This textbook is a unique treatise on the present status of particle physics summarised for physics students at an introductory level: it provides insights into essential experimental and theoretical techniques and will gradually deepen the reader’s understanding of the field.
Geometric and Wave Optics
A comprehensive course covering geometric, wave, and quantum optics, with applications and devices. Featuring clear diagrams, it offers detailed explanations with a physical approach and precise mathematical formalism. For undergraduate students, engineers, and researchers.
This book presents insights into manganese oxides, materials with important technological applications in magnetic refrigeration and sensors. With elegant and didactic mathematical proofs, it will interest both researchers and the general reader interested in the subject.
This book explores the mechanics of smart nanocomposite sandwich plates, covering theories of buckling, vibration and dynamic instability. It presents models for material properties and derives governing equations using the energy method and Hamilton’s principle.
This book explores quantum-mechanical scattering in macroscopic targets and the conditions for coherent scattering on a macroscopic scale. It introduces coherence domains and examines their role in scattering, emphasizing the momentum and energy transfer to the target.
This book introduces reactor physics in a simple, intuitive way. It explains key mathematical concepts without losing scientific rigour, making it ideal for getting started with radioactivity calculations or basic problems in reactor physics.
Post-Newtonian Hydrodynamics
This book develops post-Newtonian kinetic and phenomenological theories, deriving hydrodynamic equations and exploring astrophysical applications like stellar structure, Jeans instability, and galaxy rotation curves. For physicists, astrophysicists, and advanced students.
Explore the quantum realm of 2D materials. From graphene to transition metal dichalcogenides, delve into their fundamental properties and applications in nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and quantum computing. Uncover the latest breakthroughs with insights from leading experts.
This book describes physical effects caused by impurity atoms that localize electrons and phonons in nanosystems. It presents the first-ever application of the method of local perturbations to describe the physical properties of a wide range of nanosystems.
Many-body Theory
This book presents a theory of many interacting fermions, relating Landau’s theory of the normal Fermi liquid to quantum-mechanical effects. It derives the interaction function, investigates the validity of the quasiparticle concept, and estimates the ground-state energy.
The Trinity of Mass and Newton’s Way
This book argues that physics has only one concept of mass, an idea that originates not with Einstein, but with Isaac Newton. In his Principia, Newton introduced mass as a single measure of inertia, weight, and gravity. So why was this true legacy so profoundly misunderstood?
This introductory physics course is for first-year engineering students. Based on the authors’ teaching experiences, it covers classical mechanics, oscillation, radiation, thermodynamics, and fluidics to ease the transition for students who struggle with the topic.
Sound is a major tool for studying the ocean environment and marine life. Understanding Ocean Acoustics focuses on environmental research using low frequencies relevant to fish and sea mammals, covering geoacoustic properties missing in most books on underwater acoustics.
This book presents 10 actions for practical results in seismology. Through statistical analysis, we can estimate the probability of the next earthquake and identify foreshocks. From seismic waves, we can deduce an earthquake’s energy, magnitude, and the fault’s orientation.
This textbook provides an introduction to physics for undergraduate students of geology and Earth sciences. It explains basic physics theories first, which are then applied to geological phenomena, using accessible math with figures and solved problems.
Philosophical Semantics
This book offers an innovative systematic approach to meaning and reference, unifying insights from philosophers like Wittgenstein and Frege while exposing errors of formalists from Quine to Kripke. It shows how the cartography of philosophy of language can be redrawn.
General Relativity Conflict and Rivalries
Galina Weinstein investigates Albert Einstein and his interactions with various scientists, focusing on their implicit and explicit responses to his work. This analysis reveals the central figures who influenced Einstein during his work on the general theory of relativity.
This book presents research on the diffraction, radiation, and propagation of elastic waves, focusing on interactions between bodies and media interfaces. It details solutions to three-dimensional wave problems for isotropic and anisotropic bodies using Debye potentials.
This book discusses the basic tools of mathematical physics for physicists, mathematicians, and engineers. It reveals the indissoluble connection between physical ideas and mathematical concepts, emphasizing the physical origin and flexibility of the equations.
This book proposes a model of light knot electronic structure, challenging the interpretation of quantum entanglement and proving a paradox in the uncertainty relationship. It establishes the foundation for a deterministic, local-realism quantum mechanics.