This proceedings volume contains talks and poster presentations from the International Symposium "Self-Organization in Complex Systems: The Past, Present, and Future of Synergetics", which took place at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, an Institute of Advanced Studies, in Delmenhorst, Germany, during the period November 13 - 16, 2012. The Symposium was organized in honour of Hermann Haken, who celebrated his 85th birthday in 2012. With his fundamental theory of Synergetics he had laid the mathematical-physical basis for describing and analyzing self-organization processes in a diversity of fields of research. The quest for common and universal principles of self-organization in complex systems was clearly covered by the wide range of interdisciplinary topics reported during the Symposium. These extended from complexity in classical systems and quantum systems over self-organisation in neuroscience even to the physics of finance. Moreover, by combining a historical view with a present status report the Symposium conveyed an impression of the allure and potency of this branch of research as well as its applicability in the future.

This proceedings volume contains talks and poster presentations from the International Symposium "Self-Organization in Complex Systems: The Past, Present, and Future of Synergetics", which took place at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, an Institute of Advanced Studies, in Delmenhorst, Germany, during the period November 13 - 16, 2012. The Symposium was organized in honour of Hermann Haken, who celebrated his 85th birthday in 2012. With his fundamental theory of Synergetics he had laid the mathematical-physical basis for describing and analyzing self-organization processes in a diversity of fields of research. The quest for common and universal principles of self-organization in complex systems was clearly covered by the wide range of interdisciplinary topics reported during the Symposium. These extended from complexity in classical systems and quantum systems over self-organisation in neuroscience even to the physics of finance. Moreover, by combining a historical view with a present status report the Symposium conveyed an impression of the allure and potency of this branch of research as well as its applicability in the future.

A clear and accessible introduction to quantum mechanical methods used to calculate properties of atoms exposed to strong magnetic fields in both laboratory and stellar environments, with the emphasis on hydrogen and helium and their isoelectronic sequences. The results of the detailed calculations are listed in tables, making it a useful handbook for astrophysicists and atomic physicists alike.

Dieses Lehrbuch verknupft die mathematischen Grundlagen der speziellen und allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie mit zahlreichen Anwendungsgebieten aus Physik und Astronomie. Neben der Diskussion von klassischen Experimenten, welche die Vorhersagen der Relativitatstheorie bestatigen, wird ein Fokus auf die Kosmologie als Anwendung der Relativitatstheorie gesetzt. Die Behandlung der Physik kompakter stellarer Objekte, d. h. von weissen Zwergen, Neutronensternen und Schwarzen Loechern, mit einem kurzen Abschnitt zur Entstehung und Entwicklung von Sternen runden die Darstellung ab. Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt legen die Autoren auf die relativistische Visualisierung. In zwei Kapiteln bekommt der Leser einen UEberblick uber verschiedene Techniken in der speziellen und allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie. Anhand von Beispielen koennen die der Alltagserfahrung scheinbar widersprechenden Vorhersagen der Relativitatstheorie besser fassbar gemacht werden. Die daraus gewonnenen Abbildungen und begleitenden Videos, die uber die SN More Media App zuganglich sind, erweitern das Verstandnis der im Text behandelten Themen. In der vorliegenden zweiten Auflage haben die Autoren vor allem neuere Entwicklungen (z.B. zum Thema Gravitationswellen) aufgenommen und zudem viele kleinere Verbesserungen und Erganzungen vorgenommen. Das Buch richtet sich besonders an Studierende der Physik und verwandter Studiengange, die sich einen UEberblick uber die Relativitatstheorie und ihre Anwendungsgebiete verschaffen moechten, aber auch interessierte Laien koennen damit interessante Einsichten gewinnen.