Reviews

Ion Implantation, Proceedings from the European Conference on Ion Implanatation, Reading, September 7–9 1970 Peter Peregrinus Limited, Southgate House, Stevenage Herts, England. England 1970, 241 pages. Price: $6.00

Lectures in Theoretical Physics Volume XI-C: Atomic Collision Processes Editors: S. Geltman, K. T. Mahanthappa and W. E. Brittin. Gordon and Breach 1969, pp xiii + 337.     

Increase of characteristic X-ray production in a channelling direction

Abstract

Radiation in the Atmosphere. K. Ya. Kondratyev. Academic Press, 9 12 pages. $39.00

PrincipIes of Radiation Protection—A Textbook of Health Physics. Editors: K. Z. Morgan &; J. E. Turner Wiley, New York, 1967, 622 pages. dollar;13.95     

Radiation effects in Sn(IV) complexes: A Mössbauer spectroscopic and radiochemical study

Abstract

Irradiation Effects in Nuclear Fuels. J. A. L. Robertson. Monograph Series on Nuclear Energy, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Inc., New York, London, Paris, 1969. 309 +x pages $13.00.

The Nuclear Reactor. Alan Salmon. Methuen and Co. Ltd., London, 1965. £1 Barnes and Noble, New York, 1965. $2.50

Radiation Effects. Edited by W. F. Sheely. Gordon and Breach, New York, 1968, 848 pages. $52.00     

Book reviews

Boundary Layers of Flow and Temperature. By Alfred Walz. (The M.I.T. Press, 1970.) [Pp. 297.] £8.4. Scope: Treatise/textbook Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Interpretation of X-ray Powder Diffractian Pattern. By H. Lipson and H. Steeple. (London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1970.) [Pp. viii + 335.1 £4.00. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist.     

Review

Particle Acceleration J. Rosenblat Methuen's Monographs, London 1968, pages 183.     

Introduction to Quantum Physics and Relativity,by Jacob Dunningham and Vlatko Vedral

Foundations of Statistical Mechanics. By Oliver Penrose. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+260.] £4 5s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader.

Einfuhmng ind die Quantenrnechanik und ihre Anwedungen. By P. Gombas and D. Kisdi. (Springer-Verlag, 1970.) [Pp. 251.] Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. By A. Abraqam and B. Bleaney.(Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xiv + 911.] £13.00. Scope: Treatise; survey. Level: Specialiet/postgraduate.

Cape Studies in Atomic Collisiolas. Edited by E. W. McDaniel and M. R. C. McDowell. (North-Holland, 1969.) [Pp. xiv+ 593] £12.60. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Programmed Study Aid for Introductory Phyaios. Parts I and II. By J. A. Taylor. (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Inc., 1970). [Pp. (I), xxii + 181; (II),177.] 35s. each.

Microelectronics. By J. R. A. Beale, E. T. Emms and R. A. Hilborne.(Taylor &; Francis Ltd., 1971.) [Pp. xi+ 310.] £5.50. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Elementary Staliatiml Mechanice. By G. A. P. Wyllie. (Hutchinson University Library, 1970.) [Pp. 148.] 35s. (limp cover 15s.). Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Superconductivity and Quantum Fluids. By Zyqmunt M. Galasiewicz. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. vii+ 237.] £4 0s. 0d.

Cryogenics and Refrigeration. Vol. II. By E. M Codlin. (Macdomld &; Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xx+ 263.] £7 0s. 0d.

Vacuum Teohmlogy. By L. G. Carpenter. (Adam Hilger, 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 129.] £3 0s. 0d. Scope: Survey. Level: General reader.

Semiconduolor Lcsers. By H. Rieck. (Macdonald &; Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xv 138.] Hardback p2 10s. 0d.; paperback £1 15s. 0d. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to Quantum Ebctronics. By H. G. Unqer. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 184.] £2 10s. 0d. Scope: Treatiseltextbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

The Solid State Mccser. By J. W. Orton, D. H. Paxman and J. C. Walling (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix + 283.] £2 5s. 0d.; flexi-cover £1 15s. 0d. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Spin Temperature and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Solids. By Maurice Goldman. (Oxford University Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+ 246.] £4 5s. 0d. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only.

Quantentheorie. By W. Franz.(Springer-Verlag, 1970.) [Pp. vii+ 305.] Scope: Textbook, Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Paul Ehrenfest. The Making of a Theoretical Physicist. By M. J. Klein. (North-Holland Publishing Co., 1970.) [Pp. xvi+330.] £3 10s. 0d. Scope: Library (reference). Level: General reader.

