An Introduction to Chaos in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

J R Dorfman

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 14
• This book provides an introduction to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics applied to ideas in chaotic dynamics. The author illustrates how techniques... Lees meer

Self-Organized Criticality

Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 10
• Self-organized criticality (SOC) maintains that complex behavior can develop spontaneously in certain multi-body systems whose dynamics vary abruptly.... Lees meer

Is the Universe Open or Closed?

Peter Coles, George Ellis

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 7
• This controversial book examines one of the most fundamental questions of modern cosmology: how much matter is there in the Universe? This issue affec... Lees meer

Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice

Jan Smit

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics
• This book provides a concise introduction to quantum fields on a lattice: a precise and non-perturbative definition of quantum field theory obtained b... Lees meer

Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron

J R Forshaw

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 9
• This volume describes the Pomeron, an object of crucial importance in very high energy particle physics. The first chapter looks at historical roots, ... Lees meer

Black Hole Uniqueness Theorems

Markus Heusler

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 6
• This timely review provides a self-contained introduction to the mathematical theory of stationary black holes and a self-consistent exposition of the... Lees meer

Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron

J R Forshaw, D A Ross

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 9
• This volume describes the Pomeron, an object of crucial importance in very high energy particle physics. Starting with a general description of the Po... Lees meer

The Analysis of Space-Time Singularities

C J S Clarke

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 1
• The theorems of Hawking and Penrose show that space-times are likely to contain incomplete geodesics. Such geodesics are said to end at a singularity ... Lees meer

Lattice Models of Polymers

Carlo Vanderzande

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 11
• This is a comprehensive introduction to lattice models of polymers, an important topic both in the theory of critical phenomena and the modeling of po... Lees meer

Knots and Feynman Diagrams

Dirk Kreimer

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 13
• This volume explains how knot theory and Feynman diagrams can be used to illuminate problems in quantum field theory. The author emphasizes how new di... Lees meer

Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics

John Cardy

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 5
• This text provides a thoroughly modern graduate-level introduction to the theory of critical behavior. Beginning with a brief review of phase transiti... Lees meer

Modern Cosmology and the Dark Matter Problem

D W Sciama

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 3
• This book shows how modern cosmology and astronomy have led to the need to introduce dark matter in the universe to account for mass. Some of this dar... Lees meer

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics in One Dimension

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics
• This book reviews one-dimensional reactions, dynamics, diffusion, and adsorption. In studies of complex systems in biology, chemistry and physics, und... Lees meer

Lie Algebras, Geometry, and Toda-Type Systems

Alexander V Razumov, Mikhail V Saveliev

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 8
• Devoted to an important and popular branch of modern theoretical and mathematical physics, this book introduces the use of Lie algebra and differentia... Lees meer

Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice

Jan Smit

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 15
• This book provides a concrete introduction to quantum fields on a lattice: a precise and non-perturbative definition of quantum field theory obtained ... Lees meer

Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice

Jan Smit

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics
• This book provides a concise introduction to quantum fields on a lattice: a precise and non-perturbative definition of quantum field theory obtained b... Lees meer

Diagrammatica

Martinus Veltman

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 4
• This book provides an easily accessible introduction to quantum field theory via Feynman rules and calculations in particle physics. The aim is to mak... Lees meer

Quantum Chromodynamics and the Pomeron

J R Forshaw, D A Ross

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 9
• This volume describes the Pomeron, an object of crucial importance in very high energy particle physics. Starting with a general description of the Po... Lees meer

Dirac Operators and Spectral Geometry

Giampiero Esposito

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics | nr. 12
• The Dirac operator has many useful applications in theoretical physics and mathematics. This book provides a clear, concise and self-contained introdu... Lees meer