Pair-Breaking Critical Current Density of Two-Band Superconductor MgB2

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Baikal neutrino telescope: Status, results, and prospects of development

The main physical results obtained with the Baikal neutrino telescope NT200 during the period 1998–2003 are reviewed: the limits for the diffuse flux of high-energy neutrinos, high-energy muons, and magnetic monopoles and the results of search for neutrinos from the center of the Earth due to annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles and from local neutrino sources. In April, 2005, the neutrino telescope NT200 was extended by introduction of three new strings, located at a distance of 100 m from the NT200 center. The new deep-water complex NT200+ has an effective volume for detecting cascades from high-energy neutrinos larger than that of NT200 by a factor of 4. At a cascade energy of 10 PeV, the effective volume of the new complex is 10⁷ m³. Further development of the Baikal neutrino experiment is related to the design and fabrication of a detector with a volume of about 1 km³. Original Russian Text ? K.V.Antipin, V.M. Ainutdinov, V.A. Balkanov, I.A. Belolaptikov, D.A. Borshchev, N.M. Budnev, R.V. Vasil’ev, R. Vishnevskii, I.A. Danil’chenko, G.V. Domogatskii, A.A. Doroshenko, A.P. D’yachok, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, O.N. Gaponenko, K.V. Golubkov, O.A. Gress, T.I. Gress, O.I. Grishin, V.A. Zhukov, A.M. Klabukov, A.I. Klimov, A.A. Kochanov, K.V. Konishchev, A.P. Koshechkin, L.A. Kuz’michev, V.F. Kulepov, E. Middel, T. Mikokaiskii, M.B. Milenin, R.R. Mirgazov, S.P. Mikheev, E.A. Osipova, G.L. Pan’kov, L.V. Pan’kov, A.I. Panfilov, D.P. Petukhov, E.N. Pliskovskii, P.G. Pokhil, V.A. Poleshchuk, E.G. Popova, V.V. Prosin, M.I. Rozanov, V.Yu. Rubtsov, Yu.A. Semenei, B.A. Tarashchanskii, S.V. Fialkovskii, B.K. Shaibonov, A.A. Sheifler, A.V. Shirokov, K. Spiring, I.V. Yashin, 2007, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2007, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp. 597–601.     

Studying of hypernuclei with nuclotron beams

A spectrometer is created to study relativistic hypernuclei produced with beams of accelerated nuclei from the Nuclotron facility (Dubna, JINR). Test runs have been carried out and the conclusion is drawn that the properties of the facility meet the requirements of the task of searching for unknown and studying poorly known neutron-rich hypernuclei. Original Russian Text ? A.V. Averyanov, S.A. Avramenko, V.D. Aksinenko, M.Kh. Anikina, S.N. Bazylev, V.P. Balandin, Yu.A. Batusov, Yu.A. Belikov, Yu.T. Borzunov, O.V. Borodina, A.I. Golokhvastov, L.B. Golovanov, C. Granja, A.B. Ivanov, Yu.L. Ivanov, A.Yu. Isupov, Z. Kohout, A.M. Korotkova, A.G. Litvinenko, J. Lukstiņš, A.I. Malakhov, L. Majling, O. Majlingova, P.K. Manyakov, V.T. Matyushin, I.I. Migulina, G.P. Nikolaevsky, O.B. Okhrimenko, A.N. Parfenov, N.G. Parfenova, V.F. Peresedov, S.N. Plyashkevich, S. Pospišil, P.A. Rukoyatkin, I.S. Saitov, R.A. Salmin, V.M. Slepnev, I.V. Slepnev, M. Solar, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, E.A. Strokovsky, V.V. Tereshchenko, A.A. Feshchenko, T. Horazdovsky, D. Chren, Yu.A. Chencov, I.P. Yudin, 2008, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2008, Vol. 71, No. 12, pp. 2137–2145.     

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Physics potential and experimental challenges of the LHC luminosity upgrade

