物理学──新技术的先导

物理学是研究物质运动的最普遍的形态(力学的、热学的、电磁学的等等)以及它们之间相互转化的一门基础科学.物理学基础研究的目的在于认识物质运动的客观规律和揭示不同层次的物质的内部结构.但历史事实证明,作为基础科学的物理学其研究结果往往能够变成改造世界的强有力的工具     

时空的对称性

 时空的对称性是大自然的奇妙特性之一,这种特性几乎是无处不在。例如,从宏观的角度看,人和动物的形体结构是左右对称的,植物的结构也是左右对称的,飘落的雪花的结构也是对称的。从微观的角度看,所有晶体都是对称排列的,水分子的排列也是具有严格的对称性。对称性无论在人们的日常生活中,还是在科学研究和应用技术领域,都具有非常重要的作用和地位;它潜移默化地影响着人类的观念和思维,这点可以从人类建筑的对称结构和人的对称审美观来说明;尤其在物理科学的研究中,例如基本粒子的研究、半导体物理的研究等等,时空对称性都是处于核心地位的重要概念。     

纯相对的运动观必须批判──试评相对性原理

一、从牛顿的纯绝对运动观到 爱因斯坦的纯相对运动观 在经典力学中,牛顿把物体的运动机械地割裂为“绝对的和相对的,真正的和表现的,数学的和通常的”.在他看来,相对运动“不过是整体的和绝对的运动的一部分”,“是真正运动之差”.他认为自己的“水桶实验”找到了“直接与相对运动相反的水的真正绝对的旋转运动”。当物理学的发展深入到电磁现象的新领域时,光的传播定律就与体现这种形而上学的纯绝对运动观的经典相对性原理发生了严重的抵触. 爱因斯坦抓住电磁观象对于惯性运动也具有相对性的事实,把经典相对性原理推广为狭义相对性原理.他…     

在QCD中核子的静态性质

基于参数化的完全穿衣服的夸克传播子,　利用量子色动力学（QCD）研究了核子的磁矩和电荷半径平方的平均值与夸克动量的依赖关系。预言的核子磁矩和电荷半径的数值与文献中广泛应用的经验值和其他许多具有QCD特征的理论模型所预言的值一致。结果说明了核子的磁矩和电荷半径不是人们通常所理解的一个不变的常数,　而是依赖于核子中夸克动量的一个跑动量,　对于不同动量它们的值是不同的。计算结果也清楚地表明了所采用的参数化的夸克传播子的适用性和可靠性。     

夸克喷注与胶子喷注角分布特性的研究

用蒙特卡洛模拟Jetset 7.4产生质心能量为91.2GeV的正负电子对撞事件. 在引入喷注的圆锥角后, 对不同味的夸克喷注和由不同味夸克发射的胶子产生的喷注的角分布特性进行了仔细研究. 结果发现, 在相同的能量下, 胶子喷注的角分布范围比夸克喷注的角分布范围要明显宽一些. 在带电粒子数、横动量相同的条件下, 胶子喷注的平均圆锥角比夸克喷注的平均圆锥角大很多. 喷注的平均圆锥角随带电多重数以及喷注的横动量的分布都呈线性正关联. 由不同味的夸克发射的胶子产生的喷注的圆锥角分布特性相同；而不同味的夸克喷注的圆锥角分布存在明显的差异.     

光纤端面的质量与光纤光学性能的关系

光纤的透过性能是光纤传输的重要特性之一。影响光纤透过性能的因素除了纤芯、包层玻璃的质量和几何缺陷以外,还与光纤端面的质量有关。在光纤的加工过程中,光纤端面的平整度、磨料的使用等都会影响端面的质量。讨论了影响光纤透过性能的因素;光纤端面的反射损失对透光性能的影响;增透膜对光纤端面反射的控制;加工后光纤端面的几何形状对透过性能的影响;加工后纤维端面折射率的变化情况;抛光液酸碱性的控制;抛光后光纤端面的处理。通过对光纤端面进行加工过程的控制和对光纤端面进行涂层的处理可改善光纤的透光性能。     

自旋为1的粒子的电磁结构

利用强相互作用的不变性,通过普洛卡(Proca)方程,决定任意具有强相互作用的自旋为1的粒子的一般电磁结构的可能的形状因子。由此计算了电子与氘核的散射的微分截面。结果可用于自旋为1的粒子的电磁结构的实验分析。     

