Physics Newsletter - February 2010

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MURRAY GELL-MANN
Selected Papers
edited by Harald Fritzsch (University of Munich, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7101.html

AT THE LEADING EDGE
The ATLAS and CMS LHC Experiments
edited by Dan Green (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7349.html

ADVANCED MODERN PHYSICS
Theoretical Foundations
by John Dirk Walecka (College of William and Mary, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7555.html

INTRODUCTION TO SUPERSYMMETRY
(2nd Edition)
by Harald J W MÃller-Kirsten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) & 
Armin Wiedemann (Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative StateUniversity 
Mannheim, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7594.html


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REVIEWS OF ACCELERATOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
VOLUME 2: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ACCELERATORS
edited by Alexander W Chao (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA) & 
Weiren Chou (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7676.html

CLASSICAL MECHANICS WITH APPLICATIONS
by Porter Wear Johnson (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7704.html

FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR MODELS
Foundational Models
by David J Rowe (University of Toronto, Canada) & John L Wood (Georgia 
Institute of Technology, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6209.html

PHYSICS OF THE UNIVERSE
by Mendel Sachs (University at Buffalo, The State University of New 
York, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p701.html

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Feb 2010 Physics Newsletter)
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1. Journal Spotlight
2. New & Forthcoming Publications
3. Bestsellers of the Month
4. General Interest

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1. Journal Spotlight
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International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC)
http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpc/mkt/aims_scope.shtml


***Aims & Scope***

The scope of this journal covers Computational Physics, Physical 
Computation and related subjects. IJMPC aims at publishing both review 
and research articles on the use of computers to advance knowledge in 
physical sciences and the use of physical analogies in computation. 
Topics covered include: algorithms; astrophysics; atomic, molecular and 
chemical physics; computational biophysics; computational fluid 
dynamics; computer and information science; condensed matter physics, 
materials science; data analysis and computation in experimental 
physics; electromagnetism; high energy physics; nuclear and plasma 
physics; environmental physics; physical computation including neural 
nets, cellular automata and complex systems; quantum chemistry; 
statistical physics; symbolic manipulation; etc.

***Current Issue: Volume 20, Issue 12 (December 2009)***

A PERCOLATION MODEL OF MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKS
HOSSEIN MOHAMMADI, EHSAN NEDAAEE OSKOEE, MOHSEN AFSHARCHI, NASSER 
YAZDANI and MUHAMMAD SAHIMI

A NOTE ON CAPILLARY INVASION IN NON-UNIFORM CHANNELS
JARI HYVÃLUOMA

NONLINEAR SUPRATRANSMISSION AND NONLINEAR BISTABILITY IN A FORCED LINEAR 
ARRAY OF ANHARMONIC OSCILLATORS: A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY
J. E. MACÃAS-DÃAZ and I. E. MEDINA-RAMÃREZ

EFFECTS OF USER'S TASTES ON PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION
JIAN-GUO LIU, TAO ZHOU, BING-HONG WANG, YI-CHENG ZHANG and QIANG GUO

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ENERGY IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL 
LATTICE WITH NEAREST-NEIGHBOR INTERACTIONS
J. E. MACÃAS-DÃAZ, J. RUIZ-RAMÃREZ and L. A. FLORES-OROPEZA

SUBCONSCIOUS EFFECT ON PEDESTRIAN COUNTER FLOW IN A MODIFIED LATTICE GAS 
MODEL WITH THE VARIABLE TRANSITION PROBABILITY
HUA KUANG, SONG TAO, SHIQIANG DAI and XINGLI LI

A FUZZY NEURAL NETWORK FOR THE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL OF A CENTRIFUGAL 
PENDULUM VIBRATION ABSORBER
CHI-HSIUNG LIANG and PI-CHENG TUNG

GEOMETRIC STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF PROTEINS AND NEWCOMBâBENFORD LAW
M. A. MORET, V. de SENNA, M. C. SANTANA and G. F. ZEBENDE

THE EFFECT OF DAMAGED VEHICLES EVACUATION ON TRAFFIC FLOW BEHAVIOR
ABDELAZIZ MHIRECH, HAMID EZ-ZAHRAOUY and ASSIA ALAOUI ISMAILI

TOTALLY ASYMMETRIC EXCLUSION PROCESSES ON LATTICES WITH A BRANCHING POINT
XIONG WANG, RUI JIANG, MAO-BIN HU, KATSUHIRO NISHINARI and QING-SONG WU

OPINION DYNAMICS IN POPULATIONS WITH IMPLICIT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
XIAMENG SI, YUN LIU and ZHENJIANG ZHANG

A CAPACITIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM TO CHARACTERIZE THE SKIN SURFACE
ALESSANDRO GHERARDI and ALESSANDRO BEVILACQUA



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2. NEW & FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
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** ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY **

ON THE PULSAR
by B B Kadomsev (formerly of Russian Academy of Sciences) & foreword by 
A Nomerotsky
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7521.html

THE INVERTED BOWLTHE
Introductory Accounts of the Universe and Its Life
by George H A Cole (University of Hull, UK)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p690.html