We discuss the physics potential and the experimental challenges of an upgraded LHC running at an instantaneous luminosity of 10³⁵ cm^-2s^-1. The detector R&D needed to operate ATLAS and CMS in a very high radiation environment and the expected detector performance are discussed. A few examples of the increased physics potential are given, ranging from precise measurements within the Standard Model (in particular in the Higgs sector) to the discovery reach for several New Physics processes. Received: 25 November 2003, Revised: 21 October 2004, Published online: 18 January 2005 Conveners: F. Gianotti, M.L. Mangano, T. Virdee Contributors: S. Abdullin, G. Azuelos, A. Ball, D. Barberis, A. Belyaev, P. Bloch, M. Bosman, L. Casagrande, D. Cavalli, P. Chumney, S. Cittolin, S.Dasu, A. De Roeck, N. Ellis, P. Farthouat, D. Fournier, J.-B. Hansen, I. Hinchliffe, M. Hohlfeld, M. Huhtinen, K. Jakobs, C. Joram, F. Mazzucato, G.Mikenberg, A. Miagkov, M. Moretti, S. Moretti, T. Niinikoski, A. Nikitenko, A. Nisati, F. Paige, S. Palestini, C.G. Papadopoulos, F. Piccinini, R. Pittau, G. Polesello, E. Richter-Was, P. Sharp, S.R. Slabospitsky, W.H. Smith, S. Stapnes, G. Tonelli, E. Tsesmelis, Z. Usubov, L. Vacavant, J. van der Bij, A. Watson, M. Wielers A. Nikitenko: On leave of absence from ITEP, Moscow, Russia. F. Piccinini: On leave of absence from INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Italy.     

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Gravitational radiation: the theoretical aspect

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The Scanning Electron Microscope: Part I. The Instrument. By C. W. Oatley. (Cambridge University Press, 1972.) [Pp. viii+194.] £5.30. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Louis de Broglie: sa Conception du Monde Physipue. Contributed papers, with a preface by M. Druon. (Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1973.) [Pp. xxvii+387.] 160F.

Statistical Mechanics. By R. K. Pathria. (Pergamon, 1972.) [Pp. xiii+527.] £8.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/graduate.

Market Survey for Nuclear Power in Developing Countries—A General Report printed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna. Price £6.00; U.S. dollar;15.00

Physical Models for Semiconductor Devices. By J. E. Carroll. (Edward Arnold, 1974.) [Pp. xvi+253.] £6.50 (Paper, £3.25). Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to Linear Electric Circuits. By L. V. Kite. (Longman, 1974.) [xiii+290.] £3.95. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 28: Lectures in Statistical Physics. Edited by W. C. Schieve and J. S. Turner. (Springer-Verlap: Berlin, Heidelberg and New York, 1974.) [Pp. vi+342.] DM34; about £5.75. Scope: Conference proceedings; treatise. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Scanning Electron Microscopy: Systems and Applications. Edited by W. C. Nixon. (The Institute of Physics, 1973.) [Pp. x+338.] £15.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Subatomic Physics. By H. Frauenfelder and E. M. Henley. (Prentice Hall, 1974.) [Pp. xv+554.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate; undergraduate.

Channeling. Edited by D. V. Morgan. (John Wiley &; Sons, 1974.) [Pp. xv+486.] £11.75. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Principles of Heavy Current Engineering. By P. G. Lund and A. M. Howatson. (Chapman and Hall, 1974.) [Pp. 115.] Price: £1.65. Level: Undergraduate; School; General reader.

From Circuits to Computere. Edited by L. Solymar. (Chapman and Hall, 1974.) [Pp. 184.] £2.50. Level: Undergraduate; School; General reader.

Exciting Electrical Machines. By E. R. Laithwaite. (Pergamon, 1974.) [Pp. 68.] £0.60. Level: Undergraduate; School; General reader.

Microwave Spectroacopy of Free Radicals. By A. Carrington. (Academic Press, 1974.) [Pp. ix+264.] £4.50. Scope: Textbook; survey. Level: Post-graduate; research.

Optics. By E. Hecht and A. Zajac. (Addison-Wesley, 1974.) [Pp. viii+565.] Scope: Textbook; library. Level: General reader; undergraduate.

The Physics of Liquid Cystals. By P. G. de Gennes. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1974.) [Pp. xi+333.] £11.50.

Mathemtical Methods for the Physical Sciencw. By K. F. Riley. (Cambridge University Press, 1974.) [Pp. xvi+533.] Cloth £8.75; paper £3.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Human Engineering. By John Lenihan. (Wiedenfeld and Nicholson, 1974.) [Pp. 207.] £3.00. Level: Undergraduate, School, General reader.     

Nanoscale oscillatory fracture propagation in metallic glasses

We describe the oscillatory crack propagation for small propagation velocities at the atomistic scale that was recently observed for brittle metallic glasses [G. Wang, Y.T. Wang, Y.H. Liu, M.X. Pan, D.Q. Zhao, W.H. Wang, Appl. Lett. 89 (2006) 121909; G. Wang, D.Q. Zhao, H.Y. Bai, M.X. Pan, A.L. Xia, B.S. Han, X.K. Xi, Y. Wu, W.H. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 235501]. Based on a simple model of crack propagation [Y. Braiman, T. Egami, Phys. Rev. E, 77 (2008) 065101(R)], we derived and analyzed expressions for the feature size, oscillation period, and maximum strain accumulated in the material.     

