The accretion process is thought to play a key role in the Universe. This book explains, in a form intelligible to graduate students, its relation to the formation of new stars, to the energy release in compact objects and to the formation of black holes. The monograph describes how accretion processes are related to the presence of jets in stellar objects and active galactic nuclei and to jet formation. The authors treat theoretical work as well as current observational facts. This volume of the highly esteemed Les Houches series is meant as an advanced text that can serve to attract...
The accretion process is thought to play a key role in the Universe. This book explains, in a form intelligible to graduate students, its relation ...
This book focusses on basic science, but it also addresses engineers interested in new materials. Experiments on metal clusters are reviewed in two long pedagogically written articles. The theoretical courses cover three main domains: (1) electronic properties of metallic clusters and nanostructures, (2) phases and phase changes of small systems, and (3) chemical processes in nanoscale systems. Furthermore, interested readers, researchers as well as graduate students will find articles on density functional theory, magnetic properties of clusters, and computer simulations of cluster dynamics....
This book focusses on basic science, but it also addresses engineers interested in new materials. Experiments on metal clusters are reviewed in two lo...
The phenomenon of turbulence in fluid mechanics has been known for many centuries. Indeed, it was for instance discussed by the Latin poet Lucretius who described in "de natura rerum" how a small perturbation ("clinamen") could be at the origin of the development of a turbulent order in an initially laminar river made of randomly agitated atoms. More recently, Leonardo da Vinci drew vortices. Analogous vortices were sketched by the Japonese school of artists called Utagawa in the 19th century, which certainly influenced van Gogh in "The Starry Night." However, and notwithstanding decisive...
The phenomenon of turbulence in fluid mechanics has been known for many centuries. Indeed, it was for instance discussed by the Latin poet Lucretius w...
The use of concepts borrowed from topology has led to major athances in t, heorctical physics in recent years. hl quailt, uni field theory. the pionvering work >?. Skyrme and follow ups on classical solut, ions of Yalig AIills Higgs t, heories has lead to the discovery of t, he lion peturbati e sectors of gauge theory. Topology has also found its way into colidensed matter physics. Clas sification of defects in ordered media bg 11oinotop theorg is a well known example (see e.g. Kleman and Toulouse. Les Kouches XXXV, 1980). More recent, ly. topology and condensed matter physics have again met...
The use of concepts borrowed from topology has led to major athances in t, heorctical physics in recent years. hl quailt, uni field theory. the pionve...
This title is devoted to the study of quantum effects in atomic systems, and reviews the fields of Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum information processing, and the problems of propagation of matter waves in complex media.
This title is devoted to the study of quantum effects in atomic systems, and reviews the fields of Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum information pro...
Intended for graduate students in physics and chemistry, this book touches on granular matter, protein folding, phase separating and evolution kinetics. Taking glasses as a central theme, it presents the problem of slow dynamics from several angles, a ubiquitous feature in condensed matter, mechanics and biological physics. Some of the best established workers in the field present different theoretical and experimental approaches to the subject.
Intended for graduate students in physics and chemistry, this book touches on granular matter, protein folding, phase separating and evolution kine...
In these lectures, I have discussed a number of basic concepts that provide the necessary background to the current studies of star formation. A ?rst partwas dedicatedto illustrate the conceptofa protostar, discussing con- tions and propertiesof the collapseof a molecular core. A secondpart deals with circumstellardisks. Disks areimportantnot only to the processofstar formation itself, but also because they are in all probability the site where planets form. The age range of pre-main sequence stars coincides with the timescales for the formation of very large planetesimals, the building...
In these lectures, I have discussed a number of basic concepts that provide the necessary background to the current studies of star formation. A ?rst ...
This book focusses on basic science, but it also addresses engineers interested in new materials. Experiments on metal clusters are reviewed in two long pedagogically written articles. The theoretical courses cover three main domains: (1) electronic properties of metallic clusters and nanostructures, (2) phases and phase changes of small systems, and (3) chemical processes in nanoscale systems. Furthermore, interested readers, researchers as well as graduate students will find articles on density functional theory, magnetic properties of clusters, and computer simulations of cluster dynamics....
This book focusses on basic science, but it also addresses engineers interested in new materials. Experiments on metal clusters are reviewed in two lo...
The phenomenon of turbulence in fluid mechanics has been known for many centuries. Indeed, it was for instance discussed by the Latin poet Lucretius who described in "de natura rerum" how a small perturbation ("clinamen") could be at the origin of the development of a turbulent order in an initially laminar river made of randomly agitated atoms. More recently, Leonardo da Vinci drew vortices. Analogous vortices were sketched by the Japonese school of artists called Utagawa in the 19th century, which certainly influenced van Gogh in "The Starry Night." However, and notwithstanding decisive...
The phenomenon of turbulence in fluid mechanics has been known for many centuries. Indeed, it was for instance discussed by the Latin poet Lucretius w...
In these lectures, I have discussed a number of basic concepts that provide the necessary background to the current studies of star formation. A ?rst partwas dedicatedto illustrate the conceptofa protostar, discussing con- tions and propertiesof the collapseof a molecular core. A secondpart deals with circumstellardisks. Disks areimportantnot only to the processofstar formation itself, but also because they are in all probability the site where planets form. The age range of pre-main sequence stars coincides with the timescales for the formation of very large planetesimals, the building...
In these lectures, I have discussed a number of basic concepts that provide the necessary background to the current studies of star formation. A ?rst ...
