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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Perspectives in Computation,by Robert Geroch

The Conceptual Foundatiom of Quantum Mechanics. By L. Eisenbud. (Van Nostrand, 1971.) [Pp. xii+148.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Conceptual Foundatiom of Quantum Mechanics. By B. d'Espagnat. (W. A. Benjamin, 1971.) [Pp. xii+493.] Paper $6.95; cloth $12.50. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Mechanics. By K. R. Symon. (Addison-Wesley, 1971.) [Pp. xii+639.] £4.45. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Introduction to the Principles of Mechanics. By W. Hauser. (Addison-Wesley, 1971.) [Pp. xii + 515.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Theoretical Mechanics. By E. J. Saletan and A. H. Cromer. (John Wiley, 1971.) [Pp. viii + 376.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Quantum Mechanics for Hamiltonians Defined as Quadratic Forms. By B. Simon. (Princoeton University Press: London, Oxford University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xv+244.] £3.60. Scope: Treatise. Level; Specialist/postgraduate

An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics. By P. Dennery. (Allen &; Unwin, 1972.) [Pp. x+118.] £3.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Physical Comology. By P. J. E. Peebles. (Princeton University Press: London, Oxford University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xvi+282.] £4.25. Scope: Textbook; survey. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Theoretical Physics. By M. Mizushima. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. xix+693.] £9.75. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate/undergraduate

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. By I. J. R. Aitchison. (Macmillan, 1972.) [Pp. xvi+ 260.] £7.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Irreversibility in the Many-Body Problem. Edited by J. Biel and J. Rae. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. xiv+470.] $34.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Mechanics. By R. J. Finkelstein. (Addison-Wesley, 1973.) [Pp. xvi+394.] Cloth $17.50; Paper $9.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Quantum Statistics in Optics and Solid State Physics. By R. Graham and F. Haake. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. 173.] $28.90. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 21. Edited by P. K. C. Wang. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. 94.] DM 16. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: For specialists only; specialist/ post-graduate.

Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol.20. Edited by A. Lenard. (Springer-Verlag, 1973.) [Pp. viii+ 246.] $8.20. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Particles and Nuclei. Vol. 2 Part 3. Edited bv N. N. Bogolyubov. (Consultants Bureau, New York, 1973.) [Pp. 178.] $46–00. Scope: Library. Level: For specialists only.

The Science and Technology of Superconductivity. Two volumes. Edited by W. D. Gregory, W. N. Mathews, Jr., and E. A. Edelsack. (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Volume 1, pp. xlviii+428; Volume 2, pp. viu+ 388.] $26.00; $26.00.

Perspectives in M$oUssbauer Spectroscopy. Edited by S. G. Cohen and M. Pasternak. (Plenum Press, 1972.) [Pp. viii+259.] £17.50. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/ post-graduate.

Elasticity, Plasticity and Structure of Matter. By R. Houwink and H. K. de Decker. (Cambridge University Press, 1971.) [Pp. xi+470.] £7.60. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; general reader.

Nuclear Physics. (Second Edition) By W. E. Burcham. (Longman, 1973.) [Pp. xix+686.] £6·50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanice, July 3–7 1972. Edited by H. Cabannes and R. Temam. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1973.) [Vol. 1, Pp. viif 186.] DM 18, $6.40. [Vol. 2, Pp. vii+275.] DM 26, $9.20. Scope: Conference proceedings; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgradute.

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 5. Edited by M. Van Dyke, W. C. Vincenti and J. V. Wiehausen. (Annual Reviews Inc., 1973.) [Pp. vii+443.] Scope: Survey; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Notes on Elementary Particle Physics. By H. Muirhead. (Pergamon Press, 1972.) [Pp. x+282.] £4.95. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate.

Calculus of One Variable. By K. E. Hirst. (George Allen and Unwin.) [Pp. 86.] Hardback £1.75 Paper £0.80. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; School.

Springer Tracts in Modern Physica, VoZ. 60. Editor. G. H$oUhler. (Springer-Verlag, 1971.) [Pp. 233.] DM 78; $23.70 Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only.

Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Vol. 61. Editor, G. H$oUhler. (Springer-Verleg, 1972. [Pp. 166.] DM 68; £21.20 Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only.

Likelihood. A. W. F. Edwards. (Cambridge University Press, 1972.) [Pp. xv+235.] £3.80. Scope: Treatise. Level: General reader.