Modern classical physics: optics,fluids, plasmas,elasticity, relativity,and statistical physics

Semiconductor Physics. By K. Seeger. (Springer-Verlag, Wiens New York, 1973.) [Pp. 430.] DM 60. Scope: Textbook. Level: post-graduate.

The World of Walther Nernst:The Rise and Fall of German Science. K. Mendelssohn. (Macmillan, 1973.) [Pp. viii+191.] £4.95. Scope: Library. Level: General reader.

Cosmic Rays at Ground Level. A volume dedicated to George D. Rochester in the year of his retirement. Edited by A. W. Wolfendale. (Institute of Physics, London and Bristol, 1973.) [Pp. viii+ 233.] £12 (£6 to members).

Gravitation. By C. W. Misner, K. S. Thorne and J. A. Wheeler. (W. H. Freeman, 1973.) [Pp. xix+ 1279.] £19.20 cloth; £8.60 paper. Scope: Treatise/Textbook; Library. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

General Theory of Relativity. By C. W. Kilmister. (Pergamon Press, 1973.) [Pp. ix+ 365.] Hard cover £3.50; Flexi £2.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate; Undergraduate.

Plasma Astrophysics. By S. A. Kaplan and V. N. Tsytovich, translator D. ter Haar. (Pergamon, 1973.) [Pp. xiii+ 301.] £9.60. Scope: Treatise/Textbook; Library. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.     

Classical oscillator with position-dependent mass in a complex domain

We study complexified Harmonic Oscillator with a position-dependent mass, termed as Complex Exotic Oscillator (CEO). The complexification induces a gauge invariance [A.V. Smilga, J. Phys. A 41 (2008) 244026, arXiv:0706.4064; A. Mostafazadeh, J. Math. Phys. 43 (2002) 205; A. Mostafazadeh, J. Math. Phys. 43 (2002) 2814; A. Mostafazadeh, J. Math. Phys. 43 (2002) 3944]. The role of PT-symmetry is discussed from the perspective of classical trajectories of CEO for real energy. Some trajectories of CEO are similar to those for the particle in a quartic potential in the complex domain [C.M. Bender, S. Boettcher, P.N. Meisinger, J. Math. Phys. 40 (1999) 2201; C.M. Bender, D.D. Holm, D. Hook, J. Phys. A 40 (2007) F793, arXiv:0705.3893].     

Book review

Quantum Gravity 2. Second Oxford Symposium. Edited by C. J. Isham, P. Penrose and D. W. Sciama. (Oxford University Press, 1981.) [Pp. xi + 669.] £28.00.

Mekanique des Fluides Incompressibles. By J. s. Darrozes and C. François. (Springer-Verlag. 1982.) [Pp. xix + 459.] DM45; S20.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Relativistic Models of Extended Hadrons Obeying a Mass-Spin Trajectory Constraint. Edited by N. Mukunda, H. van Dam and L. C. Biedenharn. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. vi+163.] DM21; $8.80.

Color and Color Vision: Selected Reprints. Edited by P. L. Pease. [Pp. 139; 34 articles.] Lasers: Selected Reprints. Edited by D. C. O'Shea and D. C. Peckham. [Pp. 129; 19 articles.] (American Association of Physics Teacher, Stony Brook University, N.Y. 11794.) Each $4.50 post paid ($4.00 within USA), direct from AAPT.

Real-Space Renormalization. Edited by T. W. Burkhardt and J. M. J. van Leeuwen. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xiii + 214.] DM 60; $26.70. Scope: Survey. Library. Level: For specialists only. Specialist post-graduate.

Stability of Thermodynamic Systems. Edited by J. Casas-Vázquez and G. Lebon (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. vii + 321.1 DM38; 516.90. Scope: Conference Proceedings, Survey. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Neutron Capture Gamma-ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics. Edited by T. von Egidy, F. Gönnenwein and B. Maier. (The Institute of Physics, 1982.) [Pp. xx + 728.] £35.00; $77.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Specialist postgraduate.

Light Scattering in Solids III. Recent Results. Edited by M. Cardona and G. Guntherodt. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xi + 281.] DM99; S44.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Macroscopic Properties of Disordered Media. Courant Institute Conference, New York, June 1981. Edited by R. Burridge, S. Childressand G. Papanicolaou. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. vii + 307.1 DM 38; $16.90. Scope: Conference Proceedings, Library. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Astrophysical Cosmology. Proceedings of the Vatican Study Week of September-October 1981, on Cosmology and Fundamental Physics. Edited by H. A. Brück, G. V. Coyne and M. S. Longair. (Pontificia Academia Scientiarum, 1982.) [Pp. xxxv + 600.] $43.00 to individuals; $58.00 to institutions. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Nonlinear Differential Equations in Abstract Spaces. By V. Lakshmikantham and S. Leela. (Pergamon Press, 1982.) [Pp. x + 258.] Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only.

