Physics Library News

July New Physics Books

• Advanced concepts in particle and field theory / Tristan Hübsch, Howard University, Washington DC, USA.
  QC793.3.F5 H78 2015
• Black holes and baby universes and other essays / Stephen Hawking.
  QC16.H33 A3 1994
• BRST symmetry and de Rham cohomology / Soon-Tae Hong.
  QC793.3.S9 H66 2015
• Design of arithmetic circuits in quantum dot cellular automata nanotechnology / K. Sridharan, Vikramkumar Pudi.
  QC688 .S75 2015
• Fluid dynamics / Peter S. Bernard.
  QC151 .B387 2015
• Fourier transformation for pedestrians / Tilman Butz.
  QC20.7.F67 B88 2015
• The illustrated On the shoulders of giants : the great works of physics and astronomy / [edited, with commentary, by] Stephen Hawking.
  QC6.2 .O5 2004
• Polarimetry of stars and planetary systems / Ludmilla Kolokolova.
  QB465 .K65 2015
• Springer tracts in modern physics.
  Q111 .E7 v.263-264
• Statistical mechanics of superconductivity / Takafumi Kita.
  QC611.92 .K58 2015
• Statistical optics / Joseph W. Goodman.
  QC355.2 .G66 2015
• A student's guide to waves / Daniel Fleisch, Laura Kinnaman.
  QC157 .F54 2015
• Tensors for physics / Siegfried Hess.
  QC20.7.C28 H47 2015
• Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : an integrated approach / M. Scott Shell.
  QC311 .S5136 2015
• Transport phenomena in multiphase flows / Roberto Mauri.
  QC175.2 .M3813 2015
• Tuva or bust! : Richard Feynman's last journey / Ralph Leighton.
  QC16.F49 L45 2000

Recently Published Papers in Physics

 

• Title: A first search for cosmogenic neutrinos with the ARIANNA Hexagonal Radio Array
  Author(s): Barwick, S.W.; Berg, E.C.; Besson, D.Z.; Binder, G.; Binns, W.R.; Boersma, D.J.; Bose, R.G.; Braun, D.L.; Buckley, J.H.; Bugaev, V.; Buitink, S.; Dookayka, K.; Dowkontt, P.F.; Duffin, T.; Euler, S.; Gerhardt, L.; Gustafsson, L.; Hallgren, A.; Hanson, J.C.; Israel, M.H.; Kiryluk, J.; Klein, S.R.; Kleinfelder, S.; Niederhausen, H.; Olevitch, M.A.; Persichelli, C.; Ratzlaff, K.; Rauch, B.F.; Reed, C.; Roumi, M.; Samanta, A.; Simburger, G.E.; Stezelberger, T.! ; Tatar, J.; Uggerhoj, U.I.; Walker, J.; Yodh, G.; Young, R.
  Source: Astroparticle Physics Volume: 70 Pages: 12-26 Published: Oct. 2015
  
  
• Title: First flight of the X-ray polarimeter X-Calibur
  Author(s): Beilicke, M.; Kislat, F.; Zajczyk, A.; Guo, Q.; Endsley, R.; Cowsik, R.; Dowkontt, P.; Krawczynski, H.; Barthelmy, S.; Hams, T.; Okajima, T.; Sasaki, M.; De Geronimo, G.; Haba, Y.; Saji, S.
  Source: 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference Pages: 10 pp. Published: 2015
  Meeting Information: 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 7-14 March 2015
  
  
• Title: Structural evolution and thermophysical properties of Zr_xNi_100-x metallic liquids and glasses
  Author(s): Johnson, M.L.; Mauro, N.A.; Vogt, A.J.; Blodgett, M.E.; Pueblo, C.; Kelton, K.F.
  Source: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Volume: 405 Pages: 211-18 Published: 1 Dec. 2014
  
  
• Title: Polarization modulation from Lense-Thirring precession in X-ray binaries
  Author(s): Ingram, A.; Maccarone, T.J.; Poutanen, J.; Krawczynski, H.
  Source: Astrophysical Journal Volume: 807 Issue: 1 Pages: 53 (16 pp.) Published: 1 July 2015
  
  
• Title: Estimated partial pair correlation functions in Cu-Zr liquids
  Author(s): Blodgett, M.E.; Kelton, K.F.
  Source: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Volume: 412 Pages: 66-71 Published: 15 March 2015
  
  
• Title: Evidence for large-scale dust migration in the Milky Way from presolar grains
  Author(s): Gyngard, F.; Avila, J.N.; Ireland, T.R.; Zinner, E.
  Source: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume: 49 Issue: suppl.1 Pages: 144 Published: Sept. 2014

Fall Semester Hours

Fall Semester Hours starting August 24
Monday - Thursday, 7:15 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, 7:15 am - 5:00 pm
Closed Saturdays and Sundays

Labor Day

The Physics Library will be closed on Monday, September 7, 2015 for Labor Day.

Book Sale

There will be a book sale in the Physics Library from August 19-21. There will be lots of Physics books, both elementary and advanced. All books $1.00!

Attention Fall Physics course instructors!

Please send me a list of books you would like placed on reserve. You can use the Online Reserve Request Form, send me an email, or put a note in my mailbox. If you are making a web page for your class, you can link your page to the class' reserve list after I put the books on reserve. There is no need to retype them. Just ask me if you have any questions.

New Graduate Student Orientation

New Graduate Student Orientation for the Physics Library will be on Thursday, August 20 at 2pm and 2:30pm. Learn about library services, resources and technology.

Open Scholarship

If you would like to include your publications in Washington University's institutional repository, Open Scholarship, I would be happy to help you with the process. Please contact me for assistance.

Undergrad Honors Theses

I have a small collection of undergrad honors theses available in the Physics Library. If you have any students that have written one, please give me a copy. You can refer future students to the collection to help them in their writing.

Wayman Crow Professorship of Physics

The Libraries have created a research guide about the Wayman Crow Professorship. More info: http://libguides.wustl.edu/crow-professorship