A Perspective Look at Nonlinear Media
From Physics to Biology and Social Sciences
Editors: Parisi, Jürgen, Müller, Stefan C., Zimmermann, Walter (Eds.)
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Concepts of nonlinear physics are applied to an increasing number of research disciplines. With this volume, the editors offer a selection of articles on nonlinear topics in progress, ranging from physics and chemistry to biology and some applications of social science. The book covers quantum optics, electron crystallization, cellular or flow patterns in fluids and in granular media, biological systems, and the control of brain structures via neuronal excitation. Chemical patterns are looked at both in bulk solutions and on surfaces in heterogeneous systems. From regular structures, the authors turn to the more complex behavior in biology and physics, such as hydrodynamical turbulence, low-dimensional dynamics in solid-state physics, and gravity.
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Quantum chaos in Rydberg atoms
Pages 1-18
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Crystallization of electrons and holes
Pages 19-30
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Natural patterns in nonequilibrium systems
Pages 31-44
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Linear aspects of the Faraday instability
Pages 45-60
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On curved cellular flames
Pages 61-74
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A Perspective Look at Nonlinear Media
- Book Subtitle
- From Physics to Biology and Social Sciences
- Editors
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- Jürgen Parisi
- Stefan C. Müller
- Walter Zimmermann
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Physics
- Series Volume
- 503
- Copyright
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-69681-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/BFb0104950
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-540-63995-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-14190-8
- Series ISSN
- 0075-8450
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 376
- Topics
