Physics Library News

May New Physics Books

Advances in imaging and electron physics.
TK7800 .A37 v.151, 154

Applied quantum mechanics / Walter A. Harrison.
QC174.12 .H377 2000

Concepts and methods of 2D infrared spectroscopy / Peter Hamm and Martin Zanni.
QC457 .H35 2011

The cosmic keyhole : how astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the universe / Will Gater.
QB982 .G37 2009

From eternity to here : the quest for the ultimate theory of time / Sean Carroll.
QC173.59.S65 C37 2010

Frustrated magnetism in distorted triangular lattice materials ; &, Extraordinary electroconductance in III-V metal semiconductor hybrid structures / by Jian Wu.
LD5791.8.PhD2010 W83

Fundamentals of the physics of solids : structure and dynamics / Jeno Solyom.
QC176 .S64 2007 v.2-3

Health effects of exposure to radon / Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
RA1247.R33 H425 1999

Heaven's touch : from killer stars to the seeds of life, how we are connected to the universe / James B. Kaler.
QB44.3 .K35 2009

Hubble ... science year in review
QB500.268 .H823 2008 & 2009

An introduction to string theory and D-brane dynamics : with problems and solutions / Richard J. Szabo.
QC794.6.S85 S92 2011

Mathematical methods for optical physics and engineering / Gregory J. Gbur.
QC355.3 .G38 2011

Microanalytical investigations of presolar SiC grains as probes of condensation conditions in astrophysical environments / by Kathryn Mairin Hynes.
LD5791.8.PhD2010 H96

Non-Hermitian quantum mechanics / Nimrod Moiseyev.
QC174.17.M35 M65 2011

On sunspots / Galileo Galilei & Christoph Scheiner ; translated & introduced by Eileen Reeves & Albert Van Helden.
QB525 .G22 2010

Particle physics experiments at high energy colliders / John Hauptman.
QC787.C59 H37 2011

Physicists : epoch and personalities / E.L. Feinberg ; editor, I.M Dremin.
QC15 .F46613 2011

A physicist's labour in war and peace : memoirs, 1933-1999 / E. Walter Kellermann.
QC16.K29 A3 2007

The physics of semiconductors : an introduction including nanophysics and applications / Marius Grundmann.
QC611 .G78 2010

The plasma universe / Curt Suplee ; edited by Amitava Bhattacharjee ; designed by Kristi Donahue.
QC718 .S85 2009

Relativity for the questioning mind / Daniel F. Styer.
QC173.55 .S79 2011

The shape of inner space : string theory and the geometry of the universe's hidden dimensions / Shing-tung Yau and Steve Nadis ; illustrations by Xianfeng (David) Gu and Xiaotian (Tim) Yin.
QA691 .Y38 2010

Statistical mechanics.
QC174.8 .P38 2011

Thirteeenth [sic] International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes : Venezia, March 10-13, 2009, Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, Campo Santo Stefano / edited by Milla Baldo Ceolin.
QB464.2 .I58 2009

Transport in metal-oxide-semiconductor structures : mobile ions effects on the oxide properties / Hamid Bentarzi.
QC611.8.M4 B46 2011

Recently published papers in Physics

The following papers were recently indexed and published by members of the Physics Department:

• Title: Degree-scale anomalies in the CMB: Localizing the first peak dip to a small patch of the north ecliptic sky
  Author(s): Yoho, A.; Ferrer, F.; Starkman, G.D.
  Source: Physical Review D vol.83, no.8 : 083525 (8 pp.), 2011
  
  
• Title: Topological phase transitions in strongly correlated Fermi systems
  Author(s): Clark, J.W.; Khodel, V.A.; Zverev, M.V.
  Source: Proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop - Condensed Matter Theories : (vol.24) 125-39, 2010
  
  
• Title: Entanglement properties of quantum many-body wave functions
  Author(s): Clark, J.W.; Mandilara, A.; Ristig, M.L.; Kurten, K.E.
  Source: Proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop - Condensed Matter Theories : (vol.24) 105-21, 2010
  
  
• Title: Winner-take-all selection in a neural system with delayed feedback
  Author(s): Brandt, S.F.; Wessel, R.
  Source: Biological Cybernetics vol.97, no.3 : 30-7, 2007
  
  
• Title: Determining the long living quasi-normal modes of relativistic stars
  Author(s): Lu Jun-Li; Suen Wai-Mo
  Source: Chinese Physics B vol.20, no.4 : 040401 (12 pp.), 2011
  
  
• Title: Experimental and computer simulation determination of the structural changes occurring through the liquid-glass transition in Cu-Zr alloys
  Author(s): Mendelev, M.I.; Kramer, M.J.; Ott, R.T.; Sordelet, D.J.; Besser, M.F.; Kreyssig, A.; Goldman, A.I.; Wessels, V.; Sahu, K.K.; Kelton, K.F.; Hyers, R.W.; Canepari, S.; Rogers, J.R.
  Source: Philosophical Magazine vol.90, no.29 : 3795-815, 2010
  
