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Powell, Richard C. Symmetry, Group Theory, and the Physical Properties of Crystals Lecture Notes in Physics 900, SPRINGER, BERLIN, 120 ISBN: 1441975977
This book demonstrates the importance of symmetry in determining the properties of solids and the power of using group theory and tensor algebra to elucidate these properties. It provides the fundamentals necessary for the reader to understand how to utilize these techniques in many different applications without becoming lost in a heavy formal treatment of the subject matter. The book begins by discussing the concepts of symmetry relevant to crystal structures. This is followed by a summary of the basics of group theory and how it applies to quantum mechanics. Next is a discussion of the description of the macroscopic properties of crystals by tensors and how symmetry determines the form of these tensors. The basic concepts covered in these early chapters are then applied to a series of different examples including crystal field theory treatment of point defects in solids, molecular orbitals, two-photon processes, the optical properties of solids, the nonlinear optical properties of solids, lattice vibrations, the Jahn-Teller effect, and the effects of translational symmetry on electronic energy bands in solids.. Emphasis is placed on showing how group theory and tensor algebra can provide important information about the properties of a system without resorting to first principal quantum mechanical calculations. The book also features a comprehensive set of relevant tables, including crystal symmetries, point group character tables, matter tensors of different rank, and other tensor properties.

NEUBUCH! 2010. 225 p. w. 50 figs. 23,5 cm 216 mm 50 schwarz-weiße und 50 farbige Abbildungen; Lecture Notes in Physics Vol.900

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Barentzen, Heinz/Yarkony, David R./Köppel, Horst: The Jahn-Teller-Effect Fundamentals and Implications for Physics and Chemistry, SPRINGER, BERLIN, November 2009 ISBN: 3642034314
The Jahn-Teller effect continues to be a paradigm for structural instabilities and dynamical processes in molecules and in the condensed phase. While the basic theorem, first published in 1937, had to await experimental verification for 15 years, the intervening years have seen rapid development, initially in the theoretical arena, followed increasingly by experimental work on molecules and crystals. Among the many important developments in the field we mention cooperative phenomena in crystals, the general importance of pseudo-Jahn-Teller couplings for symmetry-lowering phenomena in molecular systems, nonadiabatic processes at conical intersections of potential energy surfaces and extensions of the basic theory in relation to the discovery of fullerenes and other icosahedral systems.The aim of the present volume is to provide a survey of the state-of-the art in Jahn-Teller interactions at the interface of quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics. Cast in form of a set of extensive and tutorial reviews, the following topics are dealt with in this book: Jahn-Teller effect and vibronic interactions: General theory - Conical intersections and nonadiabatic dynamics in molecular processes - Impurities; Spectroscopy of transition metal complexes - Fullerenes and fullerides - Jahn-Teller effect and molecular magnetism - The cooperative Jahn-Teller effect and orbital ordering - Jahn-Teller effect and high-Tc Superconductivity .Written by leading international experts, this volume is addressing both the non-expert scientist as well as those experts interested in expanding their knowledge into neighboring areas. Given the tutorial style of the contributions, this work is further intended to be a complement to available textbooks in the field.

NEUBUCH! 2009. X, 700 S. 6 Farbabb. 235 mm; Springer Series in Chemical Physics 97

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Osmond, Mat. The Bird's Dream. O.O.u.Vlg. (2006).
This work has come about through a shift from making non-linear series' of images to experimenting with sequential narrative. Moving towards narrative has in fact been a matter of repositioning myself in relation to my work's existing direction: I would identify the active ingredient in all my work - past and present - as the urge to tell stories. Having used narrative imagery for a number of years with an approach that owed much to the painter Ken Kiff, it was an encounter with Anke Feuchtenberger's extraordinary illustrated books that confirmed authorial illustration as an area that I wanted to explore in my own work. Where painters like Kiff use narrative as a central element in their practice, Feuchtenberger is more literally a teller of stories: it is through the sequential organisation of the imagery that the content of the individual images is unfolded. I have found that employing this simple change of priorities in my working process has opened up a whole new imaginative territory, one that I look forward to exploring more fully in a series of books revolving around the same themes as The Bird's Dream. -

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[Oppenheimer] U.S.A.E.C. In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, transcript of hearing before Personnel Security Board and text of principal documents and letters. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1971.
Large paperback, 1084 pp. Owner's name but a good copy. The full text of the hearings. Now with long name index and subject index. Winesses were, among others, Fermi, von Neumann, Bethe, DuBridge, Rabi, Teller, Groves, Vannevar Bush and Conant.

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