Brief CV and list of publications

 

Education

1951 -1956      Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenian University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia:  MSc cum laude in Physics, advisor: Ivan ÚLEHLA, Thesis: Löwdin's method for the calculation of the cohesive energy of molecules and crystals.

1956 - 1958     Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak Technical University,  Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

1958 -1961      Physical Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia:  PhD in Physics, advisor: František KROUPA,  Thesis:  The basic equations of the dynamics of continuous distribution of dislocations.
 

Language proficiency

Try me! (Tagalog, Algonquin or Uigur will be too hard for me.)
 

Some other interests

Linguistics, Biology, Aviation
 

Research students

1. Eli'ezer ROSENBLUM, Technion, Fast moving dislocations, M.Sc. 1965.
2. Zir LUZ, Technion, Effect of irradiation on the conductivity of FeO, M.Sc. 1965.
3. Joseph REGEV, Technion, Growth of ZnS whiskers, M.Sc. 1967;        
    Prize of the Israel Physical Society for the best M.Sc. thesis of the year.
4. Joseph M. YA'ELI, Technion, Elasto-atomic model of dislocations, M.Sc. 1967
5. Ildon G. BORCHARDT, ITA, Measurement of resistivity changes in copper during
    plastic deformation, M.Sc. 1969; joint supervisor: Lawrence R. HOLLAND.
6. Augusto AGOSTINHO Neto, ITA, Dislocation and disclination theory of melting  
    and Ising model, M.Sc. 1971.
7. Eduardo J. PACHECO, ITA, Brillouin functions, M.Sc. 1971.
8. Amnon JOSEPH, BGU, Quasicrystals – conductivity and geometric properties,  
    M.Sc. 1992, Ph.D. 1998.
9. Bo'az RUBINSTEIN, BGU, Aperiodic structures, M.Sc. 1998.

 


Publications

1. E.F. Holländer, Príspevok k teórii samoregulácie zváracieho oblúka
[Contribution to the theory of self-regulation of welding arcs],
Zváračský Sborník SAV 7 (1957) 235 - 246

2. E.F. Holländer, Termodynamické vyvodenie rovnice samoregulácie zváracieho oblúka
[Thermodynamic derivation of the self-regulation equation of welding arcs],
Zváračský Sborník SAV 7 (1958) 388 - 397

3. E.F. Holländer, Aplikácia termodynamiky nevratnych dejov na zvárací oblúk
[Application of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes to welding arcs],
Čs. Čas. Fys. 9 (1959) 66 - 73

4. E.F. Holländer, The application of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes to welding arcs,
Czech. J. Phys. 9 (1959) 229 - 236

5. E.F. Holländer, On the problem of large angle grain boundaries,
Czech. J. Phys. 9 (1959) 754 - 755

6. E.F. Holländer, K problému hraníc zŕn s veľkým uhlom
[On the problem of large angle grain boundaries],
Čs. Čas. Fys. 10 (1960) 3 - 15

7. E.F. Holländer, K problému hraníc zŕn s veľkým uhlom II
[On the problem of large angle grain boundaries II],
Čs. Čas. Fys. 10 (1960) 283 - 287

8. E.F. Holländer, Vplyv dusíka na skrehnutie nízkouhlíkovej ocele
[Influence of nitrogen on the embrittlement of low-carbon steel],
Zváračský Sborník SAV 10 (1960) 257 - 275

9. E.F. Holländer, The basic equations of the dynamics of the continuous distribution of dislocations - I. General theory,
Czech. J. Phys. B10 (1960) 409 - 418

10. E.F. Holländer, The basic equations of the dynamics of the continuous distribution of dislocations - II. Interpretation of generaltheory,
Czech. J. Phys. B10 (1960) 479 - 487

11. E.F. Holländer, The basic equations of the dynamics of the continuous distribution of dislocations - III. Special problems,
Czech. J. Phys. B10 (1960) 551 - 559

12. E.F. Holländer, Štruktúra hraníc zŕn
[Structure of grain boundaries],
Čs. Čas. Fys. 11 (1961) 154 - 170

13. E.F. Holländer, Energia hraníc zŕn
[Energy of grain boundaries],
Čs. Čas. Fys. 11 (1961) 257 - 271

14. E.F. Holländer, The geometric equation of dislocation dynamics,
 Czech. J. Phys. B12 (1962) 35 - 47

15. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Geometry of etch pits in ZnS crystals,
J. Appl. Phys. 36 (1965) 2096 - 2098