  
• Title: Gamma-ray observations of the Be/pulsar binary 1A 0535+262 during a giant X-ray outburst
  Author(s): Acciari, V.A.; Aliu, E.; Araya, M.; Arlen, T.; Aune, T.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; Bradbury, S.M.; Buckley, J.H.; Bugaev, V.; Byrum, K.; Cannon, A.; Cesarini, A.; Ciupik, L.; Collins-Hughes, E.; Cui, W.; Dickherber, R.; Duke, C.; Falcone, A.; Finley, J.P.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Galante, N.; Gall, D.; Godambe, S.; Griffin, S.; Guenette, R.; Gyuk, G.; Hanna, D.; Holder, J.; Hughes, G.; Hui, C.M.; Humensky, T.B.; Imran, A.; Kaaret, P.; Kertzman, M.; Krawczynski, H.; Krennrich, F.; Madhavan, A.S.; Maier, G.; Majumdar, P.; McArthur, S.; Moriarty, P.; Ong, R.A.; Otte, A.N.; Pandel, D.; Park, N.; Perkins, J.S.; Pohl, M.; Prokoph, H.; Quinn, J.; Ragan, K.; Reyes, L.C.; Reynolds, P.T.; Roache, E.; Rose, H.J.; Saxon, D.B.; Sembroski, G.H.; Scentu uml rk, G.D.; Smith, A.W.; Tes caron ic, G.; Theiling, M.; Thibadeau, S.; Varlotta, A.; Vincent, S.; Vivier, M.; Wakely, S.P.; Ward, J.E.; Weekes, T.C.; Weinstein, A.; Weisgarber, T.; Weng, S.; Williams, D.A.; Wood, M.; Zitzer, B.
  Source: Astrophysical Journal vol.733, no.2 : 96 (10 pp.), 2011
  
  
• Title: A model actin comet tail disassembling by severing
  Author(s): Michalski, P.J.; Carlsson, A.E.
  Source: Physical Biology vol.8, no.4 : 046003 (10 pp.), 2011
  
  
• Title: Probability density in the complex plane
  Author(s): Bender, C.M.; Hook, D.W.; Meisinger, P.N.; Qing-hai Wang
  Source: Annals of Physics vol.325, no.11 : 2332-62, 2010

Upcoming changes for printing and copying in the libraries

Sometime before July 1, printing and copying equipment and procedures will change in the libraries:

• B/W printing, color printing or copying for WU folks will be on new equipment and will use the PaperCut system which is already available in many other locations on campus.
• Payment will be via WU Campus Card system or printing allowances from various programs.
• Printing jobs created in libraries can be printed in dorms or other locations on campus (and vice versa).
• Info about PaperCut system from Arts & Sciences; allowances will vary in other programs.
• Additional free scanners will be added throughout the libraries.
• Visitor printing and copying will no longer be available; visitors can get temporary workstation accounts and use scanners.

More information, such as how to get refunds on unused copycard balances, will be available later as this system is implemented.

Attention Fall Physics course instructors!

If there are books or other materials which I need to order for reserve please notify me as soon as possible. Also if you have selected a new textbook or a new edition, please let me know. I do not receive the information which you send to the bookstore. Thank you!

Physics Library Summer Hours

Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Closed Saturdays and Sundays.
Closed July 4.

Library Inventory

The annual inventory of Physics Library material was done in May. Forty books have been identified as lost or missing. Books that are missing two years in a row, or paid for by the patron who lost it, are considered to be lost. Books which are now considered lost are listed below or can be found at: [http://catalog.wustl.edu/search/r?SEARCH=Physics+Library+Lost+Books]. Please check the list to see if there are any lost books which should be replaced and let me know.

• Advanced mathematical methods for scientists and engineers / Carl M. Bender, Steven A. Orszag (note, we have a newer edition of this title)
• Advances in the Casimir effect / M. Bordag ... [et al.].
• Calculus in the first three dimensions [by] Sherman K. Stein
• A first book of quantum field theory / Amitabha Lahiri, Palash B. Pal.
• Geometry, topology, and physics / Mikio Nakahara.
• Incompleteness, nonlocality, and realism : a prolegomenon to the philosophy of quantum mechanics / Michael Redhead
• Interaction of gases with surfaces : detailed description of elementary processes and kinetics / A.V. Bogdanov ... [et al.]
• Intermediate quantum theory of crystalline solids / Alexander O. E. Animalu
• Introduction to quantum mechanics : with applications to chemistry / by Linus Pauling and E. Bright Wilson.
• Introduction to statistical mechanics / S.K. Sinha.
• An introduction to the calculus of variations / by Charles Fox
• Linear algebra and group theory / V. I. Smirnov ; revised, adapted and edited by Richard A. Silverman.
• The logic of decision / Richard C. Jeffrey.
• Nuclear physics in a nutshell / Carlos Bertulani.
• The philosophy of quantum mechanics : the interpretations of quantum mechanics in historical perspective / Max Jammer.
• Physics / Eugene Hecht.
• Quantum causality : conceptual issues in the causal theory of quantum mechanics / by Peter J. Riggs.
• Quantum non-locality and relativity : metaphysical intimations of modern physics / Tim Maudlin.
• Speakable and unspeakable in quantum mechanics / J. S. Bell ; with an introduction by Alain Aspect
• Statistical mechanics : from first principles to macroscopic phenomena / J. Woods Halley.
• Theoretical surface science : a microscopic perspective / Axel Gross.

In addition to the 21 lost books, there are 19 other books which are missing. That list can be found at: [http://catalog.wustl.edu/search/r?SEARCH=Physics+Library+Missing+Books].
Any help in recovering any of these titles will be greatly appreciated.