ISBN: 978-3-936586-74-9
Editor: A.K. Richter
Pages: 242
Year: 1998

242 pages, hardcover, 8 black-and-white photographs; a collection of 9 articles on different "hot" aspects in physics, including general relativity, fluid dynamics, inverse scattering, liquid helium, quantum dynamics, origin of jets, noncommutative geometry & gravity and metrons. Useful for students as well as for research scientists who wish to update their knowledge.

Contents

J. Ehlers, The Newtonian Limit of General Relativity
P. Müller, A Canonical View of Fluid Dynamics
V. Enss, A New Look at the Multidimensional Inverse Scattering Problem
E. Krotscheck, Liquid helium clusters: How many particles, or how few are many?
W. Fischer, H. Leschke, P. Müller, Averaged quantum dynamics by white-noise Hamiltonians without dissipation
M. Camenzind, Poynting Energy in Astrophysics - The Origin of Jets in Protostars and Quasars
J. Madore, Noncommutative Geometry and Gravity
K. Hasselmann, The Metron Model: Towards a unified deterministic theory of fields & particles
W. Kundt, The Gold Effect: Odyssey of Scientific Research