"Version: 20180301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Hyperbolic metamaterial geometries and basic properties -- 2. Super-resolution imaging using hyperbolic metamaterials : the hyperlens -- 3. Consequences of singular photonic density of states : radiative decay engineering, thermal hyper-…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction2. The Sakharov conditions -- 3. Baryon number violation in the Standard Model -- 3.1. The axial anomaly -- 3.2. The Chern-Simons form, baryon number violation, and the winding number -- 3.3. Winding number and non…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is life? -- 1.2. Could life be silicon-based? -- 1.3. Time constraints -- 1.4. Scenarios for the origin of life on Earth -- 1.5. Searching for life beyond Earth2. Cosmic synthesis of the biologically important c…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Addendum for the third edition -- Introduction -- Preface -- 1. Matter in the early 20th century -- 1.1. Parts of the atom -- 1.2. Radiation -- 1.3. Some conservation laws -- 1.4. Neutrinos2. Forces and interactions -- 2.1. Fundamental forc…
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Direct space -- 1.1. What are crystals? -- 1.2. Miller indices -- 1.3. Point symmetry -- 1.4. Point groups -- 1.5. Translational symmetry -- 1.6. Crystal structures -- 1.7. Space groups2. The reciprocal lattice -- 2.1. Definition -- 2.2.…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Wave scattering by many small impedance particles -- 2.1. Scalar wave scattering by one small body of an arbitrary shape -- 2.2. Scalar wave scattering by many small bodies of an arbitrary shape3. Creating materials wi…
"Version: 20180601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why are surfaces important? -- 1.2. Ultra-high vacuum science and technology -- 1.3. Exercises2. Thermodynamics of surfaces : equilibrium crystal shape -- 2.1. Surface thermodynamic functions -- 2.2. Surface tension …
"Version: 20180801"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Concept of infinite-space dyadic Green functions -- 1.2. Examples of linear operators -- 1.3. Linear electromagnetism -- 1.4. Solution approaches -- 1.5. Organization of the monograph2. Isotropic and biisotropic medi…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Microwave tubes : classification, applications and trends -- 2.1. Classification -- 2.2. Applications -- 2.3. Trends in research and development3. Basic enabling concepts -- 3.1. Cathode -- 3.2. Space-charge-limited an…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.6. Qualitative description of conventional and familiar microwave tubes -- 6.1. Travelling-wave tubes -- 6.2. Klystrons -- 6.3. Klystron variants -- 6.4. Crossed-field tubes7. Fast-wave tubes -- 7.1. Cyclotron resonance maser (CRM) and Weib…