Chemistry and Physics of Solid Surfaces, IV. Edited by R. Vanselow and R. Howe (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xii + 495.] DM98; $43.60. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Mercury's Perihelion from Le Verrier to Einstein. By N. T. Roseveare. (Oxford University Press, 1982.) [Pp. viii + 208.] £20.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook, Survey, Library, Library (reference). Level: For specialists, Specialist post-graduates.

Short Notices of Books

An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases. By Sir James Jeans. (Cambridge University Press, 1940 edition, revised 1982.) [Pp. 311.] £8.95 paper

International Tokarnak Reactor, Phase One. Report of the International Tokamak Reactor Workshop, organized by IAEA, Vienna, with an introduction by R. S. Pease, Chairman of the Fusion Research Council. (IAEA, Vienna, 1982.) [Pp. 860.] Aust. Sch. 1420. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only.     

Book reviews

Abstract

COLLISION THEORY AND STATISTICAL THEORY OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS. by S. G. Christov. Lecture Notes in Chemistry 18, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1980. 322pp. $A21.90.

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS (METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY) By Petr ?ársky and Miroslav Urban. Edited by G. Berthier, M. F. S. Dewar, H. Fischer, K. Fukui, H. Hartmann, H. H. Jaffe, J. Jortner, W. Kulzenigg, K. Ruedenberg, E. Scrocco, W. Zeil. Springer-Verleg, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1980     

Some Similarity Reduction Solutions to Two-Dimensional Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equation

We investigate the symmetry reduction for the two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equation in conventional stream function form through Lie symmetry method and construct some similarity reduction solutions. Two special cases in [D.K. Ludlow, P.A. Clarkson, and A.P. Bassom, Stud. Appl. Math. 103 (1999) 183] and a theorem in [S.Y. Lou, M. Jia, X.Y. Tang, and F. Huang, Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007) 056318] are retrieved.     

From groups to bands

Boojums all the Way Through: Communicating Science in a Prosaic Age. By N. David Mermin. 1980, £30.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xxi + 308. Cambridge University Press, ISBN (hbk) 0 521 38231 9 (pbk) 0 521 38880 5. Scope: Collected essays. Level: General reader.

From a Life of Physics. By H. A. Bethe, P. A. M. Dirac, W. Heisenberg, E. P. Wigner, O. Klein, L. D. Landau (edited by E. M. Lifshitz). 1989, £4.00, pp. ix + 92. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 937 7. Scope: Collected talks. Level: General reader.

Fractal Geometry. Mathematical Foundations and Applications. By Kenneth Falconer. 1990, £19.95, pp. xxii + 228. John Wiley, ISBN 0471 922870. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Dynamical Systems and Fractals: Computer graphics experiments in Pascal. By Karl-Heinz Becker and Michael Döurfler. 1989, £30.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 398. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 52136025 0 (hbk), 0521 36910 X (pbk). Scope: Textbook. Level: Elementary.

Inverse Problems of Mathematical Physics. By V. B. Glasko. 1989, £20.50, pp. ix + 97. Adam Hilger, ISBN 088318571 7. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Quantum Mechanics: Symmetries. By W. Greiner and B. Müller 1989, DM 78.00 (soft cover), pp. xvi + 368. Springer, ISBN 3 540 19201 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Advanced undergraduate/postgraduate.

Old and New Forces of Nature. Edited by Antonino Zichichi. 1988, US$79.50, pp. viii + 382. Plenum Press, ISBN 0306 43235 8. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist.

Quantum Theory and Pictures of Reality: Foundations, Interpretations, and New Aspects. Edited by W. Schommers. 1989, DM 98.00, pp. xvii + 336. Springer, ISBN 3 540 50152 5. Scope: Multiauthor Reviews. Level: Specialist.

From Quarks to the Cosmos: Tools of Discovery. Leon M. Lederman and David N. Schramm. 1989, £16.95, pp. 241. W. H. Freeman &; Company, ISBN 0 7167 5052 X. Scope: Text. Level: General reader.

Babbles, Voids and Bumps in Time: The new cosmology. Edited by James Cornell. 1989, £12.95 (hbk), pp. xiii + 190. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 35297 5. Scope: General readership. Level: Undergraduate/VI-Form.

Cosmology and Elementary Particles. Edited by Daniel R. Altschuler and Jose F. Nieves. 1989, £38.00, pp. vii + 370. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 654 8. Scope: Multiauthor Reviews. Level: Postgraduate.

The Moon Observers Handbook. By Fred W. Price. 1989, £19.50, pp. xiii + 309. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 33500 0. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader.

