Caught by Disorder: Bound States in Random Media

By Peter Stollmann

Book Overview

Disorder is one of the central topics in science today. Over the past 15 years various aspects of the effects of disorder have changed a number of paradigms in mathematics and physics. One such effect is a phenomenon called localization, which describes the very strange behavior of waves in random media. Instead of traveling through space as they do in ordered environments, localized waves stay in a confined region and are caught by disorder. This work is the first treatment of the subject in monograph or textbook form introducing readers to disorder in a hands-on way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461266440
• ISBN13: 9781461266440
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"