Dyadic Green's Functions in Electromagnetic Theory. By Chen-To Tai. (Intext Scanton, 1972.) [Pp. xvii+246.] £7.25. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Lectures in Mathematical Physics (Volume 11). By R. Hermann. (W. A. Benjamin, 1972.) [Pp. xviii+749.] Cloth $12.50; paper $6.93. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Spectra of Partial Differential Operators. By M. Schechter. (North Holland, 1971.) [Pp. xiii+ 288.] $17.00. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to Fortran Programming. By H. M. Liddell and A. J. Powell. (Harrap, 1971.) [Pp. vii+ 154.] £2.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; school.

Applied Functions of a Complex Variable. By A. Kyrala. (John Wiley, 1972.) [Pp. xvii+374.] £7.90. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate; undergraduate.

Magic Without Magic (Essays in honour of J. A. Wheeler). Edited by J. R. Klauder. (W. H. Freeman, 1973.) [Pp. xii+491.] £9.30. Scope: Survey; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Properties of Liquid Metals (Proceedings of the Second International Conference at Tokyo, September 1972). Edited by S. Takeuchi. (Taylor &; Francis, 1973.) [Pp. xxiv+640.] £12.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

The Physical Properties of Glass. D. G. Holloway. (Wykeham Publications, 1973.) [Pp. xii+ 220.] £2.60. Level: Undergraduate; school.

La Physique des Phnona de tr$eGs Haute Fr$eAquence. Edited by A. Zylbersztein. (CNRS, Paris, 1972.) [Pp. 122.] Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

Atomic Physics 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference at Boulder, Colorado, 1972. (Plenum Press, 1973.) [Pp. xii+676.] $34.00. Scope: Conference proceedings; library (reference). Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Technical Dictionary of Vacuum Physics and Vacuum Technology. Edited by K. Hurrle, F. M. Jablonski, H. Roth. (Pergamon, 1972.) [Pp. 202.] £5.00. Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist /postgraduate.

The Physics of Phonons. By J. A. Reissland. (John Wiley, 1973.) [xi+319.] £7.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate (theoretician).     

The Rydberg constant

Pioneers of Science. By Robert L. Weber. (Institute of Physics, 1980.) [Pp. xviii + 272.] £9.95.

The Excitation and Propagation of Elastic Waves. By J. A. Hudson. (Cambridge University Press, 1980.) [Pp. viii + 226.] Scope: Treatise; Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Non-linear Oscillations. By A. H. Nayfeth and D. J. Mook. (John Wiley, 1979.) [Pp. xiv + 704.] £21.35. Scope: Survey. Level: Postgraduate/research.

Advances in X-ray Analysis, Volume 23. Edited by J. R. Rhodes and others. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 390.] $45.00.

Defects and Diffusion in Solids: an Introduction. By S. Mrowéc. (Elsevier/Polish Scientific Publishers, 1980.) [Pp. 466.] $83.00, Dfl. 170.00.

Fundamentals of Crystal Growth. By F. Rosenberger. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. x +530.] DM79; $43.50.

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry—SIMS II. Edited by A. Benninghoven and others. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. 298.] $34.30.

The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 3. The Princeton Years 1836 and 1837. Edited by Nathan Reingold. (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1979.)

Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter. Edited by H. J. Maris. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. xix + 481.] $52.50. Scope: State-of-the-art review. Level: Postgraduate research.

Atomic Masses and Fundamental Constants. Edited by J. A. Nolen Jr. and W. Benenson. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. xiii + 572.] $59.50.

The Strangest Star. By John Gribbin. (The Athlone Press, 1980.) [Pp. 183.] £6.95. Scope: General astrophysics and some geophysics. Level: Non-specialist.

Microcircuit Engineering. By H. Ahmed and W. C. Nixon. (Cambridge University Press, 1980.) [Pp. x + 585.] £20.00. Scope: Conference report. Level: For specialists.

The Rare Earths in Modern Science and Technology. Volume 2. Edited by G. J. McCarthy, J. J. Rhyne and H. B. Silber. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. xxiii + 647.] $59.50. Scope: Specialist. Level: Advanced.

Current Topics in Materials Science, Volume 3. Edited by E. Kaldis. (North-Holland, 1979.) [Pp. 688.] Dfl.230. Scope: Recent developments. Level. Postgraduate, specialist.

Physics of Semiconductor Devices. By G. H. B. Thompson. (John Wiley, 1980.) [Pp. xxv + 549.] B2.75.

Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecular Liquids and Solids. Edited by S. Bratos and R. M. Pick. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. ix+464.] $49.50. Scope: Highly specialized theoretical treatment of topics in the title. Level: Advanced research.

The Physics of Nuclear Reactions. By W. M. Gibson. Second edition. (Pergamon Press, 1980.) [Pp. vii+338.] $15.00. Scope: Low energy reactions including reactors and thermonuclear processes. Level: Undergraduate.

Is the End in Sight for Theoretical Physics? An Inaugural Lecture. By Stephen Hawking. (Cambridge University Press, 1980.) [Pp. 26.] £1.25.

From Atoms to Quarks. By J. S. Trefil. (Athlone Press, 1980.) [Pp. xi+225.] £7.50.

Phonon Dispersion Relations in Insulators. By H. Bilz and W. Kress. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. vii + 241.] DM 84; $46.20. ISBN 3 540 09377–0.

European Journal of Physics. Edited by G. W. Series. A Journal of the European Physical Society, published quarterly by the Institute of Physics. Volume 1, No. 1, August 1980.

Energy and Environmental Balance. By EARL FINBAR MURPHY. (Pergamon Press, 1980.) [Pp. vii+280.] $2500.

Marine Sources of Energy. By JACQUES CONSTANS. (Pergamon Press, 1980.) [Pp. xxv +168.] $1500.

Landolt-B$oUrnstein. Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology. Group II. Volume 9: Magnetic Properties of Free Radicals, Part d2. Organic Cation Radicals and Polyradicals. By R. A. Forrester, K. Ishizu, G. Kothe and S. F. Nelson. (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 369.] DM 470, $277.30.

Physics Unified. By Harold Aspden. (Sabberton Publications, 1980.) [Pp. xiv + 206.] £3.00 paperback.

Hands-on Applied Physics. By A. McAlexander. (Addison-Wesley, 1979.) [Pp.ix + 398.] £11.40. Scope: Classbook. Level: Elementary.

Physics in Perspective. By E. Hecht. (Addison Wesley, 1980.) [Pp. xi + 532.] £11.65.     

Book reviews

Holography in Medicine and Biology. Edited by G. von Bally. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. ix + 269.] DM 78; $42.90.

Laser Spectroscopy IV. Edited by H. Walther and K. W. Rothe. (Springer-Verlag, 1979.) [Pp. xiii + 652.] DM 84; $46.20. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/Postgraduate.

Thermally Stimulated Relaxation in Solids. Edited by P. Braunlich. (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. xiii + 331.] DM 98; $c.54·90. Scope: Treatise/text-book. Level: Specialist. Postgraduate/Undergraduate.

The Physics of Selenium and Tellurium. Edited by E. Gerlach and P. Grosse. (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. x + 281.] DM 54; $c. 29·70. ISBN 3 540 09692 2. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/Postgraduate.

The Classical Thermodynamics of Deformable Materials. By A. G. McLellan. (Cambridge University Press, 1980.) [Pp. xvii + 338.]

Stellar Turbulence. Edited by D. F. Gray and J. L. Linsky. (Springer-Verlag, 1980.) [Pp. 308.] Dm 37·60, $22.20.

Atomic and Molecular Methods in Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion. Edited by M. R. C. McDowell and A. M. Ferendici. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. vii + 493.] $55.00.

Introduction to Nuclear Reactions. By G. R. Satchler. (Macmillan Press, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 316.] £25.00.

Free Electron Generators of Coherent Radiation. Edited by S. F. Jacobs, H. S. Pilloff, Murray Sargent III, M. O. Scully and R. Spitzer. (Addison-Wesley, 1980.) [Pp. xix + 813.] $56.50.

Crystalline Electric Field and Structural Effects in f-Electron Systems. Edited by J. F. Crow, R. P. Guertin and T. W. Mihailisin. (Plenum Press, 1980.) [Pp. xii + 628.] $59.50. Scope: Specialist. Level: Advanced.

Understanding Space and Time. A Third Level Course of The Open University, Milton Keynes. Five Blocks comprising three volumes. [Pp. 136 (Vol. 1), 122 (Vol. 2), 112 (Vol. 3).] £4.95 per volume; with further material to come.

General Relativity and Gravitation. Edited by A. Held. (Plenum Press, 1980.) Volume 1 [Pp. xix + 598.]; Volume 2 [Pp. xviii + 540.] $57.50 each volume.     