Savart偏光镜的透射率对空间调制偏振干涉成像光谱仪通量的影响

空间调制偏振干涉成像光谱仪的核心是干涉仪,干涉仪的重要组成部分是Savart偏光镜.Savart偏光镜的透射率直接决定着空间调制偏振干涉成像光谱仪的光通量,进而影响到目标的干涉图和目标的像.因此有必要研究Savart偏光镜的透射率对光通量的影响.在介绍干涉仪结构的基础上,利用电磁场边界条件和折射定律分别求得了光在Savart偏光镜的4个分界面:空气/Savart偏光镜的左板;Savart偏光镜的左板/胶粘剂;胶粘剂/ Savart偏光镜的右板;Savart偏光镜的右板/空气的透射率和光强,同时得到了光通过干涉仪后的两束干涉光的光强.利用光的叠加原理得到了干涉后的总的光强,并求出了光通过Savart偏光镜的透射率和光通量的数学表达式.通过两者的关系式可以很直观的看到Savart偏光镜的透射率对空间调制偏振干涉成像光谱仪的光通量的影响,为研究空间调制偏振干涉成像光谱仪提供了一定的理论依据.     

添加超导中间层扩散连接BSCCO带材

采用超导粉末作中间层对BSCCO带材进行连接是比较有效的方法.超导粉末中间层中Bi-2223超导相的含量影响着连接的效果,超导相含量为88.5%的中间层连接所得到的接头的连接效率比含量为55%的中间层连接的接头的连接效率高18个百分点.另外在超导粉末中间层中添加适量的金属Ag可以有效的降低中间层的熔点,增加中间层的粘性,减少连接的缺陷,提高连接的质量.     

圆形线圈对超导球体的悬浮力特性分析

针对超导球体和圆形线圈之间的力的作用,介绍了一种简化而有效的计算悬浮力的方法。在此基础上,对线圈和超导球体的几何形状尺寸以及两者之间的相对位置关系对悬浮力的影响进行了综合的分析和讨论;对悬浮力在随着线圈和超导球体的具体参数的变化规律做了定量的分析。总结出的结论为超导悬浮系统的分析和设计提供重要的参照。     

Re-study of Nucleon Pole Contribution in J/

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Sigma Terms and Strangeness Contents of Baryon Octet in Modified Chiral Perturbation Theory

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Study of Strange Quark Mass in CFL Phase

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Complexity in everything

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Trigger for disaster

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The Use of the Scanning Electron Microscope. By J. W. S. Hearle, J. T. Sparrow and P. M. Cross. (Pergamon, 1972.) [Pp. xi+278.] £8.80. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Defects in Crystalline Solids. By B. Henderson. (Arnold, 1972.) [Pp. ix+203.] Cloth £6.00; Paper £3.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to Lattice Dynamics. By A. K. Ghatak and L. S. Khothari. (Addison-Wesley, 1972.) [Pp. vi+234.] $11.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Case Studies in Atomic Collision Physics (2). Editors E. W. McDaniel and M. R. C. McDowell. (North-Holland, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+649.] Hfl 150.00, $47.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Theory of Seismic Head Waves. By V. Cerveny and R. Ravindra. (University of Toronto Press, London; Oxford University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xvi + 312.] £8.75. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

An Introduction to the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. By J. A. Ratcliffe. (Cambridge University Press, 1972.) [Pp. x + 256.] £4.00. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate; school.

Optics. By C. S. Williams and A. Becklund. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+397.] £7.50. Scope: Textbook; library (reference). Level: For specialists only; specialist.

Principles of Activation Analysis. By Paul Kruger. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. xi+522.] £11.75. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Colloidal and Morphological Behaviour of Block and Graft Polymers. Edited by G. E. Molau. (Plenum Press, 1971.) [Pp. xvi+ 327.] $14.50.

Spin and Isospin. By P. A. Carruthers. (Gordon &; Breach. 1971.) [Pp. ix+288.] £8.10 Scope: Textbook; library (reference). Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

Nuclear Reactions and Nuclear Structure. By P. E. Hodgson. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1971.) [Pp. xi+661.] £14.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Magnetic Resonance in Metals. By J. Winter. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press; 1971.) [Pp. xiii+205.] £5.50.