** HIGH ENERGY / PARTICLE PHYSICS / NUCLEAR PHYSICS **

MODERN ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
(Revised Edition)
by Fujia Yang (Fudan University, China & Nottingham University, UK) & 
Joseph H Hamilton (Vanderbilt University, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7099.html

THE MULTIFACETED SKYRMION
edited by Gerald E Brown (State University of New York, USA) & Mannque 
Rho (DSM-CEA Saclay, France & Hanyang University, Korea)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7397.html

QUARK-GLUON PLASMA 4
edited by Rudolph C Hwa (University of Oregon, USA) & Xin-Nian Wang 
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7588.html

FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
An Introduction to Perturbative Methods in Gauge Theories
(Third Edition)
by T Muta (Fukuyama University, Japan)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6766.html

LEPTON DIPOLE MOMENTS
edited by B Lee Roberts (Boston University, USA) & William J Marciano 
(Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7273.html

SEVENTY YEARS OF DOUBLE BETA DECAY
 From Nuclear Physics to Beyond-Standard-Model Particle Physics
by H V Klapdor-Kleingrothaus (Max-Planck-Institut fÃr Kernphysik)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6921.html

PHENOMENOLOGY OF ULTRA-RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS
by Wojciech Florkowski (Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland & 
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, KrakÃw, Poland)
http://worldscibooks.wspc.com.sg/cgi-bin/wri_search.cgi?bookcode=7396


** PLASMA PHYSICS **

THE RELEASE OF THERMONUCLEAR ENERGY BY INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
Ways Towards Ignition
by Friedwardt Winterberg (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
http://worldscibooks.wspc.com.sg/cgi-bin/wri_search.cgi?bookcode=7656

RELAXATION DYNAMICS IN LABORATORY AND ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS
edited by Patrick H Diamond (University of California at San Diego, USA) 
, Xavier Garbet (CEA, IRFM, France) , Philippe Ghendrih (CEA, IRFM, 
France) , & Yanick Sarazin (CEA, IRFM, France)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7556.html

IN CELEBRATION OF K C HINES
by Bruce H J McKellar (University of Melbourne, Australia) & Ken Amos 
(University of Melbourne, Australia)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7604.html


** CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS / Statistical Physics / Quantum Physics **

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF CONSTRAINED HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS
by Heinz J Rothe (UniversitÃt Heidelberg, Germany) & Klaus D Rothe 
(UniversitÃt Heidelberg, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7689.html

QUANTUM MECHANICS USING COMPUTER ALGEBRA
Includes Sample Programs in C++, SymbolicC++, Maxima, Maple, and Mathematica
(2nd Edition)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7751.html

SURFACE PROPERTIES AND ENGINEERING OF COMPLEX INTERMETALLICS
edited by Esther Belin-Ferrà (Università Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7733.html

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS
(2nd Edition)
by N N Bogolubov & N N Bogolubov Jr (Moscow State University, Russia)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7623.html

COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS IN UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTORS AND SUPERFLUIDS
by Peter Brusov (University of Houston, USA & Rostov State University, 
Russia) & Pavel Brusov (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6590.html

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS
edited by Subir Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute, India) & Guruprasad 
Kar (Indian Statistical Institute, India)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7455.html

BASIC STATISTICAL PHYSICS
by Nandita Rudra (Retired, University Kalyani, India) & P Rudra 
(Retired, University Kalyani, India)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7587.html

HANDBOOK OF THERMOLUMINESCENCE
Second Edition
by Claudio Furetta (Touro University Rome, Italy)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7187.html


** GEOPHYSICS **

ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS
edited by Dragutin T Mihailovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) & Carlo 
Gualtieri (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7575.html

STATISTICAL METHODS OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA PROCESSING
by Vladimir Troyan (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia) & Yurii 
Kiselev (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7608.html


** GENERAL PHYSICS / POPULAR SCIENCE **

FRACTURE AND LIFE
by Brian Cotterell (University of Sydney, Australia)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p593.html

CREMONA VIOLINS
A Physicist's Quest for the Secrets of Stradivari
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6728.html

ASIAN PHYSICS OLYMPIAD (1ST-8TH)
Problems and Solutions
edited by Yongling Zheng (Fudan University, China)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/general/7255.html


** THEORECTICAL PHYSICS **

LECTURES ON ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR PHYSICISTS
by Sunil Mukhi (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India) & N 
Mukunda (formerly of Indian Institute of Science, India)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7693.html


** PROCEEDINGS **

CROSSING THE BOUNDARIES
Gauge Dynamics at Strong Coupling
Proceedings of the Workshop in Honor of the 60th Birthday of Misha Shifman
FTFI, University of Minnesota , 14 â 17 May 2009
edited by Marco Peloso (University of Minnesota, USA) & Arkady 
Vainshtein (Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7707.html

QUANTUM BIO-INFORMATICS III
 From Quantum Information to Bio-Informatics
Tokyo University of Science, Japan, 11 â 14 March 2009
edited by Luigi Accardi (Università di Roma âTor Vergataâ, Italy) , 
Wolfgang Freudenberg (Brandenburgische Technische UniversitÃt Cottbus, 
Germany) , & Masanori Ohya (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7708.html