The Supernova Search Charts and Handbook. By G. D. Thompson and J. T. Bryan, Jr. 1990, £65.00 (hardback), pp. xx + 134. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 26721 8. Scope: Text. Level: General reader/Specialist.

Data in Astronomy. By Carlos Jaschek. 1989, £30.00, pp. 198. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 34094 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Plasma Physics and Plasma Electronics. Edited by L. M. Kovrizhnykh. 1989, US$98.00, pp. x + 313. Nova Science, ISBN 0 941743 47 0. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

Transport Processes in Plasmas. Vol. 1. Classical Transport Theory. By R. Balescu. 1988, US $94.75, Dfl. 180.00, pp. xxxiii + 331. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 87091 1. Scope: Monograph. Level: Postgraduate.

Transport Processes in Plasmas. Vol. 2. Neoclassical Transport. By R. Balescu. 1988, US $131.50, Dfl 250.00, pp. xxxiii + 333–802. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 87092 X. Scope: Monograph. Level: Postgraduate.

The Supercontinuum Laser Source. Edited by Robert R. Alfano. 1989, DM 164.00, pp. xiv + 458. Springer, ISBN 3 540 96946 2. Scope: Multiauthor Reviews. Level: Specialist.

The Physics and Technology of Laser Resonators. Edited by D. R. Hall and P. E. Jackson. 1989, £25.00, pp. xiv + 253. Adam Hilger, ISBN 0 85274 1170. Scope: Multiauthor Review. Level: Postgraduate specialist.

High Gain, High Power Free Electron Laser: Physics and Application to TeV Particle Acceleration. Edited by R. Bonifacio, L. De Salvo Souva, C. Pellegrini. 1989, Dfl 185.00, pp. xv + 309. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 87395 3. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Nonlinear Fiber Optics. By Govind P. Agrawal. 1989, £39.95, pp. xii + 342. Academic Press, ISBN 0 12 045140 9. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

The Principles and Practice of Electron Microscopy. By Ian M. Watt. 1989, £20.00 (pbk), pp. viii + 304. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 38927 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Auger Microprobe Analysis. By Ian F. Ferguson. 1989, £60.00, pp. x + 456. Adam Hilger, ISBN 0 85274 147 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Gamma-Ray and Electron Spectroscopy in Nuclear Physics. By H. Ejiri and M. J. A. De Voigt. 1989, £75.00, pp. viii + 696. Clarendon Press, ISBN 0 19 851723 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Extended Icosahedral Structures. Edited by Marko V. Jari? and Denis Gratias. 1989, £42.50, pp. x + 224. Academic Press, Inc. ISBN 0 12 0406039. Scope: Research Review. Level: Advanced.

Modern Vacuum Practice. By Nigel Harris. 1989, £24.95, pp. xiii + 315. McGraw Hill, ISBN 0 07 707099 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.     

Thirty-five years on

Ion Implantation Techniques. Fourth International Conference, Berchtesgaden, September 1982. Edited by H. Ryssel and H. Glawischnig. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xii + 372.] DM 72; $c.30-10. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists and postgraduates.

Defects in Insulating Crystals. Edited by V. M. Tuchkevich and K. K. Shvarts. (Zinatne Publishing House, Riga and Springer-Verlag, 1981.) [Pp. 774.] DM 99; $c. 39.60. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist and postgraduate

Numerical Methods in Aeronautical Fluid Dynamics. Edited by P. L. Roe. (Academic Press, 1983.) [Pp. xvi + 548.] £30.00; $55.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Hydrodynamic Stability. First paperback edition. By P. G. Drazin and W. H. Reid. (Cambridge University Press, 1982.) [Pp. xiv + 527.] £12.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Third Workshop on Grand Unification. University of North Carolina, April 1982. Edited by P. H. Frampton, S. L. Glashow and H. van Dam. (Birkhauser, Basle, Boston, Stuttgart), 1982.) [Pp. xviii + 374.] SFr. 50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Neutron Sources for Basic Physics and Applications: An OECD/NEA Report. Edited by C. Cierjacks. (Pergamon Press, 1983.) [Pp. xx + 370.] £32.50; $65.00. Scope: Library. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Introduction to High-Energy Physics. Second edition. By Donald H. Perkins. (Addison-Wesley, 1982.) [Pp. 437+xiv.]

Computer Simulation and the Statistical Mechanics of Absorption. By D. Nicholson and N. G. Parsonage. (Academic Press, London), 1982.) [Pp. xv + 398.] £30.00; $55.00. Scope: Treatise. Survey. Library. Level: For specialist postgraduate.

Gauge Theories: Fundamental Interactions and Rigorous Results. Edited by P. Dita, V. Georgescu and R. Purice. (Birkhaüser, Boston, Basle, Stuttgart, 1982.) [Pp. xv + 385.] SFr. 50. Scope: Treatise/Textbook.

