Current topics in physics : in honor of Sir Roger J. Elliott / editors, R.A. Barrio, K.K. Kaski.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Barrio, R. A. (Rafael A.)

Kaski, K. (Kimmo)

Elliott, R. J. (Roger J.), 1928-

Conference Name:

Symposium of Current Topics in Physics (2003 : Mexico City)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Congresses.

Physics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xviii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific, [2005]

Summary:

This indispensable book is a compilation of invited talks delivered at the symposium, "Current Topics in Physics" held in Mexico City in June 2003, to celebrate the 75th birthday of Professor Sir Roger Elliott. The contributions have been prepared by research associates, former students, post-doctoral fellows and colleagues of Professor Elliott, many of them leading scientists - as Sir Roger himself - in important research institutes around the world. The book gives a very timely and comprehensive overview of various key areas of modem condensed matter and statistical physics. 19 original contributions are included, grouped in three main areas: disorder and dynamical systems, structures and glasses, electrical and magnetic properties.

Contents:

Order and Disorder in Physics: Inauguration Speech / Professor Sir Roger Elliott xi

Part 1 Disorder and Dynamical Systems

Chapter 1 Reflections on the Beguiling but Wayward Spherical Model / M.E. Fisher 3

Chapter 2 Phase Transitions in Vector Spin Glasses / A.P. Young 33

Chapter 3 Transitions, Dynamics and Disorder: From Equilibrium to Nonequilibrium Systems / R. Stinchcombe 47

Chapter 4 Two-Dimensional Growth in a Three Component Mixture with Competing Interactions / C. Varea 73

Chapter 5 Glassy Dynamics at the Edge of Chaos / A. Robledo 83

Part 2 Structures and Glasses

Chapter 6 Flexibility in Biomolecules / M.F. Thorpe, M. Chubynsky, B. Hespenheide, S. Menor, D.J. Jacobs, L.A. Kuhn, M.I. Zavodszky, M. Lei, A.J. Rader, W. Whiteley 97

Chapter 7 Lattice Dynamics of Carbon Nanotubes / V.N. Popov, M. Balkanski 113

Chapter 8 Glassy Behavior due to Kinetic Constraints: From Topological Foam to Backgammon / D. Sherrington 151

Chapter 9 On Glass Transition with Rapid Cooling Effects / R. Kerner, O. Mares 175

Chapter 10 The Dielectric Loss Function and the Search for Simple Models for Relaxation in Glass Formers / A.P. Vieira, M. Lopez de Haro, J. Taguena-Martinez, L.L. Goncalves 193

Chapter 11 The Theory of Turing Pattern Formation / T. Leppanen 199

Chapter 12 The Dioctadecylamine Monolayer: Non-Equilibrium Phase Domains / A. Flores, E. Corvera-Poire, C. Garza, R. Castillo 229

Part 3 Electrical and Magnetic Properties

Chapter 13 Multiple Scattering Effects in the Second Harmonic Generation of Light Reflection from a Randomly Rough Metal Surface / A.A. Maradudin, T.A. Leskova, M. Leyva-Lucero, E.R. Mendez 245

Chapter 14 Theory for Large-Scale Electronic Structure Calculations / T. Fujiwara, T. Hoshi, R. Takayama 299

Chapter 15 Symmetric Magnetic Clusters / J.B. Parkinson, R.J. Elliott, J. Timonen 311

Chapter 16 Optical and Fermi-Edge Singularities in One-Dimensional Semiconductor Quantum Wires / K.P. Jain 325

Chapter 17 Probing the Magnetic Coupling in Multilayers Using Domain Wall Excitations / A.S. Carrico, A.L. Dantas 341

Chapter 18 Density of Electronic States in the Quantum Percolation Problem / G.G. Naumis, R.A. Barrio 363

Chapter 19 Power Terms in the Construction of Thermodynamic Functions for Melting Description / F.L. Castillo-Alvarado, G. Ramirez Damaso, J.H. Rutkowski, L. Wojtczak 381.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1860945503

OCLC:

62076300