eBooks List For Item Science / Nuclear Physics
Structure and Reactions of Light Exotic Nuclei
- ISBN:
- 0415308720
- Authors:
- Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Yabana, Rezso G. Lovas, Kalman Varga
This book provides an introduction into the rapidly developing field of light exotic nuclei, that is light nuclei of unusual composition. The research of the exotic nuclei began with the advent of accelerated beams of such nuclei. This new technique has revitalized nuclear physics, and the facilities producing radioactive ion beams and their theoretical hinterland now offer students the experience of pioneering research. The first part of the...
Reading Japan Cool: Patterns of Manga Literacy and Discourse
- ISBN:
- 0739127535
- Authors:
- John Ingulsrud, Kate Allen
The characters, the stories, and the sensibilities coming out of Japanese animation, manga, and video games are together called Japan Cool. The origins of the movement are in manga, the practices of the readers, the diversity of the titles, and the sheer number of works.
The Art of Influence: Persuading Others Begins With You
- ISBN:
- 0739366254
- Authors:
- Chris Widener
From Chris Widener, the author of the breakout bestseller The Angel Inside , comes an inspiring new parable on the power of influence. The Art of Influence will make you think twice about everything you've ever learned about influence. As Chris Widener’s inspiring story reveals, it’s not something you "do" to other people but rather something that starts with how you shape and transform your own life. Forget about manipulation and slick...
Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology (Scottish Graduate Series)
- ISBN:
- 0750309865
With the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) under construction, and due to come on line in 2007, it is timely for a review to focus on LHC phenomenology. At a time when most of the experimental effort is directed to detector construction and software development, it is vitally important to focus the experimental community, and in particular new researchers, on the physics that the LHC will deliver. The range of physics covered by the LHC is very broad:...
Compton Scattering: Investigating the Structure of the Nucleon with Real Photons (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)
- ISBN:
- 3540407421
- Authors:
- Frank Wissmann
This monograph offers a comprehensive summary of experiments on Compton scattering from the proton and neutron and performed at the electron accelerator MAMI. The experiments cover a photon energy range from 30 MeV to 500 MeV. The reader is introduced to the theoretical concepts of Compton scattering followed by a description of the experiments on the proton, and their analysis and results. Investigating the same reaction on the neutron requires...
Bosonization of Interacting Fermions in Arbitrary Dimensions (Lecture Notes in Physics New Series M)
- ISBN:
- 3540627200
- Authors:
- Peter Kopietz
The author presents in detail a new non-perturbative approach to the fermionic many-body problem, improving the bosonization technique and generalizing it to dimensions d>1 via functional integration and Hubbard--Stratonovich transformations. In Part I he clearly illustrates the approximations and limitations inherent in higher-dimensional bosonization and derives the precise relation with diagrammatic perturbation theory. He shows how the...
Introduction to Superstring Theory (Leuven Notes in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics)
- ISBN:
- 9061868947
- Authors:
- E. Kiritsis
Sir Rudolf Peierls: Selected Private And Scientific Correspondence
- ISBN:
- 9812565035
- Authors:
- Sabine Lee
This edition of the private and scientific correspondence of Sir Rudolf Peierls gives a unique insight into the life and work of one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Rudolf Peierls scientific work contributed to the early developments in quantum mechanics, and he is well known and much appreciated for his contributions to various disciplines, including solid state physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. As an...
Astroparticle, Particle And Space Physics, Detectors And Medical Physics Applications (Proceedings of the 9th Italian Conference)
- ISBN:
- 9812567984
The exploration of the subnuclear world is done through increasingly complex experiments covering a wide range of energies and in a large variety of environments - from particle accelerators, underground detectors to satellites and space laboratories. For these research programs to succeed, novel techniques, new materials and new instrumentation need to be used in detectors, often on a large scale. Hence, particle physics is at the forefront of...
Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection
- ISBN:
- 0120455811
- Authors:
- Syed Naeem Ahmed
This book presents an overview of the physics of radiation detection and its applications. It covers the origins and properties of different kinds of ionizing radiation, their detection and measurement, and the procedures used to protect people and the environment from their potentially harmful effects. It details the experimental techniques and instrumentation used in different detection systems in a very practical way without sacrificing the...