MACRO, a large-area detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory

Summary MACRO is a large-area detector to be installed in hall B of the Gran Sasso Laboratory. Making use of scintillation counters, plastic streamer tubes, and track-etch detectors, it is designed to search for superheavy magnetic monopoles beyond the Parker bound, high-energy gamma and neutrino cosmic sourcs, and, more in general, exotic phenomena in the cosmic radiation. MACTO is an acronym for Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory. The present collaboration: Bari(**)C. De Marzo, O. Erriquez, N. Giglietto andF. Posa. Bologna(**):M. Attolini, F. Baldetti, G. Giacomelli, F. Grianti, A. Margiotta andP. Serra. Caltech:B. Barish, C. Lane andG. Liu. CERN:P. Musset, G. Poulard andH. Sletten. Drexel:R. Steinberg. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN:G. Battistoni, H. Bilokon, C. Bloise, P. Campana, V. Chiarella, A. Ciocio, A. Grillo, E. Iarocci, A. Marini, A. Rindi, F. Ronga, L. Satta, M. Spinetti, L. Trasatti andV. Valente. Indiana:S. Ahlen, B. Brabson, R. Heinz, S. Mufson, H. Ogren andP. Smith. Michigan:J. Musser, J. Stone, L. Sulak andG. Tarlé. Pisa(**):C. Angelini, A. Baldini, C. Bemporad, A. Cnops, V. Flaminio, G. Giannini, R. Pazzi andB. Saitta. Roma(**):G. Auriemma, M. De Vincenzi, E. Lamanna, G. Martellotti, S. Petrera, L. Petrillo, P. Pistilli, G. Rosa, A. Sciubba andM. Severi. Texas A&M:R. Webb. Torino:M. Arneodo, G. Borreani, P. Giubellino, F. Marchetto, A. Marzari, S. Palestini andL. Ramello.Virginia Tech:S. Torres andP. Trower. (**) Sezione INFN e Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università.     

Priest of nature: the religious worlds of Isaac Newton

Surface Science. Volume II. (Lectures at the International Course at Trieste, April 1974.) (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1975.) [Pp. 302.] £8.50.

Landolt-Börnstein. New Series, Group IV, Volume 3, Thermodynamic Equilibria of Boiling Mixtures. By J. Weishaupt. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1975.) [Pp. viii + 376.] DM 320; $131.20.

Advances in Nuclear Physics. Volume 8. Edited by M. Baranger and E. Vogt. (Plenum Press, 1976.) [Pp. xiii+383.] $33.00. Scope: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Physics of Metals (2) Defects. Edited by P. B. Hirsch. (Cambridge University Press, 1975.) [pp. xix + 302.] £13.50. Scope: Treatise; Library; Library(reference). Level: Specialist/post graduate; Undergraduate.

Applications of Ion Beams to Materials, 1975. Institute of Physics Conference Series No. 28. (Institute of Physics, 1976.) [Pp. xi + 364.] £19.00; $45.00. Scope: Conference Proceedings. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

The Theory of Photons and Electrons. By J. M. Jauch and F. Rohrlich. (Springer-Verlag, 1976.) [Pp. xix + 553.] DM41; $16.80. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.

An Introduction to the Physics of Ferroelectrics. By T. Mitsu, I. Tatsuzaki and E. Nakamura, translated by J. C. Burfoot. (Gordon and Breach, 1976.) [Pp. xiii + 443.] $17.00. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/post-graduate.

Electron Microscopy in Mineralogy. Coordinating Editor H. R. Wenk. (Springer-Verlag, 1976.) [Pp. xii + 564.] DM 96; $39.40. Scope: Survey. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

Vistas in Physical Reality. Edited by E. Laszlo and E. B. Sellon. (Plenum, 1976.) [pp. xii + 228.] $30.00. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; general reader.

Classical Electrodynamics (2nd Edition). By J. D. Jackson. (John Wiley, 1975.) [Pp. xxii + 848.] £10.75; £2.95. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Post-graduate; undergraduate.

Thermodynamics for Modular Instruction. By R. K. Irey, A. Ansari and J. H. Pohl. (John Wiley, 1976.) In loose sections. £18.80 complete. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.     

