Topological objects of nontrivial spin or dipolar field textures, such as skyrmions, merons, and vortices, interacting with applied external fields in ferroic materials are of great scientific interest as an intriguing playground of unique physical phenomena and novel technological paradigms. The quest for new topological configurations of such swirling field textures has primarily been done fo...

The best candidate for a fundamental unified theory of all physical phenomena is no longer ten-dimensional superstring theory but rather eleven-dimensional M-theory. In the words of Fields medalist Edward Witten, “M stands for ‘Magical’, ‘Mystery’ or ‘Membrane’, according to taste”. New evidence in favor of this theory is appearing daily on the internet and represents the most exciting developm...

We present a useful framework within which we can understand some of the physical phenomena that drive thermal emission in 2D-periodic metallic photonic crystal slabs, emphasizing phenomenology and physical intuition. Through detailed numerical calculations for these systems, we find that periodicity plays a key role in determining the types of physical phenomena that can be excited. We identif...

Molecular beam epitaxy coupled with the use of activated oxygen is shown to be a powerful tool for the growth of well-defined, structurally excellent oxide semiconductor films. The basics of the methodology are discussed. Several case studies are presented to illustrate some of the physical phenomena that can be investigated; these include Cr- and Co-doped TiO(2) anatase, Ti-doped α-Fe(2)O(3) h...

In this talk I will presente the physical meaning of replica symmetry breaking stressing the physical concepts. After introducing the theoretical framework and the experimental evidence for replica symmetry breaking, I will describe some of the basic ideas using a probabilistic language. The predictions for off-equilibrium dynamics will be shortly outlined.

The damped Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation has emerged as a fundamental tool for the understanding of the onset and evolution of secondary instabilities in a wide range of physical phenomena. Most existing studies about this equation deal with its asymptotic states on one-dimensional settings or on periodic square domains. We utilize a large-scale numerical simulation to investigate the asymptoti...

Using the (modified) MIT bag model we calculated formfactors and decay widths for pseudoscalar-pseudoscalar and pseudoscalar-vector semileptonic decays of heavy to light mesons. We discuss the physical phenomena which are important in these processes and their influence on the measurable quantities. Our results are consistent with the available experimental data. A comparison with the results o...

The hydrophobic force describes the attraction between water-hating molecules (and surfaces) that draws them together, causing aggregation, phase separation, protein folding and many other inherent physical phenomena. Attempts have been made to isolate the range and magnitude of this interaction between extended surfaces for more than four decades, with wildly varying results. In this perspecti...

Riemer’s paper discusses a neglected yet important topic in the psychological literature: the consequences for psychology (and psychophysics) from the ‘anisotropy’ of time. The paper presents an argument that there are unique kinds of challenges for psychophysics from such temporal anisotropy: (a) Challenges because the psychological experience of time has temporal anisotropy and the physical c...

Contrary to its initial idea, Belnap’s (1992) theory of Branching Space-Times (BST) has models in which histories do not resemble relativistic space-times or any other physical space-times. The aim of this paper is to define a certain class of BST models, called ”Minkowskian Branching Structures” (MBS), in which histories are isomorphic to Minkowski space-time. By focusing on these models rathe...