Clamical Dynamics of Particles and Systems. (2nd Edn.) By Jerry B. Marion. (Academic Press, 1970.) [Pp. xvi+573.] £6 3s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; under-graduate.

Lecture Notea in Physics. Vol. 4: Deutung dea Begriff8 ‘physikalische Theorie’ und axwmatiache Grunglegung der Hilbertraumtruktur der Quantenmechunik durch Hauptscitze des Mesaens. By G. Ludwig. (Springer-Verlag, 1970.) [Pp. xi+469.] DM. 28; $7.70. Scope: Treatise. Level: Specia1ist/postgraduate.

Electrical Probea for Plusma Diagm8tics. By J. D. Swift and M. J. R. Schwar. (Butterworth &; Co., 1970.) [Pp. 334.] £7 0s. 0d.

The Mathematical Theory of Non-Uniform Gases. By Sydneychapman and T. G. CowLma. (Cambridge University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xxiv + 423.] £6 0s. 0d. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Systkmea à un Nombre Infini de Deqrds de Libertd. (Colloquium, Gif-sur-Yvette, May 1969.) (Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1970.) [Pp. 200.] 38 F. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialist only.

Ellipeoidal Figures of Equilibrium. By S. Chandrasekhar. (Yale University Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+252.] £4 10s. 0d. Scope: Treatiseltextbook. Level: For specialist only.

Modern Physical Theory. By T. D. Sanders. (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Inc., 1970. [Pp. xii + 588.] Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Advamea in Structure Reamrch by Diffraction Methods. Vol. 3. Edited by R. Brill and R. Mason. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. 251.] £5 10s. 0d. Scope: Survey. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Dielectric Solids. A. A. Zaky and R. Hawley. (Routledge &; Kegan Pad, 1970.) Pp. xi+ 106.] 9s. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.

Introdzlction to Kinetic Theory Stochastic Proceaaea in Gmeous System. By Toyoki Koga. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. xvi+ 297.] £5. Scope: Treatise. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

Electrodynamioa of Partklea and Pliwrmza. By P. C. Clexmow and J. P. Douoherty. (Addison-Wesley, 1969.) [Pp. 467.] £8 3s. 0d.

Lectures on the Electvim1 Properties of Materiuls. By L. Solymaf and D. Walsh. (Oxford University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xiv+350.] Boards Edition £4, Paper Covers £2. Scope: Textbook. Level: General reader; undergraduate.

Structure and Properties of Inorganic Solids. By Franciss. Galasso.(Pergamon Press, 1970.) Pp. 1+ 297.] £5 0s. 0d. Scope: Library (reference). Level: For specialist only.

Structure et Propriátás des Surfaces des Solides. (Editions du Centre National de h Recherche Scientifique, 1970.) [Pp. 232.] 86F. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For speoialists only.

Special Relativity. By A. SHADOWITZ.(W. B. Saunders Company, 1970.) [Pp. xiii+203.] £1 10s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Essential Relatidy Special, General, and Cosmological. By Wolfgang Rindler, (D. Van Nostrand Co. Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xi+ 322.] £5 7s. 0d. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Special Theory of Relativity. By C. W. Kilmister. (Pergamon Press, 1970.) [Pp. ix+299.] Hard cover £2 5s. 0d.; Soft back El 158. 0d. Level: Postgraduate; undergraduate.     

Advances in imaging and electron physics

Collected Scientific Papers of Meghnad Saha. Edited by Santimay Cratterjee. (S. N. Guha Ray at Sree Saraswaty Press Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xiii + 414.] £6.00. Scope: Survey; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Collected Scientific Papers of Meghnad Saha. Edited by Santimay Cratterjee. (S. N. Guha Ray at Sree Saraswaty Press Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xiii + 414.] £6.00. Scope: Survey; library; library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Cosmology. By Jean Charon. (Weidenfeld &; Nicolson World University Library, 1970.) [Pp.256.] Hardback £1.75; paperback £0.70. Scope: Survey; library. Level: General reader; undergraduate; school.

Activation Analysis. By M. Rakovi?. (Butterworth Group, 1970.) [Pp. 339.] £6.00. Scope: Textbook; library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Tables for Group Theory. By P. W. Atkins, M. S. Child and C. S. G. Philips. (Oxford University Press, 1970.) [Pp. ii + 32.] 25p. Scope: Library (reference). Level: Specialist/postgraduate; undergraduate.

