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The collection of articles in this volume represents the
proceedings of the inau- gural Conference of the Institute of
Theoretical Matter Physics at the University of Florence, Italy,
June 7-13, 1990. The aim of this Institute (sponsored by the Con-
sorzio Interuniversitario di Fisica della Materia, INFM) is to
foster interdisciplinary approaches to theoretical problems in
Solid State, Electronics and Optics. Corre- spondingly, the
Conference surveyed a broad scope of modern analytic techniques in
nonlinear science and their application to novel liquids, solids
and optical environ- ments. The Conference was held at Centro Studi
CISL, a magnificent Villa up to Florence. The major topics
addressed through survey and specialized lectures, discussions and
posters were: Complexity and Coherence in spin glasses, associative
distribu- tive memory, low dimensional electronic materials,
magnets, Josephson junction ar- rays, optics, semiconductors,
convection cells, material science, high-temperature
superconductivity; Physics of Quantum Devices such as nonlinear
feedback oscilla- tors, macroscopic quantum tunneling, hetero
structures, quantum ballistic devices, tunneling in atomic devices;
Field Theory and Statistical Mechanics, especially for
soliton-bearing and quantum chaotic systems. Many exciting ideas
and results were presented and debated in lively fashion. Perhaps
two major themes were evident throughout the workshop.
An international workshop on Elementary Excitations and
Fluctuations in Magnetic Systems was held in San Miniato, Italy,
for five days beginning 28 May, 1984. The workshop comprised eight
working sessions that contai- ned a total of 43 invited talks, and
58 scientists were in attendance from 14 countries. Our aim was to
review some topics of current interest in the statistical physics
of magnetic materials and models, with an emphasis on theoretical
studies and confrontations between these and experimental and
computer simulation data. book contains summary papers written by
the invited speakers, and This the material will be of immediate
interest to graduate students and resear- chers engaged in studies
of magnetic properties. There is, perhaps, no ef- fective way to
record and convey the benefit of the numerous discussions between
the participants that are a significant integral feature of a work-
shop. The magnificent .venue of the workshop, I Cappuccini, was
made availa- ble to us by the.Cassa di Risparmio San Miniato.
Financial support for the workshop was received from Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Universita degli Studi di Firenze and the
Gruppo Nazionale Struttura,della Materia. Our administrative load
and the burden of preparing the proceedings for publication was
made light by the talents of Carla Pardini (CNR, Florence), and
Caroline Monypenny and Jane Warren (Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory). Fina 11y, we wish to thank all the participants for
their attendance and individual contributions to the success of the
workshop.
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