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The International School of Physics Enrico Fermi was founded in 1953 by Societa' Italiana di Fisica (SIF) and consists of 3 advanced physics course…(read more)

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Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics

Pub. date: December 2012
Editors: Bellini, G. , Ludhova, L.
Volume: 182
Price: US$254 / €175 / £149
ISBN: 978-1-61499-172-4
Subject: Physics

This book contains chapters based on 9 of the lectures delivered at the Enrico Fermi School of Ph…

Three-Dimensional Partonic Structure of the Nucleon

Pub. date: February 2013
Editors: Anselmino, M., Avakian, H. , Hasch, D. , Schweitzer, P.
Volume: 180
Price: US$254 / €175 / £149
ISBN: 978-1-61499-196-0
Subject: Physics

The three-dimensional nucleon structure is central to many theoretical and experimental activitie…

Laser-Plasma Acceleration

Pub. date: September 2012
Editors: Ferroni, F., Gizzi, L.A., Faccini, R.
Volume: 179
Price: US$247 / €170 / £145
ISBN: 978-1-61499-128-1
Subject: Physics

Impressive progress has been made in the field of laser-plasma acceleration in the last decade, w…

From the Big Bang to the Nucleosynthesis

Pub. date: December 2011
Editors: Bracco, A., Nappi, E.
Volume: 178
Price: US$276 / €190
ISBN: 978-1-60750-973-8
Subject: Physics

Physicists have devoted much effort to reproducing the conditions of the primordial universe in l…

Complex Materials in Physics and Biology

Pub. date: July 2012
Editors: Mallamace, F., Stanley, H.E.
Volume: 176
Price: US$268 / €185 / £157
ISBN: 978-1-61499-070-3
Subject: Physics

The surprising connections which have developed between physics and various fields as diverse as …

Radiation and Particle Detectors

Pub. date: October 2010
Editors: Bertolucci, S., Bottigli, U., Oliva, P.
Volume: 175
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-630-0
Subject: Applied Physics, Physics

High energy physics (HEP) has a crucial role in the context of fundamental physics. HEP experimen…

Physics with Many Positrons

Pub. date: December 2010
Editors: Dupasquier, A., Mills Jr., A.P., Brusa, R.S.
Volume: 174
Price: US$283 / €195
ISBN: 978-1-60750-646-1
Subject: Physics

With the exception of positron emission tomography (PET), the field of low energy positron science p…

Nano Optics and Atomics:Transport of Light and Matter Waves

Pub. date: May 2011
Editors: Wiersma, D.S., Kaiser, R., Fallani, L.
Volume: 173
Price: US$247 / €170
ISBN: 978-1-60750-755-0
Subject: Physics

Many fundamental processes in physics involve transport and the spectacular progress in the control …

Astrophysics of Galaxy Clusters

Pub. date: September 2011
Editors: Cavaliere, A. , Rephaeli, Y.
Volume: 172
Price: US$268 / €185
ISBN: 978-1-60750-819-9
Subject: Applied Physics, Physics

This book presents a collection of contributions from the 'International School of Physics “Enr…

Quantum Coherence in Solid State Systems

Pub. date: September 2009
Editors: Deveaud-Plédran, B., Quattropani, A., Schwendimann, P.
Volume: 171
Price: US$275 / €190
ISBN: 978-1-60750-039-1
Subject: Physics

This volume gives an overview of the manifestations of quantum coherence in different solid state sy…

Measurements of Neutrino Mass

Pub. date: September 2009
Editors: Ferroni, F., Vissani, F., Brofferio, C.
Volume: 170
Price: US$260 / €180
ISBN: 978-1-60750-038-4
Subject: Physics

This volume offers a valuable insight into various aspects of the ongoing work directed at measuring…

Nuclear Structure Far from Stability

Pub. date: July 2008
Editors: Covello, A., Iachello, F., Ricci, R.A., Maino, G.
Volume: 169
Price: US$285 / €190
ISBN: 978-1-58603-885-4
Subject: Physics

The aim of this publication is to give an account of recent advances and new perspectives in the st…

Atom Optics and Space Physics

Pub. date: March 2009
Editors: Arimondo, E., Ertmer, W., Rasel, E.M., Schleich, W.P.
Volume: 168
Price: US$261 / €180
ISBN: 978-1-58603-990-5
Subject: Physics

The goal of this volume is to discuss the rapidly moving field of atom optics and interferometry wit…

Strangeness and Spin in Fundamental Physics

Pub. date: July 2008
Editors: Anselmino, M., Bressani, T., Feliciello, A., Ratcliffe, Ph.G.
Volume: 167
Price: US$270 / €180
ISBN: 978-1-58603-884-7
Subject: Physics