16. S.I. Ben-Abraham and J. Regev, Formation of ZnS polytypes by spiral growth around dislocation clusters,
J. Materials Sci. 1 (1966) 213 - 214

17. S.I. Ben-Abraham, On internal stresses due to a random distribution of dislocations,
Scipta Metallurgica 2 (1968) 9 - 11

18. I.G. Borchardt, S.I. Ben-Abraham and L.R. Holland,
Variations of resistivity and temperature during plastic flow of copper,
in Quantitative relation between properties and microstructure,
D.G. Brandon and A. Rosen, editors (Israel Universities Press, Jerusalem1969) 63 - 65

19. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Generalized stress and non-riemannian geometry,
in Fundamental aspects of dislocation theory,
J.A. Simmons and R. de Wit, editors (NBS special publication 317,Washington, D.C. 1970) 943 - 962

20. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Kinematics of continuously distributed dislocations,
in Fundamental aspects of dislocation theory,
J.A. Simmons and R. de Wit, editors (NBS special publication 317,Washington, D.C. 1970) 999 - 1020

21. S.I. Ben-Abraham, A note on the importance of scale,
in Fundamental aspects of dislocation theory,
J.A. Simmons and R. de Wit, editors (NBS special publication 317,Washington, D.C. 1970) 967 - 969

22. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Plastic flow – an unsolved problem,
in Fundamental aspects of dislocation theory,
J.A. Simmons and R. de Wit, editors (NBS special publication 317,Washington, D.C. 1970) 969 - 973

23. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Simple model for tachyons,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 22 (1970) 1245 - 1246

24. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Paragas,
Am. J. Phys. 38 (1970) 1335 - 1345

25. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Generalized Peierls-Nabarro  dislocation model,
Israel J. Technology 10 (1972) 429 - 432

26. S.I. Ben-Abraham and A. Lonke, Quantization of a general dynamicalsystem,
J. Math. Phys. 14 (1973) 1935 - 1937

27. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Nonlinear effects in liquid crystals,
Phys. Rev. A14 (1976) 1251 - 1257

28. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Exact solution to the sine-Gordon equationin two space dimensions,
Phys. Lett. 55A (1976) 383 - 384

29. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Scaling in the sine-Gordon theory,
Phys. Lett. 56A (1976) 67 - 69

30. S.I. Ben-Abraham, A. Rabinovitch and J. Pelleg, Relations between vacancy migration and formation energies,
Debye temperature and melting point,
Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 84 (1977) 435 - 441

31. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Squint   a nonlinear feature of flow patterns in nematics,
J. Physique 40 (1979) C3 - 259 - 262

32. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Effect of nonlinearity upon the symmetry of nematic flow patterns,
in Symmetries and broken symmetries in condensed matter physics,
N. Boccara, editor (IDSET, Paris 1981) 491 - 494

33. J.S. Barley, E. Gelerinter and S.I. Ben-Abraham, Observation of squint -a nonlinear feature of flow patterns in nematics,
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 87 (1982) 251 - 257

34. S.I. Ben-Abraham and P. Oswald, Undulation instability under shear in smectic A liquid crystals,
J. Physique 43 (1982) 1193 - 1197

35. S.I. Ben-Abraham and P. Oswald, Dynamic aspects of the undulation instability in smectic A liquid crystals,
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 94 (1983) 383 - 399

36. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Development of defect textures in smectic A liquid crystals: a nonlinear model,
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 123 (1985) 77 - 100

37. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Vertex configurations in three-dimensional Penrose patterns,
Z. Kristallographie 185 (1988) 440

39. M. Baake, S.I. Ben-Abraham, P. Kramer and M. Schlottmann,   The vertices of the ideal 3-D icosahedral quasicrystal,
in Quasicrystals and incommensurate structures in condensed matter,
M.J. Yacaman, D. Romeu, V. Castańo and A. Gómez, editors (World Scientific, Singapore 1990) 85 - 95

40. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Defective vertex configurations in icosahedral quasicrystals,
in Proc. Anniversary Adriatico Research Conference on Quasicrystals,
M.V. Jarić and D. Gratias, editors (World Scientific, Singapore1990) 260 - 267

41. S.I. Ben-Abraham and A. Joseph, Hierarchy of vertices in imperfect icosahedral quasicrystals,
in Modulated structures, polytypes and quasicrystals,
M. Farkas-Jahnke and E. Pal, editors, Phase Transitions 44 (1993) 51 - 57