Concepts of Atomic Physics. By D. A. Jackson. (McGraw-Hill, 1971.) [Pp. 170.] £2.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to the Theory of Atomic Spectra. By I. I. Sobel'Man, translated by T. F. L. LeVierge, and edited by G.K.Woodgate. (Pergamon Press, 1972.) [Pp. xvi+ 609.] £18.00. Scope: Textbook; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Jahn-Teller Effect in Molecules and Crystals. By R. Englman. (Wiley-Interscience, 1972.) [Pp. xx+ 350.] £8.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Algebraic Methods in Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory. By G. G. Emch. (Wiley-Interscience, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+ 333.] £7.85. Scope: Textbook. Level: For specialists only.

Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory. (Les Houches Summer School, 1970). Edited by C. DeWitt and R. Stora. (Gordon &; Breach, 1971.) [Pp. xvi+ 552.] £0.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Postgraduate.

Group Theory and the Coulomb Problem. By M. J. Englefield. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 120.] £4.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Statistical Properties of Nuclei. Edited by J. B. Garg. (Plenum Press, 1972,) [Pp. xxiv+ 665.] $37.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Theoretical Solid State Physics. (Volume 1). By A. Haug. (Pergamon. 1972.) [Pp. xiv+ 497.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Analytic Properties of Feynmn Diagrams in Quantum Field Theory. By I. T. Todorov. (Pergamon, 1971.) [Pp. xvi+ 152.] £3.75. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Progress in Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 7. Edited by H. Reiss and J. O. McCaldin. (Pergamon Press, 1972.) [Pp. xi+275.] £10.00. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Introduction to Particle Physics. By R. Omn$eGs. (John Wiley, 1971.) [Pp. xiii+ 414.] £6.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Plasma, the Fourth State of Matter. By D. A. Frank-Kamenetskii. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 159.] $14.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Undergraduate.

Computer Aided Design. (Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1972.) [Pp. viii+ 431.] £11.90.

Trends in On-line Computer Systems. (Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1972.) [Pp. v+ 217.] £8.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to the Principles of Electromagnetism. By W. Hauser. (Addison-Wesley, 1971.) [Pp. xiv+ 623.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Dynamica, Electricity and Magnetism. By E. W. Laing and W. McFarlane. (Oliver and Boyd, 1972.) [Pp. vii+ 156.] £1.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Nineteenth Century Aether Theories. By K. F. Schaffner. (Pergamon, printed in Hungary, 1972.) [Pp. ix+ 278.] £3.25. Scope: Textbook; survey. Level: General reader; undergraduate.

Mechanics and Electrodynamics. By L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz. (Pergamon. 1972.) [Pp. xiii+ 282.] £3.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Theory of the Unmagnetized Plasma. By D. C. Montgomery. (Gordon and Breach, 1971.) [Pp. 416.] £7.30, Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Amorphous Materials. Edited by R. W. Douglas and B. Ellis. (Wiley-Interscience, 1972.) [Pp. xviii+ 550.] £9.00. Scope: Conference proceedings; survey; library. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.     

Revolutions that made the Earth

Lectures in Phma Phy&;. By C. MebcieR. (Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1974.) [Pp. 157.1 B.Fr. 500. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Theory of Non-neutral Peasn. By R. C. Davidson. (Addison-Wesley, 1974.) [pp. xiii+ 199.1 Paper $8.50. Cloth $16.00. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: For specialists only.

An Introductwn to I&;uid Sointillation Counting. By A. Dyer. (Heyden, 1974.) [pp. xiii+111.1 $3.00. Scope: Survey; textbook. Level: Specialist/postgaduate; non specialist user.

Liquid SOintillatiOra Counting. Vol. 3. Editors, M. A. Crook and P. Johnson. (Heyden, 1974. Ipp. viii+ 308.1 $10.00. Scope: Conference proceedings.

Symmetry Principles in Solid State and Molecular Physics. By M. Lax. (Wiley-Interscience, 1974.) [Pp. xi+499.] £10.55 Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Engineering Science Project of the Schools Council and Loughbourgh College of Technology. Edited by H. Cole, D. T. Kelly and G. W. Palmer. (Macmillan Education, 1974.) Electricity, pp. 71, £1.05; Dynamics, pp. 80, £1.15.

