Metamaterial multiverse /

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"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Electromagnetic metamaterials, plasmonics and transformation optics -- 2. Modeling of time with metamaterials : metamaterial models of the Big Bang, the 'end of time', and the fractal time -- 3. Nonlinear optics of the metamaterial 'spacetime' : quantum hyper-computing and time crystals -- 4. Metamaterial multiverse -- 5. Metamaterial multiverse experiments in ferrofluids -- 6. Spacetime melting : microscopic observations of topological defects in Minkowski spacetime -- 7. Modeling of exotic space-times with metamaterials : the Alcubierre warp drive and the dark energy -- 8. Vacuum in a strong magnetic field as a hyperbolic metamaterial -- 9. Concluding remarks.Many physical properties of our universe, such as the relative strength of the fundamental interactions, the value of the cosmological constant, etc., appear to be fine-tuned for the existence of human life. One possible explanation of this fine tuning assumes the existence of a multiverse, which consists of a very large number of individual universes having different physical properties. Intelligent observers populate only a small subset of these universes, which are fine-tuned for life. In this book, we will review several interesting metamaterial systems, which capture many features of important cosmological models and offer insights into the physics of many other non-trivial spacetime geometries, such as microscopic black holes, closed time-like curves (CTCs) and the Alcubierre warp drive.Also available in print.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Mode of access: World Wide Web.Dr. Igor Smolyaninov is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and a recipient of the Scientific American 50 Award. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1985 and received his PhD in 1990 from the Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of Hyperbolic Metamaterials, another book in the Concise Physics series.Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 14, 2018).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9781643273686

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620.1/1

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Metamaterials.
Materials / States of matter.
Multiverse.

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Igor I. Smolyaninov.

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