ADVANCED SUMMER SCHOOL IN PHYSICS 2007: Frontiers in Contemporary Physics-EAV07

Advanced Summer School in Physics 2007: Frontiers in Contemporary Physics

Mauricio Carbajal, Cinvestav-IPN, Departamento de Física, México, D.F., México ; Luis Manuel Montaño, CINVESTAV, Physics Department, México, D.F., México ; Oscar Rosas-Ortiz, Cinvestav-IPN, Departamento de Física, México, D.F., México ; Sergio A. Tomas Velazquez, Cinvestav, Departamento de Física, San Pedro Zacatenco, México, D.F., México ; Omar Miranda, Cinvestav-IPN, Departamento de Física, México, D. F., México

Conference Location and Date: México City, México, 9-13 July 2007

Subseries: None

Published December 2007; ISBN 978-0-7354-0474-8 One Volume, Print; 254 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $103.00

Readership: Graduate students, researchers, and advanced undergraduate students in the fields of physics, biophysics, and chemistry.

All papers have been peer-reviewed. These proceedings include lecture notes from six courses in modern physics including cosmology, high energy, statistical, medical, and solid state physics. An introduction to cosmology and the restrictions to dark energy models are presented. The high energy physics that can be found in future colliders is discussed. In the present, synchrotron radiation turns out to be an extraordinary tool for medical applications. Moreover, medical tests will be soon miniaturized thanks to the development of biosensor devices. A very interesting revision of the physics of photovoltaic materials is presented, provided that solar cells are a serious alternative of clean energy. The reader will also find lecture notes on the interactions and the dynamics of confined colloidal suspensions.

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