Advancted Phtysics Comprehension. By D. P. Newton. (Macmillan Education, 1975) [Pp. viii + 38.] 40p. Scope: Textbook, Level: School.

Spectrophysics. By A. P. Thorne. (Chapman and Hall, 1974.) [Pp. xiv + 402.] Paper £3.90. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate, undergraduate.

Global Analysis and its Applications. Lectures presented at an International Course at Trieste, 1972. (IAEA, Vienna, 1974.) [Pp. 232.] £4.60. Scope: Conference proceedings; textbook; survey. Level: Postgraduate; advanced undergraduate.

Conformal Algebra in Space-Time. By S. Ferrara, R. Gatto and A. F. Grillo. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. 69.] $14.10.

The. Past Decade in Particle Teory. Edited by E. C. G. Sudershan and Y. Neeman. (Gordon and Breach, 1973.) [Pp. xi+819.] £14.55.

Wave Mechanics and its Applications. By P. Gombas and D. Kisdi. (Pergamon Press, 1973.) [Pp. xii+238.] £3.50.

Quantum Mechanics in a New Key. By A. Land$eA. (Exposition Press, New York, 1973.) [Pp. x+131.] $6.50.

A Survey of Hidden-Variables Theories. By F. J. Belinfante. (Pergamon, 1973.) [Pp. xix+ 354.] £8.00.

Cominatorics and Renormalization in Quatum Field Theory. By E. R. Caianiello (Addison Wesley, 1974.) [Pp. xv+121.] Paper $9.50; cloth $16.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Postgraduate.

Interactive Computing with BASIC. By D. M. Munro. (Arnold, 1974.) [Pp. 148.] £2.40. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Solid State Physics. By H. E. Hall. (John Wiley, 1974.) [Pp. xvii+ 351.] Cloth £7.50, Paper £3.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Metal—Semiconductor Contacts. Conference Series No. 22. (Institute of Physics, 1974.) [Pp. vii+263.] £15.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Mechanical Properties at High Rates of Strain. Editor, John Harding. (The Institute of Physics (Conference Reports No. 21), 1974.) [Pp. ix+448.1 £0.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Energy, Volume I: Demands, Resources, Impact Techdogy, and Policy. (One of a Three-Volume Set of Lecture Notes). By S. S. Penner and L. Icerman. (Addison-Wesley, 1974). [Pp. xx+ 373.] Cloth (14.50, Paper $8.30. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Proceedings of the CERN-JINR School of Physics, 1973, Editor O. Koford-Hansen. (CERN, Geneva, 1973.) [Pp. 365.] Scope: Conference Proceedings; treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

The Discrete Series of L, over a Finite Field. By G. Lustzig. (Princeton University Press. 1974). [Pp. 99.] Soope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Global Analysis and its Applications, Volumes II and III. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1974.) [Pp.Volume II, 361; Volume III, 333.] Vol. II, £6.50; Vol. III, £7.20. Scope: Lectures. Level: Postgraduate.

Homogeneous Relativistic Cosmologies. By M. P. Ryan, Jr. and L. C. Smepmy. (Princeton University Press, 1975.) [Pp. xv+321.] Cloth £7.90. Paper £3.95. Scope: Treatise/ textbook. Level: Postgraduate

Fluid Mechanics. By J. Williams. (George Allen &; Unwin, 1974.) [Pp. 107.] £3.76 cloth. £1.75 paper. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Acoustics 1974. Edited by R. W. B. Stephens. (Chapman and Hell, 1975.) [Pp. viii+194.] £5.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists, but also of some general interest.

Aoouetics and Viibration Progress, Volume 1. Edited by R. W. B. Stephens and H. Q. Leventhall. (Chapman and Hell. 1974.) [Pp. x+243.] £8.00. Scope: Volume of review articles. Level: For specidista or general reader.

The Aestronomical Telescope. By B. V. Barlow. (Wykeham Publications, 1975.) [Pp. viii+213.] £2.50. Level: General reader; undergraduate, school.

The Royal Greenwich Observatory. By W. H. McCora. (H.M.S.O., 1975). [Pp. 80.] £1.00. Scope: Library. Level: Qeneral reader.

