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Solitons
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In the twenty years since Zabusky and Kruskal coined the term ``soliton'', this concept changed the outlook on certain types of nonlinear phenomena and found its way into all branches of physics. The present volume deals with a great variety of applications of the new concept in condensed-matter physics, which is particularly reached in experimentally observable occurrences. The presentation is not centred around the mathematical aspects; the emphasis is on the physical nature of the nonlinear phenomena occurring in particular situations.With its emphasis on concrete, mostly experimentally verifiable cases, ``Solitons'' constitutes a very readable and instructive introduction to the subject as well as an up-to-date account of current developments in a field of research reaching maturity.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Solitons
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface to the series
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Solitons in biology
- Chapter 2. Experimental observation of a Davydov-like soliton
- Chapter 3. Thermodynamics of two-dimensional soliton systems
- Chapter 4. Spin dynamics of Heisenberg chains
- Chapter 5. Solitons and nonlinear phenomena in parametrically excited spin waves
- Chapter 6. Soliton model of polyacetylene
- Chapter 7. Classical statistical mechanics of lattice dynamic model systems
- Chapter 8. Solitons in superfluid 3He
- Chapter 9. Solitons in Josephson transmission lines
- Chapter 10. Soliton stability
- Chapter 11. Dynamical and topological solitons in ferromagnets and antiferromagnets
- Chapter 12. Solitons and surface diffusion
- Chapter 13. Integratale magnetic models
- Chapter 14. Solitons in charge and spin density wave systems
- Chapter 15. Solitons on the Toda lattice: thermodynamical and quantum-mechanical aspects
- Chapter 16. Nonlinear effects in low-dimensional magnets
- Author index
- Subject index
- Cumulative index