Physics Library News

Recently Published Papers in Physics

• Title: Lattice QCD ensembles with four flavors of highly improved staggered quarks
  Author(s): Bazavov, A.; Bernard, C.; Komijani, J.; DeTar, C.; Levkova, L.; Freeman, W.; Gottlieb, S.; Zhou, R.; Heller, U.M.; Hetrick, J.E.; Laiho, J.; Osborn, J.; Sugar, R.L.; Toussaint, D.; Van de Water, R.S.
  Source: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology)
  
  
• Title: Single-Image Diffusion Coefficient Measurements of Proteins in Free Solution
  Author(s): Zareh, S.K.; DeSantis, M.C.; Kessler, J.M.; Je-Luen Li; Wang, Y.M.
  Source: Biophysical Journal Volume: 102 Issue: 7 Pages: 1685-91 Published: 4 April 2012
  
  
• Title: PT-symmetric interpretation of double-scaling
  Author(s): Bender, C.M.; Moshe, M.; Sarkar, S.
  Source: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Volume: 46 Issue: 10 Pages: 102002 (10 pp.) Published: 15 March 2013

April New Physics Books

Advanced quantum mechanics : A practical guide / Yuli V Nazarov and Jeroen Danon.
QC174.12 .N39 2013
     
Advances in imaging and electron physics.    
TK7800 .A37 v.176
     
Astrophysics of the interstellar medium / Walter J..     Maciel, W. J. (Walter Junqueira)
QB790 .M33 2013
     
Computational methods for electromagnetic phenomena : electrostatics in solvation, scattering, and electron transport / Wei Cai.
QC760.4.M37 C35 2013
     
The cosmic perspective. The solar system / Jeffrey Bennett ... [et al.].
QB43.3 .C684 2014
     
The electron glass / M. Pollak.
QC176.8.E35 P65 2013
     
Gravity, a geometrical course / Pietro Giuseppe Fré.
QC178 .F69 2013 v.1
     
Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe / Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton.    
QB982 .O78 2013
     
Introduction to aberrations in optical imaging systems / José Sasián
QC671 .S27 2013
     
Light scattering reviews.
QC427.4 .L5452 v. 7
     
Modern electrodynamics / Andrew Zangwill.
QC631 .Z36 2013
     
Quantum physics in the nanoworld : Schrödinger's cat and the dwarfs / Hans Lüth.
QC174.12 .L8813 2013
     
Space groups for solid state scientists / Gerald Burns, A.M. Glazer.    
QC176 .B865 2013
     
Spectral theory and its applications / Bernard Helffer
QC20.7.S64 H45 2013

Springer tracts in modern physics.    
Q111 .E7 v.247, 248, 251     

Time-dependent studies of high-energy radiation from blazars / by Sarah Elizabeth Thibadeau.
LD5791.8.PhD2012 T49
     
Time, space, stars & man : the story of the big bang / Michael M. Woolfson.
QB991.B54 W66 2013
     
The wave function : essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics / edited by Alyssa Ney and David Z. Albert.
QC174.125 .W38 2013

The Cost of Astrophysics

The Cost of Astrophysics - An interesting blog post which tries to answer the question, "How much does a typical astronomy paper cost taxpayers?"

NIH Public Access Policy

NIH Public Access Policy Information from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Summer Hours

Physics Library Summer Hours begin Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Monday - Friday, 7:15 am - 3:45 pm
Closed Saturdays and Sundays.
Closed holidays - Monday, May 27 and Thursday, July 4.
Closing at 10:00am on Staff Day, Monday, May 20.

Elsevier has recently acquired Mendeley

• Sale to Elsevier Casts Doubt on Mendeley's Openness, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 9, 2013
• When the Rebel Alliance Sells Out, New Yorker, April 12, 2013
• Elsevier Acquires Mendeley, Information Today, April 15, 2013

Nature Special Issue on the Future of Publishing

v.495 (no. 7442) March 28, 2013 "This special issue of Nature looks at the transformation taking place in scientific publishing. A News Feature weighs claims that online, author-pays publishing can drastically cut costs, and several authors discuss how they make open-access publishing work for them. The special also looks at broader aspects of publishing, including the idea that the concepts of journal and article are being superseded by real-time filtering algorithms and what the future holds for libraries or their virtual successors."

Elsevier Electronic Journal Backfiles

The following electronic journal backfiles have recently been added to the library catalog:

• Advances in Applied Mathematics, 1980-1994
• Journal of Geometry and Physics, 1984-1994
• Reports on Mathematical Physics, 1970-1994

Library Inventory

The annual inventory of Physics Library material will be May 10-17, 2013. The Library will be closed to everyone during this time. It is important that all books be returned to the Library on or before 4:00 pm, May 8, 2013. If the inventory is completed ahead of schedule, the Library will reopen early. Everyone's cooperation will expedite the inventory.

Physics Library Book Budget

I still have money left in the FY2013 budget for purchasing books. The last day to purchase books on this fiscal year's budget is May 3. If there are any books which you would like me to purchase for the Physics Library, please let me know as soon as possible.