The black hole in astrophysics: the origin of the concept and its role

Theory of Elasticity. By L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. vii + 165.] £3 0s. 0d. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

A Quantum Mechanics Primer. By Daniel T. Gillespie. (International Textbook Co., 1970.) [Pp. xiv + 137.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to Quantum Physics. By Garrison Sposito. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xviii + 425.] £6.15. Scope: treatise/Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

An Introduction to Current Algebra. By D. H. LYTH. (Oxford University Press 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 66] 9Op. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Progress in Optics. Edited by Emil Wolf. (North-Holland Publishing Co., 1970.) [Pp. xiii+ 458.] £8.75. Scope: Conference proceedings; treatise/textbook; survey; library; library(reference). Level: For specialists only; specialist/post-graduate;undergraduate; school; general reader.

Optics. By Miles V. Kleix. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. 647.] £8.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

States, Waves and Photom: A Modern Introduction to Light. By J. W. Sixmons and M. J. Guttman. (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1970.) [Pp. vii + 279.] £4.65.

Crystals and X-rays. 13. By H. S. Lipson. (Wykeham Publications, 1970.) [Pp. xiv + 198.] £1.75. Scope: Library. Level: Undergraduate; School; General reader.

A Dictionary of Named Effects and Laws in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. By D. W. G. Ballentyne and D. R. Lovett. (Chapman &; Hall Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. viii + 335.] £3. Scope: Library(reference). Level: General reader.

Experimental Crystal Physics (Second Edition). By W. A. Wooster and A. Breton. (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970.) [Pp. ix+ 150.] £3. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Physics. By Davidbryant.(The English Universities Press Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. viii+ 264.] 55p. Level: General reader.

Nuclear Reactions. By I. E. McCarthy. (Pergemon Press. 1970.) [Pp. viii+327.] £1.75. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate;undergraduate.

Studies in Statistical Mechanics. Vol. V. Edited by J. De Boer and G. E. Uhlenbeck. (North-Holland Publishing Co. 1971.) [Pp. xivf 239.] £5.00. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

A Simplijed Approach to Solid State Physics. By M. N. Rudden and J. Wilson. (Butterworths, 1971.) [Pp. vii+ 187.] £2.90. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Classical Thermodynamics. By Arnold Munster. (John Wiley &; Sons Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xiv+ 387.] £6.00. Scope: Library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Progress in Elementary Particle and Cosmic Ray Physics. Edited by J. G. Wilson. (North-Hoiland Publishing Company, 1971.) [Pp. xl+ 396.] Ca. $21.75. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Pulsed High Magnetic Fields. By Heinz Knoepfel.(North-Holland, 1971.) [Pp. xxii+ 372.] £8.40.

Electron Optics. By O. Klemperer and M. E. Barnett. (Cambridge University Press, 1971.) [Pp. ix+ 506.] £9.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate/postgraduate     

Using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and multivariate statistical analysis to detect and image octabenzyl-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane in polycarbonate

Silsesquioxane, with an empirical formula of RSiO_3/2, has the potential to combine the mechanical properties of plastics with the oxidative stability of ceramics in one material [D.W. Scott, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 68 (1946) 356; K.J. Shea, D.A. Loy, Acc. Chem. Res. 34 (2001) 707; K.-M. Kim, D.-K. Keum, Y. Chujo, Macromolecules 36 (2003) 867; M.J. Abad, L. Barral, D.P. Fasce, R.J.J. William, Macromolecules 36 (2003) 3128]. The high sensitivity, surface specificity, and ability to detect and image high mass additives make time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) a powerful surface analytical instrument for the characterization of polymer composite surfaces in an analytical laboratory [J.C. Vickerman, D. Briggs (Eds.), ToF-SIMS Surface Analysis by Mass Spectrometry, Surface Spectra/IMPublications, UK, 2001; X. Vanden Eynde, P. Bertand, Surf. Interface Anal. 27 (1999) 157; P.M. Thompson, Anal. Chem. 63 (1991) 2447; S.J. Simko, S.R. Bryan, D.P. Griffis, R.W. Murray, R.W. Linton, Anal. Chem. 57 (1985) 1198; S. Affrossman, S.A. O’Neill, M. Stamm, Macromolecules 31 (1998) 6280]. In this paper, we compare ToF-SIMS spectra of control samples with spectra generated from polymer nano-composites based on octabenzyl-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (BnPOSS) as well as spectra (and images) generated from multivariate statistical analysis (MVSA) of the entire spectral image. We will demonstrate that ToF-SIMS is able to detect and image low concentrations of BnPOSS in polycarbonate. We emphasize the use of MVSA tools for converting the massive amount of data contained in a ToF-SIMS spectral image into a smaller number of useful chemical components (spectra and images) that fully describe the ToF-SIMS measurement.     

