Current Problems in Condensed Matter, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998

This volume contains the papers presented at the International Workshop on the Cur­ rent Problems in Condensed Matter: Theory and Experiment, held at Cocoyoc, More­ los, Mexico, during January 5-9, 1997. The participants had come from Argentina, Austria, Chile, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, and the USA. The presentations at the Workshop provided state-of-art reviews of many of the most important problems, currently under study, in condensed matter. Equally important to all the participants in the workshop was the fact that we had come to honor a friend, Karl Heinz Bennemann, on his sixty-fifth birthday. This Festschrift is just a small measure of recognition of the intellectualleadership of Professor Bennemann in the field and equally important, as a sincere tribute to his qualities as an exceptional friend, college and mentor. Those who have had the privilege to work closely with Karl have been deeply touched by Karl's inquisitive scientific mind as well as by bis kindness and generosity.

Spin Fluctuation Effects in High-Tc Superconductors; S. Grabowski, et al. Superconductivity and Magnetism in f Electronic Systems; R. Escudero, et al. Intermediate Valence Model for l2Mn2O7; C.I. Ventura, B. Alascio. Spin Density Waves in Dimerized Systems; S. Caprara, et al. Bond-Order-Wave Versus Spin-Density-Wave Dimerization in Polyacetylene; G.M. Pastor, M.B. Lepetit. Impurity States in Kondo Insulators; P. Schlottman. Real-Space Ground-State of a Generalized Hubbard Model; O. Navarro, et al. Coherent and Ultracoherent States in Hubbard and Related Models; K.A. Penson, A.I. Salomon. What is Noncollinear Magnetism? P. Weinberger. Spectral Properties of Transition Metal Compounds and Metal-Insulator Transition: A Systemic Approach within the Dynamical Mean Field Theory; P. Lombardo, et al. Theoretical Study of the Metal-Nonmetal Transition in Transition Metal Clusters; F. Aguilera-Granja, et al. First-Principles Langevin Molecular Dynamics Studies of Metallic and Semiconductor Clusters; L.C. Balbás. Theoretical Study of the Collective Electronic Excitations of the Endohedral Clusters NaN@C780; J.M. Cabrera-Trujillo, et al. 21 Additional Articles. Index.

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