Physical Applications of Vectors and Tensors. By Horst Teichmann. (George C. Herrap &; Co., Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. x + 235.] £3.25 and £2.60. Scope: Treatise/Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Jacobian Elliptic Function Tables. By L. M. Milne-Thomson. (Macmillan &; Co., Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xi + 123.] $1.65. Scope: Library (reference). Level: For specialists only.

Atomic Spectra. By H. G. Kuhn. (Longmans, 1970.) [Pp. i + 472.] £5.25. Scope: Treatise. Level: Spccialist/postgraduate.

Magnetic Resonance. Edited by C. K. Coogan, Norman S. Ham, S. N. Stuart, J. R. Pilbrow and G. V. H. Wilson. (Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1970.) [Pp. xiii + 386.] $16.00. Scope: Conference proceedings. Level: For specialists only.

An Introduction to Liquid Helium. By John Wilks. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970). [Pp. i + 165.] £1.40. Scope: Survey. Level: Postgraduate.

Introduction to the General Theory of Particle Transfer. By V. Kourganoff. (Gordon and Breach Science Publishers Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xiii + 216.] £7.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Hot Electron Microwave Generators. By John E. Carroll. (Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. xiii + 306.] £6.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Modern Diffraction and Imaging Techniques in Material Science. Edited by S. Amelinckx, R. Gevers, G. Remaut and J. Van Landuyt. (North-Holland, 1970.) [Pp. viii + 745.] £12.60. Scope: Textbook. Level: For specialists only; specialist/postgraduate.

An Introduction to Electronics. By Dennis F. Shaw. (Longmans, 1970.) [Pp. viii + 397.] £3.00. Scope: Treatise/textbook; library. Level: Undergraduate.

Introduction to Semiconductor Devices. By M. J. Morant. (George G. Harrap &; Co. Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. 143.] 90p. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Thin Film Physics. By O. S. Heavens. (Methuen &; Co. Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. vii + 152.] £2.00. Scope: Survey; library. Level: General reader; specialist/postgraduate.

Optics, Painting and Photography. By M. H. Pirenne. (Cambridge University Press, 1970.) [Pp. xv + 199.] £4.00. Scope: Treatise; library. Level: General reader.

Nuclear Reactions. By D. F. Jackson. (Methuen &; Co., Ltd., 1970.) [Pp. x + 260.] £3.25. Scope: Textbook. Level: Post-graduate.

Particles and their Interactions. By J. G. Powles. (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1970.) [Pp. xii + 260.] £2.35. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate/General reader.     

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 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     

Book reviews

NUCLEAR FISSION, by Robert Vandenbosch and John R. Huizenga. Academic Press, New York and London, 1973,422 pp. ($29.50)

ELSEVIER'S DICTIONARY OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, by W. E. Clason (Second Revised Edition). Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, London and New York, 1970, 787 pp. ($35.00)

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, by David Potter. John Wiley and Sons, 1973. 304 pp. (£6.95)

BEAM-FOIL SPECTROSCOPY, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Beam-Foil Spectroscopy, Tucson, Arizona, October 1972, edited by S. Bashkin (Special issue of the journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Vol. 110). North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1973. 522 pp. (US $80.00)     

Influence of experimental conditions on the electric field effect in the ceramic (BiPb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox

An experimental study is reported of the influence of temperature (T), electric field polarity (±E), as well as of changes in the electrode/insulator/superconductor (E/I/S) measuring system on the field effect in the ceramic (BiPb)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_x. It has been established that at 77 K and for E⩾60 MV/m the critical current I _c and conductivity of the sample increase for I>I _c, irrespective of the field polarity. For lower fields and a negative electrode potential the conductivity in an electric field may decrease. The field effect decreases with increasing temperature, to practically vanish near T _c where the sample is still in superconducting state. Experiments carried out with more complex systems E/I/M/I/S and E/I/M/S (M stands for a metallic foil) support the conclusion that it is the external electric field that is responsible for the observed effects. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 1967–1970 (December 1997)     

Modified T-matrix formulation for multiple scattering of acoustic waves

Abstract

In studying the multiple scattering of acoustic waves by distributed discrete scatterers, the ‘two-exterior’ T-matrix or the modified T-matrix is needed. In this paper, the modified T-matrix formulae for a scatterer of arbitrary shape are derived, based on Huygen's principle and the method of optimal truncation (MOOT), respectively. Analytical expressions are given for the modified T-matrix elements of a spheroid in the low-frequency limit. The agreement with the existing results is shown to be exact to the given order of ka. It is also shown that the results based on Huygen's principle are merely the special cases of those based on MOOT.     