The Intensity Interferometer. By R. Hanbury Bmw. (Taylor and Frsncia, 1974.) [Pp. xvi+ 184.] £6.00. Scope: Treetise/textbook. Level: General reader (scientific historian). Specialst/post-graduate

Astrophysics of Gassous Nebulas. By D. E. Osterbrock. (W.H. Freeman, 1975.) [Pp.xiv+251.] £8.90. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Galactic and Extra Glactic Radio Astronomy. Edited by G. L. Verschuur and K. L. Kellermann, with V. van Brunt. (Springer-Verlag, 1974.) [Pp. x+ 402.] DM 98, $40-10. Scope: Treatise/textbook; survey; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

High Energy Astrophysics ad da Relation to Elementary Particle Physics. Edited by K. Brecher and G.Setti. (MIT Press, 1975.) [Pp. 591.] Paper £5.00. Cloth £13.75. Scope: Conference Proceedings; survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Encyclopedia of Physics, Volume XXV/2b, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1974. Theory of Crystal Space Groups and Infrared and Roman Lattice Processes of Insulating Cystals, by Joseph L. Birman. 538 pp. DM 98; $80.30.

Proceedings of the CERN 1974 School of Computing. Chairman G. R. McLeod. (CERN, Geneva, 1974.) [Pp. vii+438.] Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Introducing Root Locus. By P. Dransfield and D. F. Haber. (Cambridge University Press, 1973.) [Pp. 104.] £2.00. Soope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Electronic Computers (Revised Edition). By S. L. Hollingdale and G. C. Tootill. (Penguin Books, 1975.) [Pp. 378.] £1.00. Scope: Survey. Level: General reader.

Physics of IV-VI Compounds and Alloys. By Sohrab Rabii (Editor). (Gordon &; Breach, 1975.) [Pp. vi+253.] £10·00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Stellarators. Edited by D. V. Skobeltstn. (Consultants Bureau-Plenum, 1974.) :[Pp. vii+ 132.] $38.50. Scope: Library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Physics Problems: Eleectricity, Magnetism and Optcs. By R. L. Gray. (John Wiley, 1974.) [Pp. 158.] $3.95. Seope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; school.

Them1 Vibrations in Crystallography. By B. T. M. Willis and A. W. Pryor. (Cambridge University Press, 1975.) [Pp. xvi+280.1 £9.50. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Microwaves, Communications and Radar. Edited by L. Solymar. (Chapman and Hall, 1974.) [Pp. vi+ 190.] £260. Level: Specialiit/post-graduate; Engineering undergraduate.

Densities of Liquid Systems, Part a of Vol. 1 of Group IV of the Landolt-B$oUrnstein tables of Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology. By R. Lacmann C. Synowietz and edited by K. Schaffer. (Springer-Verlag, 1974.) [Pp. 716.] DM 490; $200·00 Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Atomic Physics. By J. C. Willmott. (John Wiley, 1975.) [Pp. xiv +357.1 £8.50 cloth, £4-25 paper. Scope: Textbook; Library. Level: Undergraduate; General reader.

Special Relativity. By J. G. Taylor. (Clarendon Press: Oxford Univrsity Press, 1975.) [Pp. 106.] £1.95 Level: Undergraduate.

Physics in Two Volumes. (Ronald Press. New York, 1974.) Volume 1. By D. G. Ivey. [Pp. xxi+818.] £13.50. Volume 2. By J. N. P. Hume. [Pp. xviii+500.] $12.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Electron Microprobe Analysis. By S. J. B. Reed. (Cambridge University Prees, 1975.) [Pp. 400+xvi.] £12. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Phyysics and Chemietry of Fission, 1973. Proceedings of the Third IAEA Symposium held at Rochester, N.Y. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1974.) [Pp. 578.] Volume I, £11.60, Volume II, £10.70. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only. Specialist/post-graduate.

An Introduction to the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere. By J. A. Ratcliffe. (Cambridge University Press, 1975.) [Pp. x+256.] £2.20. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate; Undergraduate.