Strangeness and Spin in Fundamental Physics is dedicated to the discussion of the role played by tw…

Metrology and Fundamental Constants

Pub. date: September 2007
Editors: Haensch, T., Leschiutta, S., Wallard, A.J.
Volume: 166
Price: US$254 / €195
ISBN: 978-1-58603-784-0
Subject: Physics

This volume can be justified by the following three facts, the need to provide, from time to time, a…

Protein Folding and Drug Design

Pub. date: October 2007
Editors: Broglia, R.A., Serrano, L., Tiana, G.
Volume: 165
Price: US$208 / €160
ISBN: 978-1-58603-792-5
Subject: Physics

One of the great unsolved problems of science and also physics is the prediction of the three dimens…

Ultra-cold Fermi Gases

Pub. date: March 2008
Editors: Inguscio, M., Ketterle, W., Salomon, C.
Volume: 164
Price: US$322 / €230
ISBN: 978-1-58603-846-5
Subject: Physics

The field of cold atomic gases faced a revolution in 1995 when Bose-Einstein condensation was achiev…

CP Violation: From Quarks to Leptons

Pub. date: August 2006
Editors: Giorgi, M., Mannelli, I., Sanda, A.I., Costantini, F., Sozzi, M.S.
Volume: 163
Price: US$303 / €209
ISBN: 978-1-58603-628-7
Subject: Physics

For a long time after the discovery in 1964, by Christenson, Cronin, Fitch and Turlay, that the l…

Quantum Computers, Algorithms and Chaos

Pub. date: October 2006
Editors: Casati, G., Shepelyansky, D.L., Zoller, P., Benenti, G.
Volume: 162
Price: US$303 / €209
ISBN: 978-1-58603-660-7
Subject: Physics

During the last ten years Quantum Information Processing and Communication (QIPC) has established…

Polarons in Bulk Materials and Systems With Reduced Dimensionality

Pub. date: April 2006
Editors: Iadonisi, G., Ranninger, J., De Filippis, G.
Volume: 161
Price: US$287 / €198
ISBN: 978-1-58603-609-6
Subject: Physics

An enormous theoretical effort has been made to treat electron-phonon coupled systems, with parti…

From Nanostructures to Nanosensing Applications

Pub. date: July 2005
Editors: D'Amico, A., Balestrino, G., Paoletti, A.
Volume: 160
Price: US$239 / €165
ISBN: 978-1-58603-527-3
Subject: Physics

Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies have grown increasingly fast for the last 20 years - after a som…

Background Microwave Radiation and Intracluster Cosmology

Pub. date: January 2006
Editors: Melchiorri, F., Rephaeli, Y.
Volume: 159
Price: US$310 / €214
ISBN: 978-1-58603-585-3
Subject: Physics

This study is devoted to the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (S-Z) effect, and important related topics in cluster…

Hadron Physics

Pub. date: June 2005
Editors: Bressani, T., Filippi, A., Wiedner, U.
Volume: 158
Price: US$310 / €214
ISBN: 978-1-58603-526-6
Subject: Physics

This volume of the International School of Physics Enrico Fermi is dedicated to Valerio Filippini…

The Electron Liquid Paradigm in Condensed Matter Physics

Pub. date: February 2005
Editors: Giuliani, G.F., Vignale, G.
Volume: 157
Price: US$271 / €187
ISBN: 978-1-58603-446-7
Subject: Physics

The electron liquid paradigm is at the basis of most of our current understanding of the physical…

Research on Physics Education

Pub. date: August 2004
Editors: Redish, E.F., Vicentini, M.
Volume: 156
Price: US$290 / €200
ISBN: 978-1-58603-425-2
Subject: Physics

Physics Education research is a young field with a strong tradition in many countries. However, i…

The Physics of Complex Systems

Pub. date: November 2004
Editors: Mallamace, F., Stanley, H.E.
Volume: 155
Price: US$287 / €198
ISBN: 978-1-58603-445-0
Subject: Physics

It is widely known that complex systems and complex materials comprise a major interdisciplinary …

Physics Methods in Archaeometry

Pub. date: June 2004
Editors: Martini, M, Milazzo, M, Piacentini, M.
Volume: 154
Price: US$271 / €187
ISBN: 978-1-58603-424-5
Subject: Physics

The role of exact sciences in connection with cultural heritage now is well established and a new…

From Nuclei and their Constituents to Stars

Pub. date: July 2003
Editors: Molinari, A., Riccati, L., Alberico, W.M., Morando, M.
Volume: 153
Price: US$320 / €221
ISBN: 978-1-58603-353-8
Subject: Physics

