"Version: 20210301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Overview : magnetised plasma dynamics -- 1.1. Dynamics in plasmas -- 1.2. Magnetised plasmas -- 1.3. Outline of the work2. Introduction to turbulence -- 2.1. Statistical nonlinearity and cascade dynamics -- 2.2. Eddy mitosis and the cascade model -- 2.3. The statistical nature of turbulence -- 2.4. Quadratic …
"Version: 20170701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. General relativity essentials -- 1.1. The equivalence principle -- 1.2. Relativistic mechanics -- 1.3. Differential geometry primer -- 1.4. Curvature tensor -- 1.5. The stress-energy-momentum tensor -- 1.6. Einstein's equation -- 1.7. Killing vectors and maximally symmetric spaces -- 1.8. The Hilbert-Einstei…
"Version: 20190301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1 Introduction to animal tissue culture science 1-1 -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Historical background -- 1.3. Types of cell cultures -- 1.4. Primary cell culture -- 1.5. Segregation of non-viable cells from viable cells -- 1.6. Ethical issues in animal tissue culture -- 1.7. Safety considerations in animal tissue culture…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why do we think common-envelope evolution happens? -- 1.2. Why is common-envelope evolution broadly important? -- 1.3. Why is modeling common-envelope evolution difficult?2. Main phases -- 2.1. Characteristic timescales -- 2.2. Phase I : the loss of orbital stability and the onset of the common env…
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Overview -- 1.2. Microscopy, spectroscopy and diffraction -- 1.3. Introductory optics -- 1.4. Introduction to atomic physics -- 1.5. Introductory solid state physics2. Fourier series, transforms and their relevance in diffraction and microscopy -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Fourier series -- 2.3 The…
"Version: 20210301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction to : 'Solid state physics : a primer' -- part I. Preliminary concepts. 1. The overall picture -- 1.1. Basic definitions -- 1.2. Synopsis of atomic physics -- 1.3. Setting up the atomistic model for a solid state system -- 1.4. Mastering many-body features2. The crystalline atomic architecture -- 2.1. Translat…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Multi-scale modeling in semiconductors -- 1.2. Building a planar MOSFET -- 1.3. Modern modifications -- 1.4. What is in this book?2. Electronic structure -- 2.1. Periodic potentials -- 2.2. Potentials and pseudopotentials -- 2.3. Real-space methods -- 2.4. Momentum space methods -- 2.5. The k [dot]…
"Version: 20180801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Phase space -- 2. Evolution of the phase space distribution function -- 3. Equilibrium distributions -- 4. Ensemble of free particles -- 5. Ensemble of interacting particles -- 6. Temperature -- 7. Pressure, stress and tension -- 8. Entropy -- 9. Gibbs distribution -- 10. Isothermal ensemble -- 11. Free energy -- 12. G…
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Review of thermodynamics -- 1.1. Introduction : statistical physics and thermodynamics -- 1.2. The 2nd law of thermodynamics, entropy, and temperature -- 1.3. The 1st and 3rd laws of thermodynamics, and heat capacity -- 1.4. Thermodynamic potentials -- 1.5. Systems with variable number of particles -- 1.6. Thermal mach…
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Review of thermodynamics -- 2. Principles of physical statistics -- 3. Ideal and not-so-ideal gases -- 4. Phase transitions -- 5. Fluctuations -- 6. Elements of kinetics -- Appendices. A. Selected mathematical formulas -- B. Selected physical constants.Essential Advanced Physics is a series comprising four parts: Class…