Accelerator X-Ray Sources
- ISBN:
- 3527405909
- Authors:
- Richard Talman
This first book to cover in-depth the generation of x-rays in particle accelerators focuses on electron beams produced by means of the novel Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) technology. The resulting highly brilliant x-rays are at the centre of this monograph, which continues where other books on the market stop. Written primarily for general, high energy and radiation physicists, the systematic treatment adopted by the work makes it equally suitable...
Nuclear Reactor Physics
- ISBN:
- 3527406794
- Authors:
- Weston M. Stacey
Nuclear reactor physics is the core discipline of nuclear engineering. Nuclear reactors now account for a significant portion of the electrical power generated worldwide, and new power reactors with improved fuel cycles are being developed. At the same time, the past few decades have seen an ever-increasing number of industrial, medical, military, and research applications for nuclear reactors. The second edition of this successful comprehensive...
Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics)
- ISBN:
- 3540006672
This is the first comprehensive treatment of the interactions of atoms and molecules with charged particles, photons and laser fields. Addressing the subject from a unified viewpoint, it reflects our present understanding of many-particle dynamics in rearrangement and fragmentation reactions such as electron capture, target and projectile ionisation, photoabsorption and Compton scattering, collisional breakup in Coulomb systems, and dissociative...
Electrostatic Accelerators: Fundamentals and Applications (Particle Acceleration and Detection)
- ISBN:
- 3540239839
Electrostatic accelerators are an important and widespread subgroup within the broad spectrum of modern, large particle acceleration devices. They are specifically designed for applications that require high-quality ion beams in terms of energy stability and emittance at comparatively low energies (a few MeV). Their ability to accelerate virtually any kind of ion over a continuously tunable range of energies makes them a highly versatile tool...
Energy Dissipation in Molecular Systems
- ISBN:
- 3540250506
- Authors:
- André Tramer, Christian Jungen, Françoise Lahmani
Energy Dissipation in Molecular Systems analyzes experimental data on the redistribution and dissipation of energy injected into molecular systems by radiation or charged particles. These processes, competing with such practically important relaxation channels as chemical reaction or stimulated emission (laser action), are the primary focus in this monograph. Among other topics, the book treats vibrational redistribution and electronic...
Single Molecule Chemistry and Physics: An Introduction (NanoScience and Technology)
- ISBN:
- 3540253696
- Authors:
- C. Wang, C. Bai
The characterization of individual molecules has been a scientifically attractive and challenging task for decades, and remains so today. New technological developments have facilitated great progress in our understanding of the structure and behavior of single atoms and molecules in various environments. This book provides an introduction to the most important experimental and theoretical methods for characterizing and imaging single molecules,...
Introducing Molecular Electronics (Lecture Notes in Physics)
- ISBN:
- 3540279946
This volume presents a summary of our current understanding of molecular electronics combined with selected state-of-the-art results at a level accessible to the advanced undergraduate or novice postgraduate. This single book comprises the basic knowledge of both theory and experiment underpinning this rapidly growing field. Concepts and techniques such as density functional theory and charge transport, break junctions and scanning probe...
Collective Phenomena in Synchrotron Radiation Sources: Prediction, Diagnostics, Countermeasures (Particle Acceleration and Detection)
- ISBN:
- 3540343121
- Authors:
- Shaukat Khan
This book helps to dispel the notion that collective phenomena, which have become increasingly important in modern storage rings, are an obscure and inaccessible topic. Despite an emphasis on synchrotron light sources, the basic concepts presented here are valid for other facilities as well. Graduate students, scientists and engineers working in an accelerator environment will find this to be a systematic exposition of the principles behind...
Quantum Gravity: From Theory to Experimental Search (Lecture Notes in Physics)
- ISBN:
- 354040810X
The relation between quantum theory and the theory of gravitation remains one of the most outstanding unresolved issues of modern physics. According to general expectation, general relativity as well as quantum (field) theory in a fixed background spacetime cannot be fundamentally correct. Hence there should exist a broader theory comprising both in appropriate limits, i.e., quantum gravity. This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction...
