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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783223303321

Autore

Nelson David R. <1951->

Titolo

Statistical mechanics of membranes and surfaces [[electronic resource] /] / [David R. Nelson ... [et al.]] ; edited by D. Nelson, T. Piran, S. Weingerg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-281-87705-0

9786611877057

981-256-551-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Classificazione

33.26

Altri autori (Persone)

NelsonDavid R. <1951->

PiranTsvi <1949->

WeingergS

Disciplina

530.4/17

530.427

530/.138

Soggetti

Surfaces (Physics) - Statistical methods

Membranes (Technology) - Statistical methods

Interfaces (Physical sciences) - Statistical methods

Statistical mechanics

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.

Nota di contenuto

Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 The Statistical Mechanics of Membranes and Interfaces David R. Nelson; Chapter 2 Interfaces: Fluctuations, Interactions and Related Transitions Michael E. Fisher; Chapter 3 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Fluctuating Films and Membranes Stanislas Leibler; Chapter 4 The Physics of Microemulsions and Amphiphilic Monolayers David Andelman; Chapter 5 Properties of Tethered Surfaces Yacov Kantor; Chapter 6 Theory of the Crumpling Transition David R. Nelson

Chapter 7 Geometry and Field Theory of Random Surfaces and Membranes Fran ̀§cois DavidChapter 8 Statistical Mechanics of Self-Avoiding Crumpled Manifolds - Part I Bertrand Duplantier; Chapter 9 Statistical Mechanics of Self-Avoiding Crumpled Manifolds - Part II Bertrand Duplantier; Chapter 10 Anisotropic and Heterogeneous



Polymerized Membranes Leo Radzihovsky; Chapter 11 Fixed-Connectivity Membranes Mark J. Bowick; Chapter 12 Triangulated-Surface Models of Fluctuating Membranes G. Gompper and D.M. Kroll

Sommario/riassunto

This invaluable book explores the delicate interplay between geometry and statistical mechanics in materials such as microemulsions, wetting and growth interfaces, bulk lyotropic liquid crystals, chalcogenide glasses and sheet polymers, using tools from the fields of polymer physics, differential geometry, field theory and critical phenomena. Several chapters have been updated relative to the classic 1989 edition. Moreover, there are now three entirely new chapters   on effects of anisotropy and heterogeneity, on fixed connectivity membranes and on triangulated surface models of fluctuating me

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782802703321

Autore

Perkins Donald H

Titolo

Particle astrophysics [[electronic resource] /] / D.H. Perkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-383-04518-6

1-282-05333-7

9786612053337

0-19-156280-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Collana

Oxford master series in physics ; ; 10

Oxford master series in physics. Particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology

Disciplina

523.01/97

Soggetti

Nuclear astrophysics

Particles (Nuclear physics)

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. [329]-334) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part 1 Particles and Interactions; Part 2 The Early Universe; Part 3 Particles and Radiation in the Cosmos; A: Table of physical constants; B: Yukawa theory and the boson propagator; C: Perturbative growth of structure in the early universe; D: The MSW mechanism in



solar neutrino interactions; Answers to problems; References; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How did our universe begin? An understanding of the development of the early universe brings together the subjects of particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. This text involves the student in this rapidly growing field of research. - ;The last years have seen a symbiosis of the fields of elementary particle physics and the astrophysics of the early universe. This text presents the background of the subjects and the latest developments at a level suitable for final year undergraduates and beginning graduate students. The first chapters cover the properties and interactions of elementary