eBooks List For Item Science / 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...
Coatings on Glass, Second Edition
- ISBN:
- 0444501037
- Authors:
- H.K. Pulker
This is the second, revised edition of a book that has already proved invaluable to a wide range of readers. Written by a scientist for scientists and technical people, it goes beyond the subject matter indicated by the title, filling the gap which previously existed in the available technical literature. It includes a wealth of information for physicists, chemists and engineers who need to know more about thin films for research purposes, or...
An Introduction to Dynamics of Colloids (Studies in Interface Science)
- ISBN:
- 0444820094
- Authors:
- J.K.G. Dhont
One of the few textbooks in the field, this volume deals with several aspects of the dynamics of colloids. A self-contained treatise, it fills the gap between research literature and existing books for graduate students and researchers. For readers with a background in chemistry, the first chapter contains a section on frequently used mathematical techniques, as well as statistical mechanics. Some of the topics covered include: • diffusion of...
History of CERN, III (History of Cern, Vol 3)
- ISBN:
- 0444896554
The present volume covers the story of the history of CERN from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. The book is organized in three main parts. The first, containing contributions by historians of science, perceives the laboratory as being at the node of a complex of interconnected relationships between scientists and science managers on the staff, the users in the member states, and the governments which were called upon to finance the...
DNA Interactions with Polymers and Surfactants
- ISBN:
- 0470258187
Due to the potential benefits of biotechnology, interest in the interaction between DNA and surfactants and polymers has become increasingly significant. Now, DNA Interactions with Polymers and Surfactants provides an extensive, up-to-date overview of the subject, giving readers a basis for understanding the factors leading to complexation between DNA and different cosolutes, including metal ions, polyelectrolytes, spermine, spermidine,...
Level Set Methods and Fast Marching Methods: Evolving Interfaces in Computational Geometry, Fluid Mechanics, Computer Vision, and Materials Science (Cambridge ... on Applied and Computational Mathematics)
- ISBN:
- 0521645573
- Authors:
- J. A. Sethian
In this new edition of the successful book Level Set Methods, Professor Sethian incorporates the most recent advances in Fast Marching Methods, many of which appear here for the first time. Continuing the expository style of the first edition, this introductory volume presents cutting edge algorithms in these groundbreaking techniques and provides the reader with a wealth of application areas for further study. Fresh applications to...
A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics
- ISBN:
- 0521653142
- Authors:
- David P. Landau, Kurt Binder
This book describes all aspects of Monte Carlo simulation of complex physical systems encountered in condensed-matter physics and statistical mechanics, as well as in related fields, such as polymer science and lattice gauge theory. The authors give a succinct overview of simple sampling methods and develop the importance sampling method. In addition they introduce quantum Monte Carlo methods, aspects of simulations of growth phenomena and other...
The Structure of Values and Norms (Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory)
- ISBN:
- 0521792045
- Authors:
- Sven Ove Hansson
Formal representations of values and norms are employed in several academic disciplines and specialties, such as economics, jurisprudence, decision theory, and social choice theory. Hansson has developed a unified formal representation of values and norms that reflects both their static and their dynamic properties. This formalized treatment, carried out in terms of both informal value theory and precise logical detail, will contribute to the...
Principles of Conflict Economics: A Primer for Social Scientists
- ISBN:
- 0521875579
- Authors:
- Charles H. Anderton, John R. Carter
Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict in two important ways. First, it applies economic analysis to diverse conflict activities such as war, arms races, and terrorism, showing how they can be understood as purposeful choices responsive to underlying incentives. Second, it treats appropriation as a fundamental economic activity, joining production and exchange as a means of wealth acquisition. Drawing on a...
Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice
- ISBN:
- 0521890519
- Authors:
- Jan Smit
This book provides a concrete introduction to quantum fields on a lattice: a precise and non-perturbative definition of quantum field theory obtained by replacing the space-time continuum by a lattice. Topics covered include quark confinement, chiral symmetry breaking in QCD, quantized non-abelian gauge fields, scaling and universality. The author also discusses the results of simulations on computers.
Creating Lightweight Components with ATL
- ISBN:
- 0672315351
- Authors:
- Jonathan Bates
Creating Lightweight Components with ATL covers ATL in depth, including an overview of COM development, then drills down to explain how ATL implements the fundamentals of COM. It also details how small, lightweight ATL-based COM solutions can be created to solve 'real world' problems. Creating Lightweight Controls with ATL enables you to quickly get up to speed with ATL COM development, and shows how you can use the many ATL/COM APIs and...
Introduction to Plasma Physics
- ISBN:
- 0750303255
- Authors:
- Robert J. Goldston, Paul H. Rutherford
Based on a course taught at Princeton University, this textbook offers undergraduate students a detailed introduction to the field. It assumes no previous knowledge of plasma physics, and is based on the authors' years of research in the laboratory.
Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection
- ISBN:
- 0750304774
- Authors:
- Eduard M. Bazelyan, Yuri P. Raizer
In Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection the authors provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of lightning, including its hazards and protection techniques. The book considers: The mechanisms of lightning discharge processes: the initiation of a leader, return stroke and subsequent components, using experimental data and theory. The effects of large aircraft, high-voltage lines and other high-altitude constructions on lightning...
