New Books March 2005

Acoustics | Biography | Comets | Cosmology | Elementary Particle Physics | Gamma Ray Astronomy | Interstellar Matter | Laser Applications | Mathematical Physics | Medical Physics | Nuclear Engineering | Optical Communications | Optics | Photonics | Teaching & Research (Astronomy) | Teaching & Research (Physics) | Quantum Electronics | Quantum Theory | Solid State Physics | Space Environment | Stochastic Analysis | String Models | Sun | Topology

Cosmology

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CONFERENCE: Aegean School on the Early Universe (2nd: 2003: Hermoupolis, Greece)
TITLE: The physics of the Early Universe
EDITOR: E. Papantonopoulos
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, c2005
SERIES: Lecture notes in physics; 653
SUBJECTS: Cosmology-- congresses; nuclear astrophysics--congresses
CALL: QB980 .A34 2003
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CONFERENCE: Phi in the Sky Workshop (2004: Porto, Portugal)
TITLE: Phi in the sky: The quest for cosmological scalar fields: Porto, Portugal 8-10 July 2004
IMPRINT: Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; v. 736
SUBJECT: Cosmology--congresses
CALL: QB980 .P45 2004; Also available to Stanford-affiliated users at: Link
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Gamma Ray Astronomy

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TITLE: Cosmic gamma-ray sources
IMPRINT: Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic, c2004
SERIES: Astrophysics and Space Science Library; v. 304
SUBJECT: Gamma ray astronomy
CALL: QB471 .C67 2004
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Interstellar Matter

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TITLE: High-velocity clouds
IMPRINT: Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004
SERIES: Astrophysics and space science library; v. 312
SUBJECT: High-velocity clouds (astrophysics)
CALL: QB791.5 .H54 2004
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Space Environment

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TITLE: Space weather: The physics behind a slogan
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, c2005
SERIES: Lecture notes in physics; 656
SUBJECTS: Space environment--congresses; solar-terrestrial physics--congresses
CALL: QB505 .S63 2005
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Stars

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TITLE: How does the galaxy work?: A galactic tertulia with Don Cox and Ron Reynolds
IMPRINT: Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic, c2004
SERIES: Astrophysics and space science library; v. 315
SUBJECT: Milky Way
CALL: QB857.7 .H69 2004
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CONFERENCE: International Astronomical Union. Colloquium (190th: 2002: Cape Town, South Africa)
TITLE: Magnetic cataclysmic variables: IAU Colloquium 190: Proceedings of a conference held at Cape Town, South Africa, 8-13 December 2002
EDITORS: Sonja Vrielmann and Mark Cropper
IMPRINT: San Francisco, Calif: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, c2004
SERIES: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v. 315
SUBJECTS: Cataclysmic variable stars--congresses; stars--magnetic fields--congresses
CALL: QB1 .A8133 V.315
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CONFERENCE: International Astronomical Union. Symposium (218th: 2003: Sydney, Australia)
TITLE: Young neutron stars and their environments: Proceedings of the 218th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held during the IAU General Assembly XXV: Sydney, Australia 14-17 July 2003
IMPRINT: San Francisco: Published on behalf of the IAU by Astronomical Society of the Pacific, c2004
SUBJECT: Neutron stars--congresses
CALL: QB843 .N4 I58 2003
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TITLE: The neutral ISM in starburst galaxies: Proceedings of a meeting held in Carlsten Fortress, Marstrand, Sweden, 24-27 June 2003
EDITORS: Susanne Aalto, Susanne Hüttemeister, and Alan Pedlar
IMPRINT: San Francisco, Calif.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, c2004
SERIES: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v. 320
CALL: QB1 .A8133 V.320
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AUTHOR: Smith, Michael D.
TITLE: The origin of stars
IMPRINT: London: Imperial College Press, c2004
CALL: QB806 .S65 2004
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TITLE: Spectroscopically and spatially resolving the components of close binary stars: Proceedings of a meeting held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 October 2003
EDITORS: Ronald W. Hilditch, Herman Hensberge, and Krešimir Pavlovski
IMPRINT: San Francisco, Calif.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, c2004
SERIES: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v. 318
SUBJECT: Double stars--congresses
CALL: QB1 .A8133 V.318
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TITLE: Star formation in the interstellar medium: In honor of David Hollenbach, Chris McKee, and Frank Shu: Proceedings of a meeting held in Lake Tahoe, California, USA, 30 June - 3 July 2003
EDITORS: D. Johnstone ... [et al.]
IMPRINT: San Francisco, Calif.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, c2004
SERIES: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v. 323
SUBJECT: Stars--formation--congresses; interstellar matter--congresses
CALL: QB1 .A8133 V.323
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Sun