This book focuses on the ideas to embed nuclear physics in the larger context of hadronic physics…

Neutrino Physics

Pub. date: December 2003
Editors: Bellotti, E., Declais, Y., Strolin, P., Zanotti, L.
Volume: 152
Price: US$191 / €132
ISBN: 978-1-58603-385-9
Subject: Physics

Neutrino physics contributed in an fundamental way to the progress of science, opening important …

Quantum Phenomena in Mesoscopic Systems

Pub. date: December 2003
Editors: Altshuler, B., Tognetti, V., Tagliacozzo, A.
Volume: 151
Price: US$246 / €170
ISBN: 978-1-58603-384-2
Subject: Physics

This book is a snapshot of the vision shared by outstanding scientists on the key theoretical and…

Electron and Photon Confinement in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Pub. date: July 2003
Editors: Deveaud-Plédran, B., Quattropani, A., Schwendimann, P.
Volume: 150
Price: US$264 / €182
ISBN: 978-1-58603-352-1
Subject: Mathematics/Electronics/Mechanics

The purpose of the course was to give an overview of the physics of artificial semiconductor stru…

Organic Nanostructures: Science and Applications

Pub. date: November 2002
Editors: Agranovich, V.M., La Rocca, G.C.
Volume: 149
Price: US$206 / €187
ISBN: 978-1-58603-271-5
Subject: Physics

In this Enrico Fermi School, the first one dedicated to advanced organic materials, the main rese…

Experimental Quantum Computation and Information

Pub. date: February 2003
Editors: De Martini, F., Monroe, C.
Volume: 148
Price: US$286 / € 197
ISBN: 978-1-58603-270-8
Subject: Physics

This Fermi Summer School of Physics on "Experimental Quantum Information and Computing" represent…

High Pressure Phenomena

Pub. date: November 2002
Editors: Chiarotti, G.L., Hemley, R.J., Bernasconi, M., Ulivi, L.
Volume: 147
Price: US$222 / €201
ISBN: 978-1-58603-269-2
Subject: Physics

In many respects, the science of materials has only fully utilized two of its three fundamental t…

Recent Advance in Metrology and Fundamental Constants

Pub. date: January 2001
Editors: Quinn, T.J., Leschiutta, S., Tavella, P.
Volume: 146
Price: US$249 / €226
ISBN: 978-1-58603-167-1
Subject: Physics

The exchange between physics and metrology is always fascinating and exciting. Many are the open …

Protein Folding, Evolution and Design

Pub. date: January 2001
Editors: Broglia, R.A., Shakhnovich, E.I., Tiana, G.
Volume: 145
Price: US$116 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-58603-166-4
Subject: Physics

This book presents the results of broad interdisciplinary effort to study proteins in physical an…

Nanometer Scale Science and Technology

Pub. date: January 2001
Editors: Allegrini, M., Garcia, N., Marti, O.
Volume: 144
Price: US$176 / €160
ISBN: 978-1-58603-165-7
Subject: Physics

This book focuses on "Nanometer Scale Science and Technology''. This is one of the most rapidly e…

New Directions in Quantum Chaos

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Casati, G., Guarneri, I., Smilansky, U.
Volume: 143
Price: US$167 / €151
ISBN: 978-1-58603-074-2
Subject: Physics

The rapid progress of the research field of quantum chaos and its applications called for a book tha…

Plasmas in the Universe

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Coppi, B., Ferrari, A., Sindoni, E.
Volume: 142
Price: US$167 / €151
ISBN: 978-1-58603-073-5
Subject: Physics

This book illustrates new developments in the fields of space and solar physics, stellar physics,…

Silicon-based Microphotonics: from Basics to Applications

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Bisi, O., Campisano, S.U., Pavesi, L., Priolo, F.
Volume: 141
Price: US$168 / €152
ISBN: 978-90-5199-502-2
Subject: Physics

The evolution of Si-based optoelectronics has been extremely fast in the last few years and it is…

Bose-Einstein Condensation in Atomic Gases

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Inguscio, M., Stringari, S., Wieman, C.
Volume: 140
Price: US$180 / €163
ISBN: 978-0-9673355-5-1
Subject: Physics

Altough first proposed by Einstein in 1924, Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in a gas was not ach…

Magnetic Resonance and Brain Function: Approaches from Physics

Pub. date: January 1999
Editor: Maraviglia, B.
Volume: 139
Price: US$179 / €162
ISBN: 978-90-5199-501-5
Subject: Physics

In the last decade, NMR has set the basis for the understanding of the function and disfunction of …

