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Solitons and Condensed Matter Physics

Proceedings of the Symposium on Nonlinear (Soliton) Structure and Dynamics in Condensed Matter, Oxford, England, June 27–29, 1978

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. Alan R. Bishop

    1. Department of Physics, Queen Mary College, London, England

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  2. Toni Schneider

    1. IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 8)

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Table of contents (39 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Solitons in Mathematics: Brief History

      • R. K. Bullough, R. K. Dodd
      Pages 2-21

    3. Solitons in Physics

      • J. A. Krumhansl
      Pages 22-26

  3. Mathematical Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Numerical Studies of Solitons

      • J. Chris Eilbeck
      Pages 28-43

    3. Poles of the Toda Lattice

      • John Gibbon
      Pages 44-47

    4. Perturbation Theory of the Double Sine-Gordon Equation

      • P. W. Kitchenside, A. L. Mason, R. K. Bullough, P. J. Caudrey
      Pages 48-51

    5. Soliton Perturbations and Nonlinear Focussing

      • Alan C. Newell
      Pages 52-67

    6. Novel Class of Nonlinear Evolution Equations Solvable by the Spectral Transform Technique, Including the So-Called Cylindrical KdV Equation

      • F. Calogero, A. Degasperis
      Pages 68-70

    7. The Complex Modified Korteweg-de Vries Equation, a Non-Integrable Evolution Equation

      • Charles F. F. Karney, Abhijit Sen, Flora Y. F. Chu
      Pages 71-75

  4. Statistical Mechanics and Solid-State Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Soliton-Bound States in the Magnetic Gap

      • A. Luther
      Pages 78-84

    3. Statistical Mechanics of Nonlinear Dispersive Systems

      • Alan Bishop
      Pages 85-103

    4. Some Applications of Instantons in Statistical Mechanics

      • D. J. Wallace
      Pages 104-115

    5. The Theory of Structural Phase Transitions: Cluster Walls and Phonons

      • A. D. Bruce
      Pages 116-134

    6. Nonlinear Lattice Dynamics: Molecular Dynamics Studies

      • T. Schneider, E. Stoll
      Pages 135-149

    7. Computer Simulation of Structural Phase Transitions

      • William C. Kerr
      Pages 150-153

    8. Soliton-Like Features in a Two-Dimensional XY Model with Quartic Anisotropy

      • E. Stoll, T. Schneider
      Pages 154-157

    9. Behavior of a ⌽4-Kink in the Presence of an Inhomogeneous Perturbation

      • N. Theodorakopoulos, S. Hanna, R. Klein
      Pages 158-161
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Queen Mary College, London, England

    Alan R. Bishop

  • IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

    Toni Schneider

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Solitons and Condensed Matter Physics

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Symposium on Nonlinear (Soliton) Structure and Dynamics in Condensed Matter, Oxford, England, June 27–29, 1978

  • Editors: Alan R. Bishop, Toni Schneider

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81291-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-81293-4Published: 15 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81291-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0171-1873

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4179

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 344

  • Topics: Mathematical Methods in Physics, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

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