edited by Shin'ichi Ishiwata (Waseda University, Japan) & Yasushi Matsunaga (Waseda University, Japan)

Table of Contents (65k)
Preface (87k)
Bio-Physics Manifesto for the Futureof Physics and Biology (570k)

This volume presents the new objectives of physics on self-organizing systems composed of multi-components, in order to create a new field and establish universal comprehension in physics. The book covers broad topics such as the thermodynamic time asymmetry in both transient and stationary nonequilibrium states, the seriousness of auxiliary conditions in physicochemical processes and biological systems, the quantum-classical and micro-macro interfaces which are familiar in mesoscopic physics, the purification scheme of quantum entanglement, topics on gamma-ray bursts, and the walking mechanism of single molecular motors.

• Biophysics:
  • Bio-Physics Manifesto — For the Future of the Physics and Biology (Y Oono)
  • Single Molecule Force Measurement for Protein Synthesis on the Ribosome (S Uemura)
  • A Rod Probe Reveals Gait of Myosin V (K Shiroguchi)
  • Mechanism of Spontaneous Oscillation Emerging from Collective Molecular Motors (Y Shimamoto and S Ishiwata)
  • Simulated Rotational Diffusion of F_o Molecular Motor (H Yamasaki & M Takano)
• Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics and Related Topics:
  • Thermodynamic Time Asymmetry and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics (P Gaspard)
  • A Measurement-Based Purification Scheme and Decoherence (H Nakazato)
  • Quantum Fluctuation Theorem in the Existence of the Tunneling and the Thermal Activation (T Monnai)
  • Statistical Properties of the Inter-Occurrence Times in the Two-Dimensional Stick-Slip Model of Earthquakes (T Hasumi & Y Aizawa)
  • Second Harmonic Generation and Polarization Microscope Observations of Quantum Relaxor Lithium Doped Potasium Tantalate (H Yokota & Y Uesu)
  • Thermoelectric Properties of Ni-Doped LaRh0₃ (S Shibasaki et al.)
  • Collective Precession of Chiral Liquid Crystals Under Transmembrane Mass Flow (G Watanabe et al.)
  • Interplay of Excitons with Free Carriers in Carrier Tunneling Dynamics (S Lu et al.)
• Astrophysics as Interdisciplinary Science:
  • New View on Quantum Gravity: Micro-Structure of Spacetime and Origin of the Universe (B L Hu)
  • Colliding Branes and Its Application to String Cosmology (Y Takamizu)
  • One-Loop Corrections to Scalar and Tensor Perturbations During Inflation (Y Urakawa & K Maeda)
  • Variational Calculation for the Equation of State of Nuclear Matter Toward Supernova Simulations (H Kanzawa et al.)
  • Two Strong Radio Bursts at High and Medium Galactic Latitude (S Kida & T Daishido)
  • Effects of QCD Phase Transition on the Ejected Elements from the Envelopes of Compact Stars (Y Yasutake et al.)