter Physics)
• Author: Stephen Blundell
• Pages: 256 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (December 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198505914
• ISBN-13: 978-0198505914

Book Description
The superb book describes the modern theory of the magnetic properties of solids. Starting from fundamental principles, this copiously illustrated volume outlines the theory of magnetic behaviour, describes experimental techniques, and discusses current research topics. The book is intended
for final year undergraduate students and graduate students in the physical sciences.

About the Author
Dr Stephen Blundell, University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, Tel.: 01865/272347, Fax: 01865/272400, Email: s.blundell@physics.ox.ac.uk

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• Title: Magnetism and Structure in Functional Materials (Springer Series in Materials Science)
• Editors: A. Planes, L. Mañosa, A. Saxena
• Pages: 260 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540236724
• ISBN-13: 978-3540236726

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• Magnetism: Materials and Applications - Etienne du Trémolet de Lacheisserie, Damien Gignoux, Michel Schlenker
• Magnetism: A Synchrotron Radiation Approach (Lecture Notes in Physics) - Eric Beaurepaire, Hervé Bulou, Fabrice Scheurer, Jean-Paul Kappler
• Fundamentals of Magnetism - Mathias Getzlaff
• A History Electricity and Magnetism - Herbert W. Meyer
• Handbook of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processing (Materials Science and Process Technology Series) - Donald M. Mattox
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• Title: Magnetism: A Synchrotron Radiation Approach (Lecture Notes in Physics)
• Editors: Eric Beaurepaire, Hervé Bulou, Fabrice Scheurer, Jean-Paul Kappler
• Pages: 470 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540332413
• ISBN-13: 978-3540332411

Book Description
This volume contains the edited lectures of the fourth Mittelwihr school on “Magnetism and Synchrotron Radiation”. This series of events introduces graduate students and nonspecialists from related disciplines to the field of magnetism and magnetic materials with emphasis on synchrotron radiation as an experimental tool of investigation. These lecture notes present in particular the state of the art regarding the analysis of magnetic properties of new materials.

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• Title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Applications (Electromagnetism)
• Author: Vadim Kuperman
• Pages: 182 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1st edition (March 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0124291503
• ISBN-13: 978-0124291508

Book Description
This book is intended as a text/reference for students, researchers, and professors interested in physical and biomedical applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Both the theoretical and practical aspects of MRI are emphasized. The book begins with a comprehensive discussion of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) phenomenon based on quantum mechanics and the classical theory of electromagnetism. The first three chapters of this book provide the foundation needed to understand the basic characteristics of MR images, e.g.,image contrast, spatial resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, common image artifacts. Then MRI applications are considered in the following five chapters. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of MRI are emphasized. The book ends with a discussion of instrumentation and the principles of signal detection in MRI.

Key Features
* Clear progression from fundamental physical principles of NMR to MRI and its applications
* Extensive discussion of image acquisition and reconstruction of MRI
* Discussion of different mechanisms of MR image contrast
* Mathematical derivation of the signal-to-noise dependence on basic MR imaging parameters as well as field strength
* In-depth consideration of artifacts in MR images
* Comprehensive discussion of several techniques used for rapid MR imaging including rapid gradient-echo imaging, echo-planar imaging, fast spin-echo imaging and spiral imaging
* Qualitative discussion combined with mathematical description of MR techniques for imaging flow

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• Title: Fundamentals of Magnetism
• Author: Mathias Getzlaff
• Pages: 388 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540311505
• ISBN-13: 978-3540311508

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In the last decade a tremendous progress has taken place in understanding the basis of magnetism, especially in reduced dimensions.
In the first part, the fundamentals of magnetism are conveyed for atoms and bulk-like solid-state systems providing a basis for the understanding of new phenomena which exclusively occur in low-dimensional systems as the giant magneto resistance. This wide field is discussed in the second part and illustrated by copious examples.
This textbook is particularly suitable for graduate students in physical and materials sciences. It includes numerous examples, exercises, and references.
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• Title: Differential Forms in Electromagnetics (IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory)
• Author: Ismo V. Lindell
• Pages: 253 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press (April 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471648019
• ISBN-13: 978-0471648017

Book Description
An introduction to multivectors, dyadics, and differential forms for electrical engineers

While physicists have long applied differential forms to various areas of theoretical analysis, dyadic algebra is also the most natural language for expressing electromagnetic phenomena mathematically. George Deschamps pioneered the application of differential forms to electrical engineering but never completed his work. Now, Ismo V. Lindell, an internationally recognized authority on differential forms, provides a clear and practical introduction to replacing classical Gibbsian vector calculus with the mathematical formalism of differential forms.

In Differential Forms in Electromagnetics, Lindell simplifies the notation and adds memory aids in order to ease the reader’s leap from Gibbsian analysis to differential forms, and provides the algebraic tools corresponding to the dyadics of Gibbsian analysis that have long been missing from the formalism. He introduces the reader to basic EM theory and wave equations for the electromagnetic two-forms, discusses the derivation of useful identities, and explains novel ways of treating problems in general linear (bi-anisotropic) media.

Clearly written and devoid of unnecessary mathematical jargon, Differential Forms in Electromagnetics helps engineers master an area of intense interest for anyone involved in research on metamaterials.

About the Author
ISMO V. LINDELL, PhD, is a professor of electromagnetic theory at the Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, where he was the founder of the Electromagnetics Laboratory in 1984. Dr. Lindell has received numerous awards, including recognition as an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to electromagnetic theory and for the development of education in electromagnetics in Finland. He is a member of URSI and IEEE, and is the recipient of the IEE Maxwell Premium for both 1997 and 1998, as well as the IEEE S. A. Schelkunoff Best Paper prize in 1987. In addition to two books in English, Dr. Lindell has authored or coauthored ten books in Finnish along with several hundred articles.

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• Title: A History Electricity and Magnetism
• Author: Herbert W. Meyer
• Pages: 352 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press & Burndy Library; Illustrated edition (December 15, 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 026213070X
• ISBN-13: 978-0262130707

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