1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450228503321

Titolo

Photoinduced phase transitions [[electronic resource] /] / editor, K. Nasu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2004

ISBN

1-281-87712-3

9786611877125

981-256-572-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NasuK <1946-> (Keiichirō)

Disciplina

530.4/14

530.474

Soggetti

Exciton theory

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Charge transfer - Research

Ionic crystals - Spectra

High spin physics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Theories for Photoinduced Structural Phase Transitions and their Dynamics Keiichiro Nasu; Chapter 2 Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of the Dynamics of Photoinduced Ionic-to-Neutral Phase Transition in Tetrathiafulvalen-P-Chloranil Crystals Katsumi Tanimura; Chapter 3 Study on the Cooperative Photoinduced Low-Spin to High-Spin State Conversion Processes Osamu Sakai and Tetsuo Ogawa; Chapter 4 Femtosecond Dynamics of the Photo-Induced Lattice Rearrangements in Quasi-One-Dimensional Halogen-Bridged Platinum Complexes Tohru Suemoto, Shinichi Tomimoto and Taira Matsuoka

Chapter 5 Monte Carlo Simulations on Ising-Like Models for Photoinduced Phase Transitions Tohru Kawamoto and Shuji AbeChapter 6 Photoinduced Phase Transitions in One-Dimensional Correlated Electron Systems Hiroshi Okamoto, Shin-ichiro Iwai and Hiroyuki Matsuzaki; Chapter 7 Probing Photoinduced Structural Phase



Transitions by Fast or Ultra-Fast Time-Resolved X-Ray Diffraction Herve Cailleau, Eric Collet, Marylise Buron-Le Cointe, Marie-Helene Lemee-Cailleau and; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A new class of insulating solids was recently discovered. Whenirradiated by a few visible photons, these solids give rise to amacroscopic excited domain that has new structural and electronicorders quite different from the starting ground state. This occurrenceis called ""photoinduced phase transition"", and this multi-authoredbook reviews recent theoretical and experimental studies of this newphenomenon.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019558503321

Autore

Banks Erik

Titolo

Synthetic and structured assets : a practical guide to investment and risk / / Erik Banks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

9786610339709

9781119206927

1119206928

9781280339707

1280339705

9780470031537

0470031530

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance

Disciplina

332.63/2

Soggetti

Securities

Structured notes (Securities)

Derivative securities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Synthetic and Structured Assets: A Practical Guide to Investment and Risk; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the author; 1 Introduction to Synthetic and Structured Assets; 1.1 Development of structured and



synthetic assets; 1.2 Drivers of market activity; 1.3 New product design; 1.4 Overview of the text; 2 Financial Building Blocks; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Concepts; 2.2.1 Risks; 2.2.2 Time value of money and interest rates; 2.3 Derivative instruments; 2.3.1 Derivatives; 2.4 Host securities/liabilities; 2.4.1 Public notes/shelf registrations; 2.4.2 Private placements; 2.4.3 Transferable loans

2.5 Issuing/repackaging vehicles2.5.1 Special purpose entities; 2.5.2 Trusts; 2.5.3 Investment companies and partnerships; 2.6 Financial engineering and product design; 3 Callable, Puttable, and Stripped Securities; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Development and market drivers; 3.3 Product mechanics and applications; 3.3.1 Callable bonds; 3.3.2 Puttable bonds; 3.3.3 Stripped securities; 4 Mortgage-and Asset-backed Securities; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Development and market drivers; 4.3 Product mechanics and applications; 4.3.1 Mortgage-backed securities; 4.3.2 Asset-backed securities

5 Structured Notes and Loans5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Development and market drivers; 5.3 Product mechanics and applications; 5.3.1 General structural issues; 5.3.2 Interest-rate-linked notes; 5.3.3 Currency-linked notes; 5.3.4 Commodity-linked notes and loans; 5.3.5 Equity-linked notes; 5.3.6 Credit-linked notes; 6 Collateralized Debt Obligations; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Development and market drivers; 6.3 Product mechanics and applications; 6.3.1 General structural issues; 6.3.2 Cash flow CDOs and market value CDOs; 6.3.3 Balance sheet and arbitrage CDOs; 6.3.4 Structured and synthetic CDOs

7 Insurance-linked Securities and Contingent Capital7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Development and market drivers; 7.3 Product mechanics and applications; 7.3.1 Insurance-linked securities; 7.3.2 Contingent capital structures; 8 Convertible Bonds and Equity Hybrids; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Development and market drivers; 8.3 Product mechanics and applications; 8.3.1 Convertible bonds and variations; 8.3.2 Bonds with warrants; 8.3.3 Buy/write (covered call)securities; 8.3.4 Other equity hybrids; 9 Investment Funds; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Development and market drivers

9.3 Product mechanics and applications9.3.1 Structure, diversification, and management; 9.3.2 Open-end funds; 9.3.3 Closed-end funds; 9.3.4 Hedge funds; 9.3.5 Exchange-traded funds; 10 Derivative Replication, Repackaging, and Structuring; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Development and market drivers; 10.3 Product mechanics and applications; 10.3.1 Synthetic long and short option and swap positions; 10.3.2 Multiple swap/option positions; 10.3.3 Asset swaps, liability swaps, and callable/puttable asset swap packages; 10.3.4 Credit derivatives and synthetic credit positions

11 Risk, Legal, and Regulatory Issues

Sommario/riassunto

Organized along product lines, the book will analyze many of the original classes of structured assets, including mortgage- and asset-backed securities and strips, as well as the newest structured and synthetic instruments, including exchange-traded funds, credit derivative-based collateralized debt obligations, total return swaps, contingent convertibles, and insurance-linked securities. Two introductory chapters will outline the scope of the market, key definitions, participant motivations/goals, economics of structuring and synthetic replication, and the central ""building blocks"" used i