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Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Models
Most interesting and difficult problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics concern models which exhibit phase transitions. For graduate students and more experienced researchers this book provides an invaluable reference source of approximate and exact solutions for a comprehensive range of such models. Part I contains background material on classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics…
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- 978-94-017-9430-5
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- 101 b/w illustrations
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Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity
The present volume aims to be a comprehensive survey on the derivation of the equations of motion, both in General Relativity as well as in alternative gravity theories. The topics covered range from the description of test bodies, to self-gravitating (heavy) bodies, to current and future observations. Emphasis is put on the coverage of various approximation methods (e.g., multipolar, post-N…
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- 978-3-319-18335-0
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- 30 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
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Introduction to Superfluidity: Field-theoretical Approach and Applications
Superfluidity – and closely related to it, superconductivity – are very general phenomena that can occur on vastly different energy scales. Their underlying theoretical mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking is even more general and applies to a multitude of physical systems. In these lecture notes, a pedagogical introduction to the field-theory approach to superfluidity is presented…
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- 978-3-319-07947-9
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Active Volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná
This publication summarizes the studies carried out at two of the most active volcanoes of Chiapas (Mexico): El Chichón and Tacaná. El Chichón erupted explosively in 1982 killing more than 2000 people being the worst volcanic disaster in Mexico, and Tacaná produced two mild phreatic explosions in 1950 and 1986. Only after these explosions a surge of new studies began to unreveal their volca…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-642-25890-9
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- XI, 180
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- Active Volcanoes of the World
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- 551 ACT a
Active Flow and Combustion Control 2014
The book reports on the latest theoretical and experimental advances in the field of active flow and combustion control. It covers new developments in actuator technology and sensing, in robust and optimal open- and closed-loop control, as well as in model reduction for control. It collects contributions presented during the third edition of the Active Flow and Combustion Control conference, he…
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- 978-3-319-11967-0
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- IX, 416
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- Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
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- 530.15 ACT a
Active Control of Magneto-hydrodynamic Instabilities in Hot Plasmas
During the past century, world-wide energy consumption has risen dramatically, which leads to a quest for new energy sources. Fusion of hydrogen atoms in hot plasmas is an attractive approach to solve the energy problem, with abundant fuel, inherent safety and no long-lived radioactivity. However, one of the limits on plasma performance is due to the various classes of magneto-hydrodynamic inst…
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- 978-3-662-44222-7
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- XV, 342
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- Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics
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- 539 ACT a
Active Cancellation of Probing in Linear Dipole Phased Array
In this book, a modified improved LMS algorithm is employed for weight adaptation of dipole array for the generation of beam pattern in multiple signal environments. In phased arrays, the generation of adapted pattern according to the signal scenario requires an efficient adaptive algorithm. The antenna array is expected to maintain sufficient gain towards each of the desired source while at th…
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- 978-981-287-829-8
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- XXII, 58
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- SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- 537.534 SIN a
Acoustic, Electromagnetic, Neutron Emissions from Fracture and Earthquakes
This book presents the relevant consequences of recently discovered and interdisciplinary phenomena, triggered by local mechanical instabilities. In particular, it looks at emissions from nano-scale mechanical instabilities such as fracture, turbulence, buckling and cavitation, focussing on vibrations at the TeraHertz frequency and Piezonuclear reactions. Future applications for this work could…
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- 978-3-319-16955-2
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- VIII, 264
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- 621.43 ACO a
Epistemology and Political Philosophy in Gilbert Simondon Individuation, Tec…
This combination of historiography and theory offers the growing Anglophone readership interested in the ideas of Gilbert Simondon a thorough and unprecedented survey of the French philosopher’s entire oeuvre. The publication, which breaks new ground in its thoroughness and breadth of analysis, systematically traces the interconnections between Simondon’s philosophy of science and technolog…
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- 978-94-017-9831-0
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- XI, 251
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Epistemological Dimensions of Evolutionary Psychology
As psychology and philosophy arose as answers to the eternal question of how the mind works, evolutionary psychology has gained ground over recent years as a link between cognitive-behavioral and natural-science theories of the mind. This provocative field has also gathered a wide range of criticisms, from attributing too much autonomy to the brain to basing itself on faulty assu…
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- 978-1-4939-1387-9
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- 9 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
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