By D. Ter Haar
Males of Physics: L. D. Landau, quantity 2: Thermodynamics, Plasma Physics and Quantum Mechanics is devoted to L. D. Landau's contributions within the fields of thermodynamics, plasma physics, and quantum mechanics. Landau's concept of second-order part transitions is mentioned, with his contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, cosmic ray physics, and quantum box thought.
This quantity is constructed from 15 chapters and starts off with a dialogue on Landau's concept of second-order part transitions, consisting of his assumption that each one thermodynamic services may let average sequence expansions close to the transition element. the subsequent chapters specialize in Landau's papers at the delivery equation for ionized structures and on plasma oscillations; his contributions to nuclear physics, cosmic ray physics, and astrophysics; his paintings in natural quantum mechanics; and his contributions to quantum box concept. the second one part elaborates at the idea of section transitions; the delivery equation when it comes to Coulomb interactions; the vibrations of the digital plasma; and the statistical concept of nuclei. The beginning of stellar strength is additionally tested, in addition to the a number of construction of debris in the course of collisions of quick debris and the extension of the uncertainty precept to relativistic quantum conception. A idea of power move in collisions is additionally defined. the ultimate bankruptcy considers the conservation legislation for susceptible interactions.
This publication should be an invaluable source for physicists and scholars attracted to the paintings of L. D. Landau.
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M. Lifshitz) 94. -JETP, 7, 182, 1958) 95. JETP, 8, 70, 1959) 96. Possibility of formulation of a theory of strongly interacting fermions {Phys. , I l l , 321, 1958; with A. A. Abrikosov, A. D. Galanin, L. P. Gorkov, L Ya. Pomeranchuk, and K. A. Ter Martirosyan) 97. Numerical methods of integrating differential equations by the mesh method {Proc. All Soviet Math. Conf. (Moscow 1956) Moscow 1958, p. 92; with N. N. Meiman and L M. Khalatnikov) 98. -JETP, 10, 45, 1960) 99. -JETP, 12, 1294, 1961) 100.
Some of these properties are described by the socalled dispersion relations, and other properties concern the socalled vertex parts. Landau (98; see also 99; his results were found independently by J. C. Taylor (I960)) discussed in a general way the singularities which can occur in the vertex parts. Finally, we must mention Landau's contribution to the dis cussion of parity non-conservation (Landau 92; reprinted as paper 10 at the end of this volume). We shall first mention the crucial experiments which led to the postulate that sometimes parity— that is, left- or right-handedness—may not be conserved.
Subsequent more refined calculations have shown the correctness of Kramers' point of view. The intert We have had to limit the selection of papers for the reprint section to those which were not too technical. As a result we did not include paper 84 as we had originally intended and we included paper 100 rather than paper 98. 42 HELD THEORY 43 action between the electron and its own field can be expressed in terms of a self-energy of the electron, and if one ascribes a mass to this self-energy, one is led to a renormalization of the electron mass: part of it corresponds to the so-called bare mass—the mass the electron would have, if it had no interaction with the electro magnetic field—and part to the self-energy.