Fundamentals of Physics

Edited by : José Luis Morán López,

Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, México

Fundamentals of Physics

José Luis Morán López, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, México

1. Historical Review of Elementary Concepts in Physics

Peter Otto Hess, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), México

Evolution of Elementary Particle Physics in the 20th Century

Jorge Flores Valdes, Centro de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Mechanics of Solids

Ramon Peralta Fabi, Facultad de Ciecias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Electricity and Magnetism

Eugenio Ley-Koo, Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Principles of Optics

Daniel Malacara-Hernández, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, A. C., México

Principles of Acoustics

Andres Porta Contreras, Department of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Catalina E. Stern Forgach, Department of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Eugenio E. Vogel, La Frontera University, Chile

S. Contreras, La Frontera University, Chile

History of Nobel Laureates in Physics

Jose M. Morán-Mirabal, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, USA

Kurt Andresen, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, USA

Jesse D. McMullen, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, USA

2. Physical Systems and Laws

Octavio Obregón, Institute of Physics, University of Guanajuato, México

H.H. García-Compean, Institute of Physics, University of Guanajuato, México

Symmetry Principles and Conservation Laws

J. Lorenzo Díaz-Cruz, Faculty of Science, University of Puebla, México

Special and General Relativity

Jorge Pullin, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, USA

Quantum Mechanical Laws

Bogdan Mielnik, Department of Physics, CINVESTAV, México

Oscar Rosas-Ortiz, Department of Physics, CINVESTAV, México

Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Fernando del Rio, Department of Physics, Metropolitan University, México

Complex Systems and Non-linear Dynamics

José L. Mateos, Department of Complex Systems, Institute of Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico, México

Plasmas

Julio Javier Martinell, Plasma Physics Department, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, UNAM, México

Rafael Navarro-González, Plasma Physics Department, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, UNAM, México

Alejandro Cristian Raga, Plasma Physics Department, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, UNAM, México

3. Particles and Fields

Arnulfo Zepeda, Departmento de Fisica, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, México

Elementary and Fundamental Particles

Carlos Garcia Canal, Laboratorio de Fisica Teorica, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina

Types of Interactions

Guenter Sigl, GReCO, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, C.N.R.S., France

Molecules, Atoms and Nuclei

Jorge G. Hirsch, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Electromagnetic Waves

J. Bernabeu, CERN, Switzerland

4. Quantum Systems

Alberto G. Rojo, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, USA

Stationary States in Potential Well

Jens Zorn, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, USA

Atoms and Molecules

Javier Botero Alvarez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

Quantum-Mechanical Description of Solids

Timothy B. Boykin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

Quantum Phenomena in Low Dimensional Systems

Michael R. Geller, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, USA

Quantum-mechanical Description of Mendeleev Periodic Table

O.N. Ventura, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic, Uruguay

5. Order and Disorder in Nature

Moises Silbert, Technical University of Cataluña, Spain

Structure of Solids and Liquids, Crystallography

John Leslie Finney, University College, UK

Fluctuations

Benedito Costa Cabral, Grupo de Fisica Matematica, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Jean-Claude Zambrini, Grupo de Fisica Matematica, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Phase Transitions and Spontaneously Broken Symmetry

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Universality in Chaos, Evolution of Turbulence

Oreste Piro, University of the Baleares, Spain

Non-equilibrium Processes

M. Lopez de Haro, Center for Energy Research, UNAM, México

6. Topical Review: Nuclear Processes

Peter Otto Hess, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), México

Nuclear Models: Shell Structure and the Extension of the Periodic System

Walter Greiner, Institut of Theoretical Physics, J.-W. von Goethe University, Germany

Joachim A Maruhn, Institut of Theoretical Physics, J.-W. von Goethe University, Germany

Thomas Bürvenich, Theoretical Division, Group T-16, MS-B283, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Natural and Human-Produced Radioactivity

Maria-Ester Brandan, Institute of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Nuclear Reactions

Werner Scheid, Institut fur Theoretische Physik der Justus-Liebig-Universitat, Germany

Interaction of Nuclear Radiation with Matter

Arturo Menchaca-Rocha, Institute of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, México

Nuclear Synthesis in Nature

K. Langanke, Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Michael Wiescher, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, USA

7. Contemporary Physics

K. Bennemann, Free University Berlin, Germany

Resonance Phenomena

K. Baberschke, Free University Berlin, Germany

Solid State Physics

M. Avignon, CNRS, France

B. Alascio, Balseiro Institute, Argentine

Substances at Extremes

P. Schmalian

Nanoscale Phenomena

M. Garcia, University of Kassel, Germany

G. Pastor, University Paul Sabatier, France