Sputtering by Particle Bombardment: Experiments and Computer Calculations from Threshold to MeV Energies (Topics in Applied Physics)
- ISBN:
- 3540445005
- Authors:
- Rainer Behrisch
This volume gives a comprehensive overview about the physical processes causing sputtering of solids at bombardment with energetic ions. The most important quantities are the sputtering yields, i.e. the average number of atoms eroded per incident ion. The latest results for the sputtering yields and their dependence on the incident energy and angle of incidence, as well as the energy and angular distributions of the sputtered atoms are...
Density Functional Theory: An Approach to the Quantum Many-Body Problem
- ISBN:
- 3540519939
- Authors:
- Reiner M. Dreizler, Eberhard K.U. Gross
Density Functional Theory is a rapidly developing branch of many-particle physics that has found applications in atomic, molecular, solid-state and nuclear physics. This book describes the conceptual framework of density functional theory and discusses in detail the derivation of explicit functionals from first principles as well as their application to Coulomb systems. Both non-relativistic and relativistic systems are treated. The connection...
George W. Bush (Modern World Leaders)
- ISBN:
- 0791092178
- Authors:
- Veda Boyd-jones, Veda Boyd Jones
A biography of the forty-third president of the United States, focusing on his childhood and young adulthood.
Desmond Tutu (Modern Peacemakers)
- ISBN:
- 0791092216
- Authors:
- Samuel Willard Crompton
Cleric and civil rights activist Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. The Nobel Committee called Tutu "a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa...the Committee wishes to direct attention to the non-violent struggle for liberation to which Desmond Tutu belongs, a struggle in which black and white South Africans unite to bring their country out of conflict and crisis." Born in...
Hugo Chavez (Modern World Leaders)
- ISBN:
- 0791092585
- Authors:
- Judith Levin
Hugo Chavez has captured the world's attention since his victory in the 1998 Venezuelan presidential election. Many world leaders consider him dangerous and cannot forget his 1992 coup attempt. Yet, his goal of a truly democratic Venezuela makes him incredibly popular among the lower classes in his country. Whether he is a liberator of the people or a power-hungry agitator remains to be seen, but he is certain to attract controversy. This new,...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: An End to Racial Segregation (Milestones in American History)
- ISBN:
- 0791093557
- Authors:
- Judy L. Hasday
Considered the most important U.S. civil rights law, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was proposed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and passed by his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, the following year. The landmark law prohibiting discrimination in public facilities, government, and employment based on race, color, religion, or national origin is brought to life in this meticulously researched and excitingly illustrated volume from the new...
Ali Khamenei (Modern World Leaders)
- ISBN:
- 0791095177
- Authors:
- John Murphy
While much attention has been focused recently upon Iran's fiery and controversial president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nation's other leading power broker has remained largely in the shadows...until now. Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was born into a family of strict piety and moderate poverty. As a serious-minded religious student, he soon caught the eye of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Joining Khomeini in his revolutionary activities against the...
Control of Quantum-Mechanical Processes and Systems (Mathematics and its Applications)
- ISBN:
- 0792306899
- Authors:
- A.G. Butkovskiy, Yu.I. Samoilenko
Strategies and Applications in Quantum Chemistry: From Molecular Astrophysics to Molecular Engineering (Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering)
- ISBN:
- 0792338375
At the time when increasing numbers of chemists are being attracted by the fascination of supposedly easy computing and associated colourful imaging, this book appears as a counterpoint. The first part focuses on fundamental concepts of quantum chemistry, covering MCSCF theory, perturbation treatments, basis set developments, density matrices, wave function instabilities to correlation effects, and momentum space theory. The second part is...
Latest Advances In Atomic Cluster Collisions: Structure and Dynamics from the Nuclear to the Biological Scale
- ISBN:
- 1848162375
- Authors:
- Jean-Patrick Connerade
This book presents a 'snapshot' of the most recent and significant advances in the field of cluster physics. It is a comprehensive review based on contributions by the participants of the 2nd International Symposium on Atomic Cluster Collisions (ISACC 2007) held in July 19-23, 2007 at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany. The purpose of the Symposium is to promote the growth and exchange of scientific information on the structure and properties of nuclear,...