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CONFERENCE: International IGPP Conference (3rd: 2004: Riverside, Calif.)
TITLE: Physics of the outer heliosphere: 3rd International IGPP Conference: Riverside, California, 8-13 February, 2004
IMPRINT: Melville, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, 2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; v. 719
SUBJECT: Heliosphere (astrophysics)
CALL: QB529 .I58 2004
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TITLE: Solar and space weather radiophysics: Current status and future developments
IMPRINT: Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic, c2004
SERIES: Astrophysics and space science library; v. 314
SUBJECT: Solar radio emission--congresses
CALL: QB531 .S65 2004
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Teaching & Research

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TITLE: Organizations and strategies in astronomy, v. 5
IMPRINT: Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000-
SERIES: Astrophysics and space science library; v. 310
SUBJECTS: Astronomy--research; astronomy--societies, etc.; communication in astronomy
CALL: QB61 .O74 2000 V.5
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Laser Applications

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CONFERENCE: LACONA (Conference) (5th: 2003: Osnabrück, Germany)
TITLE: Lasers in the conservation of artworks: LACONA V proceedings, Osnabrück, Germany, Sept. 15-18, 2003
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, 2005
SERIES: Springer proceedings in physics; 100
SUBJECTS: Art objects--conservation and restoration--congresses; architecture--conservation and restoration--congresses; lasers in conservation and restoration--congresses
CALL: N8560 .L33 2003
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Nuclear Engineering

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TITLE: Extended abstracts of the 2004 Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials
IMPRINT: Tokyo: Publication Office, Business Center for Academic Society Japan, 1983-
SERIES: Extended abstracts of the ... Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials
SUBJECTS: Semiconductors--congresses; solids--congresses
CALL: TK7871.85 .K6 2004
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Optical Communications

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AUTHOR: Damask, Jay N.
TITLE: Polarization optics in telecommunications
IMPRINT: New York: Springer, c2005
SERIES: Springer series in optical sciences; 101
SUBJECTS: Optical communications; fiber optics; polarization (light)
CALL: TK5103.592 .F52 .D36 2004
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Photonics

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AUTHOR: Yablon, Andrew D.
TITLE: Optical fiber fusion splicing
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, 2005
SERIES: Springer series in optical sciences; 103
SUBJECTS: Optical fibers--joints; optical fibers--joints--technological innovations
CALL: TA1800 .Y33 2005
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Stochastic Analysis

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AUTHOR: Frank, Till Daniel
TITLE: Nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations: Fundamentals and applications
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, 2005
SERIES: Springer series in synergetics
SUBJECTS: Fokker-Planck equations; stochastic differential equations; differential equations, nonlinear
CALL: QA274.23 .F73 2005
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Topology

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AUTHOR: Gorban, Aleksandr Nikolaevich
TITLE: Invariant manifolds for physical and chemical kinetics
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, c2005
SERIES: Lecture notes in physics; 660
SUBJECTS: Invariant manifolds; differential equations, partial--numerical solutions; nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; chemical kinetics; mathematical physics
CALL: QA613 .G67 2005
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CONFERENCE: International Workshop on Global Analysis (2004: Ankara, Turkey)
TITLE: Global analysis and applied mathematics: International Workshop on Global Analysis, Ankara, Turkey, 15-17 April 2004
IMPRINT: Merlville, NY: American Institute of Physics, 2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; v. 729
SUBJECT: Global analysis (mathematics)
CALL: QA614 .I58 2004
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Physics