Understanding Fluid Flow,by Grae Worster

Gravity and the Earth. (Wykeham Science Series No. 6.) By A. H. Cook. (Wykeham Publications (London) Ltd., 1969.) [Pp. xi + 94.] £1.00. Scope: Survey. Level: General reader; undergraduate; school.

Relativity and High Energy Physics. (Wykeham Science Series No. 4.)

Elementary Science of Metals (Wykeham Science Series No. 1.) By J. W. MARTIN. (Wykeham Publications (London) Ltd., 1969.) [Pp. xii+ 135.] £1.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate; school.

The Physics of Metals. 1. Electrons. Edited by J. M. ZIMAN. (Cambridge University Press, 1969.) [Pp. xvii+ 433.] 90s. Scope: Treatise/textbook; survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Gallium Arsenide: Proceedings of 1968 conference at Dallas, Texas. The Institute of Physics and the Physical Society, 1969. [Pp. vii + 244.] £6 5s. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Man of Physics: L. D. Landau (II). By D. ter Haar. (Pergamon Press, 1969.) [Pp. ix + 198.] 35s. (flexi 21s.)

Arc Physics. By M. F. HOYAUX. (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1968.) [Pp. xiii + 305.] DM. 58; $14.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Liquid Semiconductors. V. M. Glazon, S. N. Chizcheskaya and N. N. Glagoleva. (Plenum Press, 1969.) [Pp. xii + 362.] $22.50. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgrduate.

Principles of Particle Accelerators. By E. Persico, E. Ferrari and S. E. Segre. (W. A. Benjamin, 1968.) [Pp. x + 301.] $17.75. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Thermal Conductivity. Proceedings of the Eighth Conference. Edited by C. Y. Ho and R. E. Taylor. (Plenum Press, 1969.) [Pp. xx + 1169.] $40.00. Scope: Conference proceedings; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Elementary Wave Optics. By R. H. Webb. (Academic Press, 1969.) [Pp. xi + 268.] 107S. Scope: Treatise/textbook; library. Level: Undergraduate.

Active Nitrogen. By A. N. Wright and C. A. Winkler. (Academic Press, 1968.) [Pp. x + 602.] 256s. 8d. Scope: Survey; library; library(reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate; school.

Conceptual Physics: Matter in Motion. By J. R. Ballie and W. E. Dibble. (John Wiley, 1969.) [Pp. x + 637.] 88s. Scope: Survey; library. Level: General reader; undergraduate; school.

Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy. By T. L. Swihart. (John Wiley, 1969.) [Pp. x + 299.1 88s. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

The Scattering of Light. By M. Kerker. (Academic Press, 1969.) [Pp. xv + 666.] £15 13s. 0d. Scope: Treatise; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Light Scattering Spectra of Solids. Edited by G. B. Wright. (Springer-Verlag, 1969.) [Pp. xix + 763.] DM. 176. Scope: Conference proceedings; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.     

Main parameters of a coaxial electrostatic lens

Coaxial electrostatic lenses are used in combination with a magnetic field in plasma-optical and manometric devices [A. I. Morozov and S. V. Lebedev, in Reviews of Plasma Physics, Vol. 8, M. A. Leontovich (ed.), Consultants Bureau, New York (1980); V. P. Afanas’ev, A. A. Vydrik, L. P. Ovsyannikova, and E. V. Shpak, Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 25, 1049 (1980)]. Their employment in systems for transporting beams of high-energy charged particles is also known [P. Krejcik, B. V. King, and I. C. Kelly, Optik (Stuttgart) 55, 385 (1980)], since, along with quadrupole lenses, they have a large optical strength. Expressions for the trajectories of charged low-energy particles were obtained by L. P. Ovsyannikova and S. V. Pasovets [Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 32, 1422 (1987)] in the approximation of a rectangular field model with consideration of the variation of the energy at the entrance and exit from the field. The possibility, in principle, of focusing a parallel beam in a ring is demonstrated. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 81–82 (December 1997)     

Book review

Biophysical Labeling Methods in Molecular Biology By G. I. Likhtenshtein 1993, US$54.95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 305. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43132 8. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Chaos in Dynamical Systems By E. Ott 1993, £45.00, US$69.95 (hbk), £16.95, US$29.95 (pbk), pp. xii + 385. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43799 7. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

A Course on Many-Body Theory Applied to Solid-State Physics, Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 11 BY C. P. Enz 1992, £27.00 (pbk), pp. ix + 427. World Scientific, ISBN 9971 50 337 9. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Experimental Low-Temperature Physics By A. Kent 1993, £18.99 (pbk), pp. x + 212. Macmillan, ISBN 0333 51951 5. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Deep Centers in Semiconductors, 2nd Edn Edited by S. T. Pantelides 1992, £45.00, US$75.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 928. Gordon & Breach, ISBN 2 88124 562 5. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: postgraduate.

