Horizons in World Physics: Volume 277

This book presents original research results on the leading edge of physics. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. Topics included in this compilation include spectroscopic analysis and temporal evolution of laser-induced plasma; structural heterogeneity of the physical vacuum; elastoplastic response of TCO/Si coated systems to local loading; experimental methods for the determination of super light velocities in gravitation; recreation of the ground state by the repulsive mean-field nonlinearity in three and two-dimensional quantum gases and the singularity problem in gravitational physics and music.