Acoustics

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AUTHOR: Lüthi, Bruno
TITLE: Physical acoustics in the solid state
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, 2005
SERIES: Springer series in solid-state sciences; 148
SUBJECTS: Sound; ultrasonics; solid state physics
CALL: QC225.15 .L88 2005
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Biography

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AUTHOR: Einstein, Albert
TITLE: The collected papers of Albert Einstein, v. 9
IMPRINT: Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1987-
SUBJECTS: Physics; physicists--biography
CALL: QC16 .E5 A2 1987A V.9
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Elementary Particle Physics

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CONFERENCE: Fujihara Seminar on Neutrino Mass and Seeswaw Mechanism (2004: K¯o-enerug¯i Kasokuki Kenky¯u Kik¯o)
TITLE: Neutrino mass and seesaw mechanism: Proceedings of Fujihara Seminar on Neutrino Mass and Seesaw Mechanism: KEK, Japan, 23-25 February 2004
IMPRINT: [Amsterdam, the Netherlands]: Elsevier, c2004
SUBJECT: Neutrinos--mass--congresses
CALL: QC173 .N884 V.137
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TITLE: Hadronic physics from lattice QCD
IMPRINT: New Jersey: World Scientific, c2004
SERIES: International review of nuclear physics; v. 9
SUBJECT: Quantum chromodynamics
CALL: QC793.3 .Q35 H33 2004
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CONFERENCE: International Conference on B Physics at Hadron Machines (9th: 2003: Pittsburgh, Pa.)
TITLE: B physics at hadron machines: 9th International Conference on B Physics at Hadron Machines: Beauty 2003: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 14-18 October 2003
IMPRINT: Melville, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, 2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; v. 722
SUBJECT: Beta decay--congresses
CALL: QC793.5 .B425 I58 2003
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CONFERENCE: International Conference on Microscopic Studies of Collective Phenomena (2004: Morelos, Mexico: State)
TITLE: Nuclear physics, large and small: International Conference on Microscopic Studies of Collective Phenomena: Morelos, México, 19-22 April 2004
IMPRINT: Melville, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, 2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; v. 726
SUBJECT: Nuclear structure--congresses
CALL: QC793.3 .S8 I58 2004
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AUTHOR: Shuryak, E. V.
TITLE: The QCD vacuum, hadrons and the superdense matter
IMPRINT: Singapore; Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific, c2004
SERIES: World Scientific lecture notes in physics; vol. 71
SUBJECTS: Quantum chromodynamics; hadrons; nuclear matter
CALL: QC793.3 .Q35 S47 2004
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Mathematical Physics

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TITLE: The physics of complex systems: New advances and perspectives
EDITORS: F. Mallamace and H.E. Stanley
IMPRINT: Amsterdam; IOS Press, 2004
SERIES: Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" course 155
SUBJECTS: Physics--study and teaching; statistical mechanics; complex systems
CALL: Shelved by series title
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TITLE: Topology and geometry in physics
EDITORS: E. Bick and F.D. Steffen
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, c2005
SERIES: Lecture notes in physics; 659
SUBJECTS: Topology; geometry; mathematical physics
CALL: QC20.7 .T65 T67 2005
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Medical Physics

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TITLE: Medical physics: Eighth Mexican symposium on medical physics, Guanajuato, Gto. México 17-19 March 2004
IMPRINT: Melville, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, 2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; v. 724
SUBJECT: Medical physics--congresses
CALL: R895.A2 M444 2004; Also available to Stanford-affiliated users at: Link
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Optics

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AUTHOR: Milonni, P. W.
TITLE: Fast light, slow light and left-handed light
IMPRINT: Bristol [England]; Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Pub., c2005
SERIES: Series in optics and optoelectronics
SUBJECT: Quantum optics
CALL: QC446.2 .M55 2005
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AUTHOR: Wallace, Lloyd
TITLE: An atlas of the solar spectrum in the infrared from 1850 to 9000 cm -1 (1.1 to 5.4 microns), revised
IMPRINT: Tucson, Ariz.: National Solar Observatory, 2003
SERIES: N.S.O. technical report; #03-001
SUBJECTS: Spectrum, solar--atlases; infrared spectra--atlases
CALL: QC455 .W344 2003 (Reference--Non-circulating)
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Quantum Electronics