First-principles investigation of the phase stability of zirconium

The total energy, the equilibrium lattice spacing, and the bulk modulus of the observed phases of zirconium are calculated by the full-potential LMTO method. Quantitative agreement with experiment is obtained for the volume and pressure of the structural transition ω → β. The behavior and prominent features of the electronic structure for Zr phases existing at high pressure are discussed, along with the role of the ground 4p states in the transition ω → β. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 1933–1934 (November 1997)     

Spectroscopy of low and intermediate Z elements at extreme conditions: in situ studies of Earth materials at pressure and temperature via X-ray Raman scattering

ABSTRACT

X-ray Raman scattering spectroscopy is an emerging method in the study of low and intermediate Z elements' core-electron excitations at extreme conditions in order to reveal information on local structure and electronic state of matter in situ. We discuss the capabilities of this method to address questions in Earth materials' science and demonstrate its sensitivity to detect changes in the oxidation state, electronic structure, coordination, and spin state. Examples are presented for the study of the oxygen K-, silicon L- and iron M-edges. We assess the application of both temperature and pressure in such investigations exploiting diamond anvil cells in combination with resistive or laser heating which is required to achieve realistic conditions of the Earth's crust, mantle, and core.     

Finite Quantum Tomography and Semidefinite Programming

Using the convex semidefinite programming method and superoperator formalism we obtain the finite quantum tomography of some mixed quantum states such as: truncated coherent states tomography, phase tomography and coherent spin state tomography, qudit tomography, N-qubit tomography, where that obtained results are in agreement with those of References (Buzek et al., Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 10 (1999) 981; Schack and Caves, Separable states of N quantum bits. In: Proceedings of the X. International Symposium on Theoretical Electrical Engineering, 73. W. Mathis and T. Schindler, eds. Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany (1999); Pegg and Barnett Physical Review A 39 (1989) 1665; Barnett and Pegg Journal of Modern Optics 36 (1989) 7; St. Weigert Acta Physica Slov. 4 (1999) 613). PACs index: 03.65.Ud     

Oxygen deficiency and superconductivity in T-, T'- and T∗-Ln2CuO4

Abstract

Effect of oxygen deficiency on superconductivity is discussed for three well-known systems, T?, T'?, and T?-Ln₂CuO₄. Although their crystal structures are closely related to each other, the oxygen-deficiency effect on superconductivity is different from system to system. In T-(La, Sr)₂CuO₄ and T?-(Nd,Ce,Sr)₂-CuO₄, oxygen defects suppress T _c while they enhance T _c in T'-(Nd,Ce)₂CuO₄. In T-(La,Ba)₂CuO₄, oxygen defects have, for x ～ 0.065, a positive effect on superconductivity as well. This positive effect is discussed related to a low-temperature structural phase transition found in the Ba-system.     

Metal-insulator transition in a two-layer electron-hole system

This paper discusses a quantum-mechanical metal-insulator transition that occurs in an anisotropic electron-hole system with the electrons and holes separated and confined to a double quantum well. The critical concentration n _c of carriers in the system above which the excitonic (insulating) phase becomes an electron-hole (metallic) phase is investigated, along with its dependence on the distance between wells D. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 1654–1656 (September 1997)     

Deterministic joint remote state preparation of arbitrary two-and three-qubit states

We propose a novel deterministic protocol that two senders are capable of remotely preparing arbitrary two-and three-qubit states for a remote receiver using EPR pairs and GHZ state as the quantum channel.Compared with the existing deterministic protocols [An et al.2011 Phys.Lett.A 375 3570 and Chen et al.2012 J.Phys.A:Math.Theor.45 055303],the quantum resources and classical information in our scheme are decreased,and the whole operation process is simplified.     

Algorithmic Reduction of Poincaré–Dulac Normal Forms and Lie Algebraic Structure

The Poincaré–Dulac normal form of a given resonant system is in general nonunique; given a specific normal form, one would like to further reduce it to a simplest normal form. In this Letter we give an algorithm, based on the Lie algebraic structure of the set of normal forms, to obtain this. The algorithm can be applied under some condition, nongeneric but often met in applications. When applicable, it is only necessary to solve linear equations, and is more powerful than the one proposed in previous work by the same author [Lett. Math. Phys. 42 (1999), 103–114; and Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Phys. Théor. 70 (1999), 461–514].