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Solitons
Title:
Solitons
Author:
Trullinger, S. E.
ISBN:
9780444598295
9780444870025
9781299284647
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland ; New York, NY, USA : Sole distributors for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1986.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 899 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Modern problems in condensed matter sciences ; v. 17
Modern problems in condensed matter sciences ; v. 17.
Contents:
Front Cover; Solitons; Copyright Page; Preface to the series; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Solitons in biology; 1. Introduction; 2. Collective excitations in quasi-periodic molecular structures; 3. Soliton excitations in one-dimensional molecular systems; 4. Dynamical properties of solitons; 5. Solitons in molecular systems with a nonlinear interaction between molecules; References; Chapter 2. Experimental observation of a Davydov-like soliton; 1. Introduction; 2. Davydov's soliton theory; 3. Self-trapping in crystalline acetanilide; 4. The quantum theory of self-trapping
5. Biological significance of self-trappingReferences; Chapter 3. Thermodynamics of two-dimensional soliton systems; 1. Incommensurate phases and solitons; 2. Solitons in two dimensions; 3. Soliton collisions; 4. The phase diagram of the C-I transition; 5. Experiments; 6. Quantum and thermal fluctuations in one-dimensional systems; 7. The fermion analogy; 8. Phase transition into a soliton liquid; 9. Superconducting films; 10. Pinned soliton structures; References; Chapter 4. Spin dynamics of Heisenberg chains; 1. Introduction; 2. s = 1/2 xxz Heisenberg chains
3. s = 1 Heisenberg ferromagnets4. Classical spin dynamics; Note added in proof; References; Chapter 5. Solitons and nonlinear phenomena in parametrically excited spin waves; Introduction; Part I -- The S-theory; 1. Parametric instability of waves, in magnetdielectrics; 2. The stationary post-threshold state. The S-theory and its comparison with experiment; 3. Collective excitations and auto-oscillations of the magnetization; 4. Strong turbulence and self-focusing of solitons at the parametric excitation of waves; Part II -- The S,T2-theory; 5. Main equations of the S,T2-theory
6. Parametric excitation of waves in media with random inhomogeneities7. Spectral density of parametrically excited waves: spectral solitons; 8. Structure of the distribution function in /:-space: /:-solitons; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. Soliton model of polyacetylene; Apology; 1. Introduction; 2. Solitons in the simplest models of polyacetylene; 3. Phenomenological treatment of the soliton model and extension to other systems; 4. Classical dynamical properties and collective coordinates; 5. Quantum effects; 6. Effects of electron-electron interactions; 7. Three-dimensional effects
Abstract:
In the twenty years since Zabusky and Kruskal coined the term ``soliton'', this concept changed the outlook on certain types of nonlinear phenomena and found its way into all branches of physics. The present volume deals with a great variety of applications of the new concept in condensed-matter physics, which is particularly reached in experimentally observable occurrences. The presentation is not centred around the mathematical aspects; the emphasis is on the physical nature of the nonlinear phenomena occurring in particular situations. With its emphasis on concrete, mostly experimentally verifiable cases, ``Solitons'' constitutes a very readable and instructive introduction to the subject as well as an up-to-date account of current developments in a field of research reaching maturity.
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ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444870025Available:*
Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| QC174.26 .W28 S633 1986 | 1181453-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Searching... |
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