Engine Noise: Excitation, Vibration and Radiators. Edited by R. Hickling and M. M. Kamal. (Plenum Press, 1982.) [Pp. ix + 497.] $62.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists and postgraduates.

Solitons and Nonlinear Wave Equations. By R. K. Dodd, J. C. Eilbeck, J. D. Gibbon and H. C. Morris. (Academic Press, London, 1982.) [Pp. x + 630.] £24.00; $45.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist post-graduate. Undergraduate.

Introduction to Comets. Paperback edition. By J. C. Brandt and R. D. Chapman. (Cambridge University Press, 1981.) [Pp. viii + 246.] £6.95. Scope: Textbook, survey. Level: General reader.

Building Scientific Apparatus: A Practical Guide to Design and Construction. By J. H. Moore, C. C. Davis and M. A. Coplan. (Addison Wesley, 1983.) [Pp. xiii + 483.] £41.20.

The High Power Iodine Laser. By G. Brederlow, E. Fill and K. J. Witte. (Springer-Verlag, 1983.) [Pp. ix + 182.] DM 87-50 $c. 35-00. Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only.

Biological Effects of Radiation. Second edition. By J. E. Coggu:. (Taylor &; Francis Ltd, 1983.) [Pp. xii + 247.] £12.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader. Specialist postgraduate.

Landolt-Börnstein. Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology. New Series. Group 1, Vol. 9: Pion-Nucleon Scattering Sub-volume b2: Methods and Results of Phenomenological Analysis. By G. Höhler, edited by H. Schopper. (Springer-Verlag, 1983.) [Pp. xii + 601.] DM 960, $c.400.

Atomic Collision Theory. Second edition. By B. H. Bransden. (Benjamin/Cummings, Reading, Mass. 1983.) [Pp. x + 509.] £22.45. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Electron-Atom and Electron-Molecule Collisions. Edited by J. Hinze. (Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp. viii + 384.] $49.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Survey. Level: For specialists only.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, 1982. Volume 1. Proceedings of the Ninth IAEA Conference at Baltimore, U.S.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (a supplement to the IAEA journal Nuclear Fusion), 1982.) [Pp. 657.] Aust. Sch 1260. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist post-graduate.

Physics of Atoms and Molecules. By B. H. Bransden and C. J. Joachain. (Longman, 1982.) [Pp.xi + 686.] £12.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

A. D. Sakharov, Collected Scientific Works. Edited by D. Ter Haar, D. V. Chudnovsky and G. V. Chudnovsky. (Marcel Dekker, New York and Basle, 1982.) [Pp. xvi + 303.] SFr 82-00. Scope: Survey, Library. Level: Undergraduate, General reader.

Concise Encyclopedia of Solid State Physics. Edited by R. G. Lerner and G. L. Trigg. (Addison-Wesley, 1983.) [Pp. xv + 311.] £17.20 paperback; £29.60 hardback. Scope: Survey, Library (reference). Level: Undergraduate, School, General reader.

The High Energy Limit. Edited by Antonino Zichichi. Erice International School, 1980. (Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp.vii + 1104.] $125.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings, Survey. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Second edition. By P. W. Atkins. (Oxford University Press, 1983.) [Pp.xiii + 471.] £29.50 hardback; £13.75 paperback. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Numerical and Physical Aspects of Aerodynamic Flows. Edited by T. Cebeci. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp.x + 636.] DM 180; $c. 72-00.

Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds. Tenth International Symposium. Edited by G. E. Stillman. (The Institute of Physics, 1983.) [Pp.xvi + 650.] £35.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Physics in Collision. High Energy ee/ep/pp Interactions. Volume 2. Edited by Per Carlson and W. P. Trower. (Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp. x + 432.] $62.50. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Atoms in Astrophysics. Edited by P. G. Burke, W. B. Eissner, D. G. Hummer and I. C. Percival. (Plenum Press, 1983.) [Pp. xvii + 356.] $49.50. Scope: Survey, Library. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

The Ultimate Fate of the Universe. By J. N. Islam. (Cambridge University Press, 1983.) [Pp. viii+155.] £7.95. Scope: Library. Level: Undergraduate, general reader.

Modern Plasma Physics. A Basic Course, and Selected Lectures on Advanced Topics. Edited by Miriam Lewis. (IAEA, Vienna, 1981.) [Pp. 608.] Aust. Sch. 930. Scope: Treatise/Textbook, Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Computational Methods for Fluid Flow. By R. Peyret and T. D. Taylor. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. x + 358.] DM92; $c. 36-80. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist postgraduate.