42. S.I. Ben-Abraham, M. Baake, P. Kramer and M. Schlottmann,
Regular and defective vertex configurations in icosahedral structures,
in Quasicrystals 4,
K.F. Kelton, P.C. Gibbons and A.I. Goldman, editors,
J. Non-Cryst. Solids 153&154 (1993) 132 - 136

43. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Curious properties of simple random walks,
J. Stat. Phys. 73 (1993) 441 - 445

44. M. Baake, S.I. Ben-Abraham, R. Klitzing, P. Kramer and M. Schlottmann, Classification of local configurations in quasicrystals,
Acta Cryst. A50 (1994) 553 - 566

45. M. Baake, S.I. Ben-Abraham, D. Joseph, P. Kramer and M. Schlottmann,
Defective vertices in perfect icosahedral quasicrystals,
Acta Cryst. A51 (1995) 587 - 588

46. Y. Avishai, S.I. Ben-Abraham, J. Cohen and A. Joseph,
Quantum-mechanical ac conductance of aperiodic chains,
in Aperiodic '94,
G. Chapuis and W. Paciorek, editors, (World Scientific, Singapore 1995) 195 - 201

47. A. Joseph and S.I. Ben-Abraham, Abundancy of vertices in quasicrystals,
in Proc. 5th International Conference on Quasicrystals,
C. Janot and R. Mosseri, editors, (World Scientific, Singapore 1996) 273 - 276
(World Scientific, Singapore 1995) 195 - 201

48. S.I. Ben-Abraham and A. Joseph, Quantum-mechanical ac conductance of pisot and non-pisot chains
in Proc. 5th International Conference on Quasicrystals,
C. Janot and R. Mosseri, editors, (World Scientific, Singapore 1996) 621 - 624

49. P. Kramer, U. Beck and S.I. Ben-Abraham, Automorphisms and discrete fiber bundles,
in Symmetries in Science IX,
B. Gruber and M. Ramek, editors,
(Plenum Press, New York 1997) 179 - 192

50. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Allophases in aperiodic crystalline structures,
in Aperiodic '97,
M. de Boissieu, J.L. Verger-Gaugry, and R. Currat, editors, (World Scientific, Singapore 1998) 87 - 91

51. S.I. Ben-Abraham and F. Gähler, Covering cluster description of octagonal MnSiAl quasicrystals,
Phys. Rev. B60 (1999) 860 - 864

52. S.I. Ben-Abraham and A. Nudelman,
Antiferromagnetic mean-field model with unusual precritical exponents,
Phys. Rev. B60 (1999) 11 887 - 11 890

53. Boaz Rubinstein and S.I. Ben-Abraham, The 'random' square-triangle tiling: simulation of growth,                                                 Materials Sci. and Engng. 294-296(2000)418 - 420

54. S.I. Ben-Abraham, P. Gummelt, R. Lück and F. Gähler,
Dodecagonal tilings almost covered by a single cluster,
Ferroelectrics 250 (2001) 313 - 316

55. F. Gähler, R. Lück, S.I. Ben-Abraham and P. Gummelt,
Dodecagonal tilings as maximal cluster coverings,
Ferroelectrics 250 (2001) 335 - 338

56. Boaz Rubinstein and S.I. Ben-Abraham,
Vertex frequencies of the hierarchical dodecagonal tiling,
Ferroelectrics 250 (2001) 417 - 419

57. F. Gähler, P. Gummelt and S.I. Ben-Abraham,
Generation of quasiperiodic order by maximal cluster covering,
in Coverings of discrete quasiperiodic sets:  theory and applications to quasicrystals,
Z. Papadopolos and P. Kramer, editors, (Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 2003) 63 -95

58. S.I. Ben-Abraham, Y. Lerer and Y. Snapir,
Constructing a dodecagonal structure by projection in two stages,
J. Non-Cryst. Solids 334&335 (2004) 71 - 76

59. S.I. Ben-Abraham,  Constructing a octagonal structure by projection in two stages,                                                                                                     Ferroelectrics 305 (2004) 29 - 32

60. A. Quandt and S.I. Ben-Abraham,
Quasiperiodic-periodic structures constructed by projection in two stages: an illustrative example,                                                              Z. Kristallogr. 221 (2006) 759 - 761

61. S.I. Ben-Abraham and A. Quandt,
Hybrid quasiperiodic-periodic structures constructed by projection in two stages,                                                                                 Acta Cryst.
A. (2006) in press