Policing The Internet (Point/Counterpoint)
- ISBN:
- 0791080889
- Authors:
- Alan Marzilli
This title examines government efforts to police the Internet and the ongoing debate between supporters of free speech and those who think that free speech on the Internet has gone too far. Each book in this series offers all of the statutes, legal opinions, and studies needed to structure a cohesive argument on a given topic.
Oscar Arias Sanchez (Modern Peacemakers)
- ISBN:
- 0791089991
- Authors:
- Vicki Cox
Oscar Arias Sanchez was awarded the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the civil unrest raging in several Central American countries at that time. Then the president of Costa Rica, Sanchez was the main architect of the Esquipulas II Accords, a plan to promote democracy and peace in the region during a time of great turmoil and outside influence in the midst of the cold war. This in-depth biography, which traces Oscar Arias Sanchez's...
Mairead Corrigan And Betty Williams: Partners for Peace in Northern Ireland (Modern Peacemakers)
- ISBN:
- 0791090019
- Authors:
- George Mitchell, Susan Muaddi Darraj
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end the violence in Northern Ireland, a conflict dating back to the division of Ireland by the British in the 1920s. Williams and Corrigan joined forces in August 1976 in their West Belfast neighborhood, when a woman and three children out for a walk were hit by a runaway car. The car's driver was an Irish Republican Army gunman who had been shot by...
Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality (International Series of Monographs on Physics)
- ISBN:
- 0198567634
- Authors:
- John Terning
The book begins with a brief review of supersymmetry and the construction of the minimal supersymmetric standard model and approaches to supersymmetry breaking. General non-perturbative methods are also reviewing leading to the development of holomorphy and the Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotential as powerful tools for analyzing supersymmetric theories. Seiberg duality is discussed in detail, with many example applications provided, with special...
An Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion (Plasma Physics)
- ISBN:
- 0750307013
- Authors:
- Susanne Pfalzner
Newcomers to the field of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) often have difficulty establishing a clear picture of the overall field. The reason for this is because, while there are many books devoted to special topics within the field, there is none that provides an overview of the field as a whole. An Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion fills this gap with an overview of the processes involved in ICF presented at an accessible level....
An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter
- ISBN:
- 0750309350
- Authors:
- N.J Carron
Identifying where to access data, extracting a needed subset from available resources, and knowing how to interpret the format in which data are presented can be time-consuming tasks for scientists and engineers. By collecting all of this information and providing a background in physics, An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter enables specialists and nonspecialists alike to understand and apply the data. Making...
ADV IN ATOMIC & MOLEC PHYS V31, Volume 31 (Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
- ISBN:
- 0120038315
This serial, established in 1965, continues to document the most vital developments in atomic, molecular and optical physics, including related applied areas. Subject areas covered range from studies of the fundamental properties of radiation and matter, through studies of hitherto inaccessible states of "ordinary" and exotic atoms and molecules, the control of atoms and molecules by light, the behaviour of atoms and molecules in intense...
Atomic Physics in Hot Plasmas (International Series of Monographs on Physics)
- ISBN:
- 0195109309
- Authors:
- David Salzmann
The field of atomic physics in hot plasmas, also called hot plasma spectroscopy, covers the properties and behavior of atoms and ions in hot plasmas, the related emission and absorption spectra, and the applications of the emitted radiation. This book is the first comprehensive treatise on the topic in 25 years.
Lectures on Flavor Physics (Lecture Notes in Physics) (v. 629)
- ISBN:
- 3540222553
This volume contains the edited versions of some selected lectures delivered at the famous
Uncovering CP Violation: Experimental Clarification in the Neutral K Meson and B Meson Systems (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)
- ISBN:
- 3540403337
- Authors:
- Konrad Kleinknecht
Uncovering CP Violation deals with one of the crucial ingredients necessary to create the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe. There is one force in nature which acts differently on matter and antimatter. This phenomenon was discovered in decays of neutral K mesons in 1964. In a long series of ever refined experiments between 1964 and 2001, it was shown that this force emerges as a part of the weak interaction between quarks...