Fiber Optics: Research and Development Edited by Ye. M. Dianov 1992, US$98.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 278. Nova, ISBN 1 56072 070 0. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: specialist

An Introduction to Wavelets By C. K. Chui 1992, £34.00 (hbk), pp. x + 266. Academic, ISBN 012 174584 8. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate/specialist.

Wavelets: A Tutorial in Theory and Applications Edited by C. K. Chui 1992, £48.00 (hbk), pp. x + 723. Academic, ISBN 012 174590 2. Scope: multiauthor review. Level: specialist.

Niels Bohr's Times By A. Pais 1991, £25.00 (hbk), pp. 565. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 852049 2. Scope: biography. Level: library/general.

Nonlinear Electromechanical Couplings By G. A. Maugin, J. Pouget, R. Drouot and B. Collet 1992, £70.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 394. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 93575 1. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

An Open Systems Approach to Quantum Optics By H. Carmichaei. 1993, DM58.00 (hbk), pp. x + 179. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 56634 1. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Optical Signal Processing, Computing, and Neural Networks By F. T. S. Yu and S. Jutamulia 1992, £54.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 419. Wiley, ISBN 0 471 53654 7. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate and postgraduate.

Path Integrals and Coherent States of SU(2) and SU(1,1) By A. Inomata, H. Kuratsuji and C. C. Gerry 1992, £39.00 (hbk), pp. ix + 318. World Scientific, ISBN 981 02 0656 9. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Polarized Light. Fundamentals and Applications By E. Collett 1993, US$175.00 (hbk), pp. xvii + 581. Marcel Dekker, ISBN 0 8247 8729 3. Scope: text. Level: postgraduate.

Quantum Control and Measurement Edited by H. Ezawa and Y. Murayama 1993, US$137.25, Dfl240.00 (hbk), pp. xv + 326. North-Holland, ISBN 0 444 89561 2. Scope: conference proceedings. Level: postgraduate.

Simple Models of Complex Nuclei By I. Talmi 1993, £68.00, US$120.00 (hbk), £30.00, US$52.00 (pbk), pp. xx + 1074. Harwood, ISBN 3 7186 0551 1. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics By C. M. Will 1993, £19.95, US$37.95 (pbk), pp. xv + 379. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43973 6. Scope: monograph. Level: postgraduate.

Theory of Quanta By I. Bialynicki-Birula, M. Cieplak and J. Kaminski 1993, £40.00 (hbk), pp. xi + 494. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 507157 3. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduates.

Topics in Advanced Quantum Mechanics By B. R. Holstein 1992, £37.95 (hbk), pp. xii + 436. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0 201 50820 6. Scope: textbook. Level: postgraduate.

Short notices: Alexander A. Friedmann: The Man who Made the Universe Expand By E. A. Tropp, V. Ya, Frenkel, and A. D. Chernin 1993, £30.00, US$49.95 (hbk), pp. x + 267. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 38470 2. Scope: biography. Level: library/general reader.

A Different Sort of Time By J. S. Goldstein 1992, £31.50 (hbk), pp. xviii + 373. MIT, ISBN 0 262 07138 X. Scope: biography. Level: general reader.

Isolated Pulsars Edited by K. A. van Riper, R. Epstein and C. Ho 1993, US$59.95 (hbk), pp. xiv + 438. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 43429 7. Scope: workshop proceedings. Level: postgraduate and specialist.

Limits of Predictability By Yu. A. Kravtsov 1993, DM120.00 (hbk), pp. xii + 252. Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3 540 56277 X. Scope: multiauthor survey. Level: postgraduate.

Practical Spreadsheet Statistics and Curve Fitting for Scientists and Engineers By L. M. Mezei 1990, £41.95 (hbk), pp. xvi + 311. Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0 13 519877 1. Scope: practical manual. Level: practising scientist.     