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TITLE: Mono-cycle photonics and optical scanning tunneling microscopy: Route to Femtosecond Ångstrom technology
EDITORS: M. Yamashita, H. Shigekawa, and R. Morita
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, 2005
SERIES: Springer series in optical sciences; 99
SUBJECTS: Laser pulses, ultrashort; scanning tunneling microscopy; nanotechnology
CALL: QC689.5 .L37 M66 2005
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Quantum Theory

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AUTHOR: Belashov, Vasilii ´I`Ur’evich
TITLE: Solitary waves in dispersive complex media: Theory, simulation, applications
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, c2005
SERIES: Springer series in solid-state sciences; 149
SUBJECTS: Solitons; differential equations, nonlinear
CALL: QC174.26 .W28 B38 2005
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TITLE: Concise encyclopedia of supersymmetry and noncommutative structures in mathematics and physics
IMPRINT: Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004
SUBJECT: Supersymmetry--encyclopedias
CALL: QC174.17 .S9 C66 2004 F
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AUTHOR: Ficek, Zbigniew
TITLE: Quantum interference and coherence: Theory and experiments
IMPRINT: New York: Springer Science, c2005
SERIES: Springer series in optical sciences; 100
SUBJECTS: Quantum interference; coherent states; interference (light); coherence (nuclear physics); quantum theory
CALL: QC174.17 .Q33 F53 2005
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AUTHOR: Griffiths, David J.
TITLE: Introduction to quantum mechanics, 2nd ed.
IMPRINT: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, c2005
SUBJECT: Quantum theory
CALL: QC174.12 .G75 2005
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AUTHOR: Manton, Nicholas
TITLE: Topological solitons
IMPRINT: Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge, 2004
SUBJECT: Solitons
CALL: QC174.26 .W28 M36 2004; Online table of contents available: Link
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AUTHOR: Nikiforov, A. F.
TITLE: Quantum-statistical models of hot dense matter: Methods for computation opacity and equation of state
IMPRINT: Basel; Boston: Birkhäuser Verlag, c2005
SUBJECT: Quantum statistics; high temperature plasmas; equations of state; plasma density
SERIES: Progress in mathematical physics; v. 37
CALL: QC174.43 .N5513 2005
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Solid State Physics

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CONFERENCE: CFN Summer School on Functional Nanostructures (1st: 2003: Bad Herranalb, Germany)
TITLE: CFN lectures on functional nanostructures
EDITORS: K. Busch ... [et al.]
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, 2005-
SERIES: Lecture notes in physics; v. 658
SUBJECTS: Nanostructures--congresses
CALL: QC176.8 .N35 C45 2003
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CONFERENCE: International Winter School on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials (18th: 2004: Kirchberg am Wechsel and Tyrol, Austria)
TITLE: Electronic properties of synthetic nanostructures: XVIII International Winterschool/Euroconference on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials: Kirchberg, Tirol, Austria, 6-13 March, 2004
IMPRINT: Melville, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, 2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; v. 723
SUBJECTS: Nanostructures--electric properties--congresses
CALL: QC176.8 .N35 I58 2004
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String Models

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TITLE: 2002 Spring school on superstrings and related matters: 18-26 March 2002
EDITORS: Costantin Bachas ... [et al.]
IMPRINT: Trieste: The Abdus Salam international centre for theoretical physics, 2003
SERIES: ICTP lecture notes; 13
SUBJECTS: Superstring theories--congresses; string models--congresses
CALL: QC794.6 .S85 A13 2003
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Teaching & Research

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TITLE: 2003 Physics Education Research Conference: Madison, Wisconsin, 6-7 August, 2003
EDITORS: Jeffrey Marx, Scott Frankiln, and Karen Cummings
IMPRINT: Melville, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, c2004
SERIES: AIP conference proceedings; 720
SUBJECT: Physics--study and teaching (higher)--congresses
CALL: QC30 .P51 2003
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