Published by American Physical Society, 1965
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. FANO, U. and W. Lichten. "Interpretation of Ar+-Ar Collisions at 50 KeV". In Physical Review Letters. Vol 14 no. 16, 19 April 1965, p. 627-630 in the issue of pp 623-681. Original wrappers. Fine fresh copy, with a paper mailing label on the rear wrapper. "The 1965 discovery of the isolated waves known as solitonswhich appear in many physical systemswas a direct result of the new computer technology available for numerical simulations.The emergence of computers as a tool for doing science didn't merely help researchers solve difficult problems. It also led to the discovery of entirely unexpected phenomena. An example appeared in Physical Review Letters in 1965, in a report describing solitary wavesdubbed "solitons" by the authorsthat moved somewhat like individual particles. Solitons are now recognized as a widespread phenomenon, occurring in fluids, optics, and even the ultracold atomic clouds known as Bose-Einstein condensates. "APS See: LandmarksComputer Simulations Led to Discovery of Solitons. February 8, 2013 Physics 6, 15.