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Advances in theoretical physics proceedings of the Landau Birthday Symposium, Copenhagen, 13-17 June, 1988 /

At Copenhagen in June 1988, the 80th Anniversary of the birth of L D Landau, the much respected Soviet physicist and author of the Course on Theoretical Physics, published by Pergamon Press, was celebrated with an International Symposium in his honour. The papers presented at that meeting are publis...

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Corporate Authors: Landau Birthday Symposium Copenhagen, Denmark, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Luther, Alan H. (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1990.
Edition:First edition.
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1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) : illustrations.
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505 0 |a Front Cover; Advances in Theoretical Physics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. About L.D. Landau (Several Remarks Characterizing His Attitude Towards Physics and Physicists); References; Chapter 2. Superstrings-Towards a Unification of All Interactions; 1. Introduction; 2. Quantization of Einstein's theory; 3. Abrief introduction to strings; 4. Modular invariance; 5. Possible string models; 6. String field theory; 7. Some oddities; References; Chapter 3. An Overview of Superstring Theory; 1. Introduction; 2. String perturbation theory; 3. Conformal field theory. 
505 8 |a 4. Model building5. Spacetime supersymmetry; 6. Problems with string perturbation theory; 7. Beyond perturbation theory; 8. Summary; Chapter 4. Strings at Superplanckian Energies; 1. Introduction; 2. The high-energy behaviour of string scattering amplitudes; 3. High-energy symmetries; 4. Constructing a string microscope; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 5. Towards a Covariant Super-reggeon Calculus for the Superstring; 1. Introduction; 2. Notation, generalities, tree diagrams; 3. External states; 4. The 3 NS-string vertex; 5. The R-R-NS 3-etring vertex (cf. also refc. [12] and [14]). 
505 8 |a 6. Sewing7. The N-string g-loop amplitude obtained from an NS tree; 8. The most general superstring loop problem; References; Chapter 6. N-String, g-Loop Vertex in String Theories; Abstract; References; Chapter 7. Phase Coherence in Charge-density Wave Transport; Abstract; 1. Macroscopic quantum systems; 2. High Tc superconductivity; 3. Moving charge-density waves; References; Chapter 8. Spin Bags and Superconductivity; 1. Introduction; 2. Spin bags; 3. Pairing bags; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 9. On the Frustration Mechanism of High-Tc Superconductivity; Abstract; References. 
505 8 |a Chapter 10. A Skyrmion Model of Two-dimensional Superconductors1. A modified nonlinear sigma model; 2. Square arrays of solitons; 3. The properties of holes in the high-density phase; 4. Discussion and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 11. Spin Superflow in Helium-3; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Spin currents; 3. Degeneracy of the order parameter; 4. Superfluid behaviour; 5. Discussion; References; Chapter 12. The Curious Fate of the Landau Hydrodynamic Theory of Multiple Particle Production; 1. A brief history; 2. Original Landau theory. 
505 8 |a Improvements and successful applications3. Further deductions and refinements; 4. Asymptotic freedom arguments; 5. Why is the classical approach adequate; 6. The problem of the formation of the initial thermalized state; 7. Possible estimates of the initial thickness of the system; 8. Conclusion; References; Chapter 13. Theory of Dynamic Turbulence; 1. Deterministic chaos and dynamic turbulence; 2. The Ginzburg-Landau model: structures; 3. Spatial evolution of turbulence: flow dimension; 4. Discussion; References. 
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