Superconductivity in Ternary Compounds. Edited by M. B. Maple and 0. Fisher. (Springer-Verlag, 1982.) [Pp. xvi + 306.] DM79; $31.60 approx. Scope: Treatise: Level: Specialist postgraduate.     

Artificial Human Sensors: Science and Applications,by Peter Wide

Atomic and Ionic Spectra and Elementary Processes in Plasma Edited by I. I. Sobelman 1992, US$86.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 171. Nova, ISBN 1 56072 071 9. Scope: multi-author review. Level: specialist.

Benard Cells and Taylor Vortices By E. L. Koschmieder 1993, £35.00, US$64.95 (hbk), pp. x + 337. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 40204 2. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Black Holes By J.-P. Luminet 1992, £30.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xviii + 312. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 404906 3. Scope: popular review. Level: non-specialist.

The Enigmatic Electron By M. H. MacGregor 1992, £51.00, US$96.00, Dfl 145.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 207. Kluwer, ISBN 0 7923 1982 6. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Fatigue of Materials By S. Suresh 1992, £24.95, US$39.95 (pbk), pp. xvii + 617. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43763 6. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics By D. L. Turcotte 1993, £17.95, US$27.95 (pbk), pp. x + 221. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 44767 4. Scope: text. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Alloy Deposition Processes By W. Luft and Y. S. Tsup 1993, US$125.00 (hbk), pp. xiv + 327. Marcel Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 9146 0. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Inhomogeneous Waves in Solids and Fluids By G. Caviglia and A. Morro 1992, £20.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 301. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0804 9. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Introduction to Cosmology By J. V. Narlikar 1993, £50.00, US$79.95 (hbk), £17.95, US$29.95 (pbk), pp. xvi + 415. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 42352 X. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology By J. N. Islam 1992, 32.50 (hbk), £12.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 190, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 37760 9. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

The Kondo Problem to Heavy Fermions By A. C. Hewson 1993, 50.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 436. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 36382 9. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Liquid Crystals, Applications and Uses , Vol. 3 Edited by B. Bahadur 1992, £52.00 (hbk), pp. xix + 401. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 000 403 5. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: postgraduate.

Low-Dimensional Organic Conductors By A. Graja 1992, £23.00 (pbk), pp. ix + 306. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0478 7. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Mathematical Games and How to Play Them By S. Vajda 1992, £17.95 (pbk), pp. x + 128. Ellis Horwood, ISBN 0 13 009275 4. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate.

Newton Versus Relativity By J. M. Rocard 1992, US$15.00 (pbk), pp. xi + 107. Vantage, ISBN 0 533 09637 5. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Physics, Imagination and Reality By P. R. Wallace 1991, £43.00 (hbk), £24.00 (pbk), pp. xxii + 567, World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 929 6. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate and general reader.

Preons, Models of Leptons, Quarks and Gauge Bosons as Composite Objects By I. A. D'Souza and C. S. Kalman 1992, £20.00 (hbk), pp xii + 108. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 1019 1. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Quantum Hall Effect By M. Stone 1992, £27.00 (pbk), pp. viii + 371. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0884 7. Scope: collected reprints. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Quantum Noise By C. W. Gardiner 1991, DM99.00 (hbk), pp. xviii + 364. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 53608 6. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Rare Earth Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers Edited by M. J. F. Digonnet 1993, US$165.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 659. Marcel Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 8785 4. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories , Vol. 3 Edited by T. L. Ainsworth, C. E. Campbell, B. E. Clements and E. Krotschek 1992, US$125.00 (hbk), pp ix + 510. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 44246 9. Scope: proceedings. Level: specialist and postgraduate.

Relativity in Our Time, From Physics to Human Relations By M. Sachs 1993, £35.00 (hbk), £10.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 162. Taylor &; Francis, ISBN 0 7484 0118 0. Scope: text. Level: undergraduate and general reader.

Science in Action , Key Stage 3, Book 2 By K. Foulds, R. Gott, T. Pryke and P. Borrows 1993, £5.75 (pbk), pp. 154. Thomas Nelson, ISBN 0 17 438530 7. Scope: textbook. Level: school students.

A Scientist's Guide to Workstations and Supercomputers By R. H. Landau and P. J. Fink 1993, £34.95 (pbk), pp. xxi + 390. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 53271 1. Scope: text. Level: professional scientist.

Self-Trapped Excitons By K. S. Song and R. T. Williams 1991, DM168.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 404. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 55906 X. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

Supernovae and Stellar Wind in the Interstellar Medium By T. A. Lozinskaya 1992, £83.00, US$120.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 467. AIP, ISBN 0 88318 659 4. Scope: monograph. Level: specialist.

The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions By F. J. Yndurain 1993, DM128.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 319. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 55803 9. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate and specialist.     