Unfolding the Matter of Nuclei

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Molinari, A., Ricci, R.A.
Volume: 138
Price: US$176 / €160
ISBN: 978-90-5199-465-0
Subject: Physics

The nucleus and its constituents are a challenging problem. The fast growing extension undergone by …

Heavy Flavour Physics: a Probe of Nature’s Grand Design

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Bigi, I., Moroni, L.
Volume: 137
Price: US$189 / €171
ISBN: 978-90-5199-464-3
Subject: Physics

The lectures collected in this book present a comprehensive review of the current knowledge of heavy…

Models and Phenomelogy for Conventional and High-Temperature Superconductivity

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Iadonisi, G., Schrieffer, J.R., Chiofalo, M.L.
Volume: 136
Price: US$176 / €160
ISBN: 978-90-5199-466-7
Subject: Physics

The search for microscopic models to explain the many superconducting substances has introduced semi…

The Physics of Diamond

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Paoletti, A., Tucciarone, A.
Volume: 135
Price: US$204 / €185
ISBN: 978-90-5199-352-3
Subject: Physics

Diamond is an extreme material among possible atomic aggregations in nature, and as such has many ex…

The Physics of Complex Systems

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Mallamace, F., Stanley, H.E.
Volume: 134
Price: US$224 / €203
ISBN: 978-90-5199-351-6
Subject: Physics

This volume focuses on the area of the physics of complex systems and provides both an overview of t…

Past and Present Variability of the Solar-Terrestrial System

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Cini Castagnoli, G., Provenzale, A.
Volume: 133
Price: US$176 / €160
ISBN: 978-90-5199-358-5
Subject: Physics

The global climate of the Earth has significantly varied over the last Millennia. On a regional s…

Dark Matter in the Universe

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Bonometto, S., Primack, J., Provenzale, A.
Volume: 132
Price: US$237 / €215
ISBN: 978-90-5199-294-6
Subject: Physics

Physics and astrophysics came to dark matter through many different routes, finally accepting it, bu…

Coherent and Collective Interactions of Particles and Radiation Beams

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Aspect, A., Barletta, W., Bonifacio, R.
Volume: 131
Price: US$206 / €187
ISBN: 978-90-5199-281-6
Subject: Physics

This book is specially concerned with fundamental theoretical and experimental aspects of relativist…

Selected Topics in Non Perturbative QCD

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Di Giacomo, A., Diakonov, D.
Volume: 130
Price: US$206 / €187
ISBN: 978-90-5199-293-9
Subject: Physics

The book addresses aspects of QCD which are related to its underlying structure as a field theory an…

Biomedical Applications of Synchroton Radiation

Pub. date: January 1996
Editors: Burattini, E., Balerna, A.
Volume: 128
Price: US$154 / €140
ISBN: 978-90-5199-248-9
Subject: Life & Behavioural Sciences

The unique properties of synchroton radiation including its broad spectrum extending from the infrar…

Quantum Groups and their Applications in Physics

Pub. date: January 1996
Editors: Castellani, L., Wess, J.
Volume: 127
Price: US$214 / €194
ISBN: 978-90-5199-247-2
Subject: Physics

This book focuses on quantum groups, i.e., continuous deformations of Lie groups, and their applicat…

Nonlinear Optical Materials: Principles and Applications

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Degiorgio, V., Flytzanis, C.
Volume: 126
Price: US$189 / €171
ISBN: 978-90-5199-204-5
Subject: Physics

Nonlinear optical materials play a pivotal role in the future evolution of nonlinear optics in gener…

Positron Spectroscopy of Solids

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Dupasquier, A., Mills Jr., A.P.
Volume: 125
Price: US$206 / €187
ISBN: 978-90-5199-203-8
Subject: Physics

The lifetime of a positron inside a solid is normally less than a fraction of nanosecond. This is a …

Diagnostic Tools in Atmospheric Physics

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Fiocco, G., Visconti, G.
Volume: 124
Price: US$158 / €143
ISBN: 978-90-5199-202-1
Subject: Physics

This volume addresses a number of both experimental techniques and methods for the data treatment in…

Aims & Scope

The International School of Physics Enrico Fermi was founded in 1953 by Societa' Italiana di Fisica (SIF) and consists of 3 advanced physics courses held every summer in Varenna (on lake Como) by eminent scientists. Its aims are to promote and disseminateup-to-date information on current developments in various topics of contemporary physics. Over the years it has built up a prestigious reputation as a high-quality international school. More than 40 Nobel prize winners presented their lectures in Varenna, out of which 13 had been awarded soon after lecturing there. The books in this series present the proceedings of the courses which are published by SIF and distributed in partnership with IOS Press.

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