Optical Resonance and Two Level Atoms. By L. Allen and J. H. Eberly. (Wiley, 1976.) [Pp. 220.] £10-80. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Plasma Instabilities and Non-linear Effects. By A. Hasegawa. (Springer-Verlag, 1975.) [Pp. xi+217.] DM 73, $31.40. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Specialistl post-graduate     

Neutron interferometry: lessons in experimental quantum mechanics,wave-particle duality,and entanglement,Second edition

Production, Pollution, Protection (Wykeham Science Series No. 19). By W. B. Yapp. (Wykeham Publications (London) Ltd., 1972.) [Pp. x + 184.] Cloth £2.75; paper £2.00. Saope: Survey; Level: General reader.

Elementary Radiation Physics. By G. S. Hurst and J. E. Turner. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 166.] £3.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Exploring Physics. Book Five. By Tom Duncan. (John Murray, 1970.) [Pp. vi+218.] Cased £1.30; Limp £1.05. Scope: Textbook. Level: School.

Biological Effects of Radiation. By J. E. Coggle. (Wykeham Publications, 1971.) [Pp. vii+ 149.] £2.00. Scope: Undergraduate; library.

Mathematical Methoda for Phyaickta. (2nd Edn.) By George Arfken. (Academic Press, 1970.) [Pp. vii + 81r.] £6 15s. Od. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Elementary Differential Equations. By R. L. E. Sohwarzenberger. (Chapman &; Hell, 1970.) [Pp. xii 98.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Tdlegen's Theorem and Electrical Networks. By Paulpeneield, Jr., Robert Spengeand, S. Duinker. (M. I. T. Press, 1970.) [Pp. xv +143.] £3.50 Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level : Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

Lecture Notes in Physics. The Reduction of the Product of Two Irreducible Unitary Representations of the Proper Orthochronous, Quoratum-mechanical Poincare Group. By Manfbzd Schaaf. (Springer-Verlag, 1971.) [Pp. iv + 120.] £5.50. Scope : Treatise/textbook. Level: For specialists only.

The Engineering Uses of Holography. Edited by E. R. Robertson and J. M. HARVEY. (Cambridge University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xxx + 589.] £15.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Band Themy of Metals. The Elements. By S. L. Altmann. (Pergamon Group Press, 1970.) [Pp. 250.] Hard cover £2.50; Flexi-cover £1.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

The Growth and Structure of Eutectica with Siliwn and Germanium. A. Hellawell. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. 78.] £1.25. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Fieield-Ion Microscopy. By K. M. Bowkett and D. A. Smite. (North-Holland Publishing Co., 1970.) [Pp. x+ 257.] £6.30. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Physics of Amorpbow, Materiala. (Science Research Council, 1970.) [Pp. 54.] Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only; general reader; specialist/postgraduate.

SI Units: An Introduction for A-level. By M. Nelkon. (Chatto &; Windus, 1970) [Pp. 88.] £0.30. Scope: Textbook. Level: School.

Nuclear Physioa. By K. N. Mukhin. (MacDonald Technical and Scientific, 1970.) [Pp. xiv+ 505.] £5. Level: Undergraduate.

Glass Lasers. By K. Patek. (Butterworth Group, 1970.) [Pp. xi+217.] £6.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook; library; library (reference). Level: For specialist only; specialist/post-graduate.

Radio Astrophysics. By A. G. Pacholczyk. (W. H. Freeman &; Co., 1970.) [Pp. xxi+ 269.] £6.10. Scope: Textbook. Level :Specialist/postgraduate.

Transistors in Linear Circuits. By R. W. A. Scarr. (George G. Harrap &; Co., Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. 206.] £2.25. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

La Thermoélectricité By André Linder. (Presses Universitaires de France, 1970.) [Pp. 123.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Diffusion in Semiconductors. By B. L. Sharma. (Trans Tech. Publications, 1970.) [Pp. 200.] $9.80. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Méthods Numdriques pour la Prévision du Temps. By G. I. NARTCHUK.(Librairie Armand Colin, 1970.) [Pp. 343.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics. Vols. I and 11. By Eqil A. Hylleraas. (John Wiley &; Sons, 1970.) [Vol. I, pp. xxii+ 485; Vol. 11, pp. xxi+ 474.] £7.00 each. Scope: Textbook. Level :Post-graduate/ undergraduate.

The Atom and the Universe. By James S. Perlman. (Wadsworth Publishing Co., Inc., 1970.) [Pp. 633.]