Quantum Singularity in Quasiregular Spacetimes, as Indicated by Klein-Gordon, Maxwell and Dirac Fields

Klein-Gordon, Maxwell and Dirac fields are studied in quasiregular spacetimes, those space-times containing a classical quasiregular singularity, the mildest true classical singularity [G. F. R. Ellis and B. G. Schmidt, Gen. Rel. Grav. 8, 915 (1977)]. A class of static quasiregular spacetimes possessing disclinations and dislocations [R. A. Puntigam and H. H. Soleng, Class. Quantum Grav. 14, 1129 (1997)] is shown to have field operators which are not essentially self-adjoint. This class of spacetimes includes an idealized cosmic string, i.e. a four-dimensional spacetime with a conical singularity [L. H. Ford and A. Vilenkin, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 14, 2353 (1981)] and a Gal'tsov/Letelier/Tod spacetime featuring a screw dislocation [K. P. Tod, Class. Quantum Grav. 11, 1331 (1994); D. V. Gal'tsov and P. S. Letelier, Phys. Rev. D 47, 4273 (1993)]. The definition of G. T. Horowitz and D. Marolf [Phys. Rev. D52, 5670, (1995)] for a quantum-mechanically singular spacetime is one in which the spatial-derivative operator in the Klein-Gordon equation for a massive scalar field is not essentially self-adjoint. The definition is extended here, in the case of quasiregular spacetimes, to include Maxwell and Dirac fields. It is shown that the class of static quasiregular spacetimes under consideration is quantum-mechanically singular independent of the type of field.     

Low temperature physics

Directions in Chaos. Volume 1. Edited by Hao Bai-Lin 1987, £57.85, pp. xi + 353. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 359 X. Scope: Multiauthor review. Level: Postgraduate.

Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies. By Halton Arp. 1987, £12.50, pp. 198. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 36314 4. Scope: Text.

Superconductors: Conquering Technology's New Frontier. By Randy Simon and Andrew Smith. 1988, £23,95, pp. xiii + 326. Plenum, ISBN 0 306 42959 4. Scope: Text. Level: General reader/Undergraduate.

Disorder and Order in the Solid State. Concepts and Devices. Edited by Roger W. Pryor, Brian B. Schwartz and Stanford R. Ovshinsky. 1988, $62.50, pp. x + 261. ISBN 0 306 42926 8. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Point Defects in Materials. By F. Agullo-Lopez, C. R. S. Catlow and P. D. Townsend 1988, £39.50, pp. xvii + 445. Academic Press, ISBN 0 12 044512 7. Scope: Textbook.

Modern Crystallography IV. Physical Properties of Crystals. Edited by L. A. Shuvalov. 1988, DM 198.00, pp. xviii + 583. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 11517 X. Scope: Multiauthor survey. Level: Specialist.

Zero-Phonon Lines and Spectral Hole Burning in Spectroscopy and Photochemistry. Edited by Olev Sild and Kristjan Haller. 1988, DM 72.00, pp. viii + 183. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 530 19214 x. Scope: Multiauthor review. Level: Postgraduate.

Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors. By M. L. Cohen, J. R. Chelikowsky. 1988, DM 98.00, pp. xii + 264. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 18818 5. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Mathematica. A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer. By Stephen Wolfram. 1988, £19.95, pp. xviii + 749. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0 201 19330 5. Scope: Software Manual. Level: Undergraduate/Postgraduate.

Classical Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. By Colin J. Thompson. 1988, £20.00, pp. ix + 213. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 851984 2. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate/ Postgraduate.

Boundary Value Problems in Linear Viscoelasticity. By J. M. Golden and G. A. C. Graham. 1988, DM 120.00, pp. xiv + 266. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 18615 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Atomic and Molecular Beam Methods: Volume 1. Edited by Giacinto Scoles, Davide Bassi, Udo Buck and Derek. Lain/sc> 1988, £75.00, pp. xxiii + 721, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 504280 8. Scope: Multiauthor review. Level: Postgraduate.

Multiphoton Processes. Edited by S. J. Smith and P. L. Knight. 1988, £30.00, pp. x + 365. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 35393 9. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Postgraduate.

Atomic Physics of Lasers. By Derek Eastham. 1988, £16.00, pp. ix + 230. Taylor &; Francis, ISBN 0 85066 782 8. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Structure, Context, Complexity, Organization: Physical Aspects of Information and Value. By Karl-Erik Eriksson, Kristian Lindgren and Bengt Å. Månsson 1987, $39.00, pp. ix + 246. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 023 X. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Science, Order and Creativity. By David Bohm and F. David Peat 1988, £5.95, pp. 280. Routledge, ISBN 0 415 03079 X. Scope: Text. Level: General reader.