Energies of the single-particle proton 1f and 2p states in the 58,60,62,64Ni isotopes

Single-particle energies corresponding to the maximum value of the spectroscopic factor were obtained for the proton states near the Fermi energy in the ^58,60,62,64Ni nuclei by the joint evaluation of the data on the stripping and pickup reactions on the same nucleus. These results are compared with the center-of-gravity energies of the single-particle state fragment distributions obtained by the same method and with the single-particle energies calculated with the potential of X. Koura and M. Yamada and with the dispersive optical model potential. The single-particle state fragmentation effect is discussed. Original Russian Text ? O.V. Bespalova, I.N. Boboshin, V.V. Varlamov, T.A. Ermakova, B.S. Ishkhanov, S.Yu. Komarov, H. Koura, E.A. Romanovskii, T.I. Spasskaya, 2009, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2009, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 867–870.     

Response function technique for calculating the random-phase approximation correlation energy

We develop a scheme to exactly evaluate the correlation energy in the random-phase approximation, based on linear response theory [Y. R. Shimizu, J. D. Garrett, R. A. Broglia, M. Gallardo, and E. Vigezzi, Rev. Mod. Phys. 61, 131 (1989)]. It is demonstrated that our formula is equivalent to a contour integral representation recently proposed [F. Donau, D. Almehed, and R. G. Nazmitdinov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 280 (1999)] being numerically more efficient for realistic calculations. Examples are presented for pairing correlations in rapidly rotating nuclei.     

On the characteristics-based ACM for incompressible flows

In this paper, the revised characteristics-based (CB) method for incompressible flows recently derived by Neofytou [P. Neofytou, Revision of the characteristic-based scheme for incompressible flows, J. Comput. Phys. 222 (2007) 475–484] has been further investigated. We have derived all the formulas for pressure and velocities from this revised CB method, which is based on the artificial compressibility method (ACM) [A.J. Chorin, A numerical solution for solving incompressible viscous flow problems, J. Comput. Phys. 2 (1967) 12]. Then we analyze the formulations of the original CB method [D. Drikakis, P.A. Govatsos, D.E. Papatonis, A characteristic based method for incompressible flows, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 19 (1994) 667–685; E. Shapiro, D. Drikakis, Non-conservative and conservative formulations of characteristics numerical reconstructions for incompressible flows, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng. 66 (2006) 1466–1482; D. Drikakis, P.K. Smolarkiewicz, On spurious vortical structures, J. Comput. Phys. 172 (2001) 309–325; F. Mallinger, D. Drikakis, Instability in three-dimensional, unsteady stenotic flows, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 23 (2002) 657–663; E. Shapiro, D. Drikakis, Artificial compressibility, characteristics-based schemes for variable density, incompressible, multi-species flows. Parts I. Derivation of different formulations and constant density limit, J. Comput. Phys. 210 (2005) 584–607; Y. Zhao, B. Zhang, A high-order characteristics upwind FV method for incompressible flow and heat transfer simulation on unstructured grids, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 190 (5–7) (2000) 733–756] to investigate their consistency with the governing flow equations after convergence has been achieved. Furthermore we have implemented both formulations in an unstructured-grid finite volume solver [Y. Zhao, B. Zhang, A high-order characteristics upwind FV method for incompressible flow and heat transfer simulation on unstructured grids, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 190 (5–7) (2000) 733–756]. Detailed numerical experiments show that both methods give almost identical solutions and convergence rates. Both can generate solutions which agree well with published results and experimental measurements. We thus conclude that both methods, being upwind schemes designed for the ACM, have the same performances in terms of accuracy and convergence speed, even though the revised method is more complex with less stringent assumptions made, while the original CB method is simpler due to the use of extra simplifying assumptions.     

Water vapour line assignments in the 9250-26 000 cm frequency range

Line parameters for water vapour in natural abundance have recently been determined for the 9250-13 000 cm⁻¹ region [M.-F. Mérienne, A. Jenouvrier, C. Hermans, A.C. Vandaele, M. Carleer, C. Clerbaux, P.-F. Coheur, R. Colin, S. Fally, M. Bach, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 82 (2003) 99] and the 13 000-26 000 cm⁻¹ region [P.-F. Coheur, S. Fally, M. Carleer, C. Clerbaux, R. Colin, A. Jenouvrier, M.-F. Mérienne, C. Hermans, A.C. Vandaele, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 74 (2002) 493] using a high-resolution Fourier-transform spectrometer with a long-path absorption cell. These spectra are analysed using several techniques including variational line lists and assignments made. In total, over 15 000 lines were assigned to transitions involving more than 150 exited vibrational states of H₂¹⁶O. Twelve new vibrational band origins are determined and estimates for a further 16 are presented.