Understanding and Measuring vibrations. By R. H. Wallace. (Wykeham Publications Ltd. 1970.) [Pp. xii+ 148.] £1.50. Scope: Survey; library; library (reference). Level: General reader; undergraduate; school.

A Quantum Approach to the Solid State. By Philip L. TAYLOR. (Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970.) [Pp. xii+ 322.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Elementary Atomic Structure. By G. K. WOODGATE. (McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. viii + 223.] £3.40. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: undergraduate.

Progress in Quantum Electronics. Vol. 1: The Semiclosaical Theory of the Gas Laser. Edited by J. H. Sanders and K. W. H. Stevens. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. 271.] £1.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Chemical Kinetics. By B. Stevens. (Chapman &; Hall Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. viii + 110.] £0.60. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Undergraduate; school.

Electromagnetic Fields and Waves. (Second Edition) By Paul Lorrain and Dale R. Corson. (W. H. Freeman &; Co., Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xxv+ 706.] £4.00. (also available in cloth £7.00.) Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Theoretical Physics. (an advanced text.) By Benjamin G. Levich. (North-Holland. Pub. Co., 1971.) [Pp. xviii+ 395.] £5.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Sources of Plcrema Physics (I). By H. S. Green and R. B. Leipnik. (Wolters-Noordhoff Publishing, 1971.) [Pp. 630.] scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Molecular Acowrtiw. By A. J. Matoeson. (John Wiley, 1971.) [Pp. xv+290.] £5.50.

Fourier Methods in Crystallography. By G. N. Ramachandran and R. Srinivasan. (John Wiley Ltd, 1971.) [Pp. xiii+ 259.] £7.50 Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/ postgraduate.

Carl Friedrich Gauss. A Biography by Tord Hall, Translated by Albert Froderbero (The M.I.T. Press, 1971.) [Pp.175.] £3.75. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

Elements of Hamiltonian Mechanics. By D. Ter Haar. (Pergamon Press Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 201.] £2.50; $6.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Collection of Problems in Classical Mechanics. By G. L. Kotein and V. G. Serbo. (Pergamon Press Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 278.] £3.00. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Relativistic Quantum Theory. (Part 1.) By V. B. Berestetskii, E. M. Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii. (Pergamon Press, 1971.) [Pp. xv+ 375.] £6.00. Scope: Treatiseltextbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Direct Nuclear Reaction Theories. By Norman Austern. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. ix+ 390.] £9.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook; survey; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Seientific Papers of G. I. Taylor. Vol. 4. Edited by G. K. Batchelor. (Cambridge University Press, 1971.) [Pp. ix+ 579.] £12.00.

Qwznlum Physica. Berkeley Physics Course-Vol. 4. By Ewind H. Wiohmann. (McGraw-Hill, 1971.) [Pp. xvii + 421.] £3.35. Scope Textbook. Level Undergraduate.

Spin Fomrmlisms. By Sue Urk Chunq. (CERN, Geneva, 1971.) [Pp. v+81.] Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Applications of Holography. Edited by E. S. Barreeette et al. (Proceedings of the U.S.—Japan Seminar at Washington D.C., 1969, 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 395.] $16.50. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only; General reader.

High-Energy Physics and Nuclear Structure. Edited by S. Devons. (Plenum Press, 1971.) [Pp. xli+ 859.] $37.50. Scope: Conference proceedings; library (reference). Level: For specialist only; specialist/postgrduate.     

The international scientific radio union

Dr. Reginald Smith-Rose, C.B.E., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.C.G.I., M.I.E.E., F.I.R.E., has been elected to succeed Dr. Lloyd Berkner of the U.S.A. as President of the International Scientific Radio Union (URSI). Previous holders of the office include the late Father Lejay of France and another British scientist, Sir Edward Appleton.     

A revised controlled deterministic secure quantum communication with five-photon entangled state

A revised controlled deterministic secure quantum communication protocol using five-photon entangled state is proposed. It amends the security loopholes pointed by Qin et al. in [S.J. Qin, Q.Y. Wen, L.M. Meng, F.C. Zhu, Opt. Commun. 282 (2009) 2656] in the original protocol proposed by Xiu et al. in [X.M. Xiu, L. Dong, Y.J. Gao, F. Chi, Opt. Commun. 282 (2009) 333]. The security loopholes are solved by using order rearrangement of transmission photons and two-step security test.