CHARGED AND NEUTRAL PARTICLES CHANNELING PHENOMENA
Channeling 2008
Proceedings of the 51st Workshop of the INFN ELOISATRON Project
Erice, Italy, 25 October â 1 November 2008
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7743.html

ASTROPARTICLE, PARTICLE AND SPACE PHYSICS, DETECTORS AND MEDICAL PHYSICS 
APPLICATIONS
Proceedings of the 11th Conference on ICATPP-11
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, 5 â 9 October 2009
edited by Claude Leroy (Università de MontrÃal, Canada) , Pier-Giorgio 
Rancoita (INFN Milano-Bicocca, Italy) , Michele Barone (NCSR Demokritos, 
Greece) , Andrea Gaddi (CERN, Switzerland) , Larry Price (Argonne 
National Laboratory, USA) , & Randal Ruchti (University of Notre Dame & 
US National Science Foundation, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7764.html

THE DAWN OF THE LHC ERA
TASI 2008
Proceedings of the 2008 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in 
Elementary Particle Physics
Boulder, Colorado, USA, 2 â 27 June 2008
edited by Tao Han (University of Wisconsin, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7166.html

CONDENSED MATTER THEORIES Volume 24 (With CD-ROM)
Proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop
Loughborough, United Kingdom, 13 â 18 August 2008
edited by Feodor Kusmartsev (Loughborough University, UK)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7493.html

DARK MATTER IN ASTROPHYSICS AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
Proceedings of the 7th International Heidelberg Conference on Dark 2009
Christchurch, New Zealand, 18 â 24 January 2009
edited by Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus (Heidelberg University, 
Germany) & Irina V Krivosheina (Radiophysical Research Institute 
(NIRFI), Russia)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7610.html

SEARCH FOR THE âTOTALLY UNEXPECTEDâ IN THE LHC ERA
Proceedings of the International School of Subnuclear Physics
Erice, Sicily, Italy, 29 August â 7 September 2007
edited by Antonino Zichichi (European Physical Society, Switzerland)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7586.html

PROCEEDINGS OF THE EDWARD TELLER CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM
Livermore, CA, USA, 28 May 2008
edited by Stephen B Libby (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) 
& Karl A van Bibber (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7154.html

PROCEEDINGS OF THE EDWARD TELLER CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM
Livermore, CA, USA, 28 May 2008
edited by Stephen B Libby (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) 
& Karl A van Bibber (Lawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7154.html

COMPLEX PHYSICAL, BIOPHYSICAL AND ECONOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS
Proceedings of the 22nd Canberra International Physics Summer School
The Australian National University, Canberra, 8 â 19 December 2008
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7340.html

LASER SPECTROSCOPY
Proceedings of the XIX International Conference
Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan, 7 â 12 June 2009
edited by Hidetoshi Katori (The University of Tokyo, Japan) , Ken'ichi 
Nakagawa, Hitoki Yoneda & Fujio Shimizu (University of 
Electro-Communications, Japan)Japan) 
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7422.html


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3. BESTSELLERS OF THE MONTH (Feb 2010)
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DID TIME BEGIN? WILL TIME END?
Maybe the Big Bang Never Occurred
by Paul H Frampton (University of North Carolina, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7393.html

THE PHYSICS OF SOLAR CELLS
by Jenny Nelson (Imperial College, UK)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p276.html

FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
An Introduction to Perturbative Methods in Gauge Theories
(Third Edition)
by T Muta (Fukuyama University, Japan)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6766.html

CLASSICAL MECHANICS
(5th Edition)
by Tom W B Kibble (Imperial College London, UK) & Frank H Berkshire 
(Imperial College London, UK)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p310.html

PATH INTEGRALS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS, STATISTICS, POLYMER PHYSICS, AND 
FINANCIAL MARKETS
5th Edition
by Hagen Kleinert (Freie UniversitÃt Berlin, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7305.html

THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS
A Mystery of Physics
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6868.html

AN INTRODUCTION TO BLACK HOLES, INFORMATION AND THE STRING THEORY REVOLUTION
The Holographic Universe
by Leonard Susskind (Stanford University, USA) & James Lindesay (Howard 
University, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/5689.html

RELAXATION DYNAMICS IN LABORATORY AND ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS
edited by Patrick H Diamond (University of California at San Diego, USA) 
, Xavier Garbet (CEA, IRFM, France) , Philippe Ghendrih (CEA, IRFM, 
France) , & Yanick Sarazin (CEA, IRFM, France)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7556.html

BASICS OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
A Bachelor Degree Introduction
by Harald J W MÃller-Kirsten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7450.html

FACTS AND MYSTERIES IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS
by Martinus J G Veltman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA & 
NIKHEF, The Netherlands)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/5088.html

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4. General Interest
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CHRISTMAS AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION
An Anthology of Lectures by M Faraday, J Tyndall, R S Ball, S P 
Thompson, E R Lankester, W H Bragg, W L Bragg, R L Gregory, and I Stewart
http://www.worldscibooks.com/popsci/6583.html


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