The Plasma Boundary of Magnetic Fusion Devices (Series on Plasma Physics)
- ISBN:
- 0750305592
- Authors:
- P.C Stangeby
The Plasma Boundary of Magnetic Fusion Devices introduces the physics of the plasma boundary region, including plasma-surface interactions, with an emphasis on those occurring in magnetically confined fusion plasmas. The book covers plasma-surface interaction, Debye sheaths, sputtering, scrape-off layers, plasma impurities, recycling and control, 1D and 2D fluid and kinetic modeling of particle transport, plasma properties at the edge, diverter...
The Handbook of Surface and Nanometrology
- ISBN:
- 0750305835
- Authors:
- David J. Whitehouse
Unique book explains and challenges current concepts in nanotechnology. Covers in great detail surface metrology and nanometrology and more importantly the areas where they overlap, thereby providing a quantitative means of controlling and predicting processes and performance. Practical examples included.
Thin Film Magnotoresistive Sensors
- ISBN:
- 0750307021
- Authors:
- S Tumanski
A comprehensive review of thin film magnetoresistive (MR) sensors, including the theory of magnetoresistive effects as well as the design, fabrication, properties and applications of MR sensors.
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:...
Aesthetics in Marketing
- ISBN:
- 0761935959
- Authors:
- Rajat K Baisya, G. Ganesh Das
Aesthetics is a term most used in the context of visual beauty. This book attempts to define aesthetics by broadening the understanding of the elements it is composed of. It draws attention to all the senses thus introducing the concept of total aesthetic experience in a product. This book uncovers and looks into various aesthetic attributes and qualities in a product. It also deliberates the importance of each of these attributes, qualities and...
Electrochemistry of Immobilized Particles and Droplets
- ISBN:
- 3540220054
- Authors:
- Fritz Scholz, Uwe Schröder, Rubin Gulaboski
This book gives a detailed account on the electrochemical techniques to study the electrochemistry of particulate materials when the latter are immobilized on an electrode surface. Further, it is shown that very similarly the electrochemistry of immobilized droplets of solutions and liquids that are immiscible with the electrolyte solution can be accessed. Such measurements provide information on the electrochemistry of compounds, esp. organics,...
Frontiers in Superconducting Materials
- ISBN:
- 3540245138
Frontiers in Superconducting Materials gives a state-of-the-art report of the most important topics of the current research in superconductive materials and related phenomena. It comprises 30 chapters written by renowned international experts in the field. It is of central interest to researchers and specialists in Physics and Materials Science, both in academic and industrial research, as well as advanced students. It also addresses electronic...
Oscillations en biologie: Analyse qualitative et modèles (Mathématiques et Applications) (French Edition)
- ISBN:
- 3540251529
- Authors:
- Jean-Pierre Françoise
Par sa nature pluridisciplinaire, ce livre s'adresse à un large public de mathématiciens, physiciens et ingénieurs s'intéressant aux aspects théoriques des phénomènes périodiques, de même qu'aux étudiants en sciences de la vie intéressés par les outils mathématiques de la modélisation. Les oscillations complexes mises en évidence dans les systèmes physiologiques s'analysent par des modèles. Cet ouvrage se propose de présenter...
Adsorption of Molecules on Metal, Semiconductor and Oxide Surfaces (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series) (Part 5)
- ISBN:
- 3540258485
Surface Science is understood as a relatively young scientific discipline, concerned with the physical and chemical properties of phenomena on clean and covered solid surfaces, studied under a variety of conditions. The adsorption of atoms and molecules on solid surfaces is, for example, such a condition, connected with more or less drastic changes of all surface properties. An adsorption event is frequently observed in nature and found to be of...
Complex Engineered Systems: Science Meets Technology (Understanding Complex Systems)
- ISBN:
- 3540328319
Recent advances in science and technology have led to a rapid increase in the complexity of most engineered systems. In many notable cases, this change has been a qualitative one rather than merely one of magnitude. A new class of Complex Engineered Systems (CES) has emerged as a result of technologies such as the Internet, GPS, wireless networking, micro-robotics, MEMS, fiber-optics and nanotechnology. These complex engineered systems are...
The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications (Springer Series in Synergetics)
- ISBN:
- 3540504982
- Authors:
- Hannes Risken
The Fokker-Planck equation deals with those fluctuations of systems which stem from many tiny disturbances, each of which changes the variable of the system in an unpredictable way. In this book, the methods of solution are applied to the statistics of a simple laser model and to Brownian motion in potentials. Such Brownian motion is important in solid state physics, chemical physics and electrical circuit theory. In this second edition, some...
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...
Synchronization: From Simple to Complex (Springer Series in Synergetics)
- ISBN:
- 3540721274
- Authors:
- Alexander Balanov, Natalia Janson, Dmitry Postnov, Olga Sosnovtseva
Synchronization: From Simple to Complex is devoted to the fundamental phenomenon in physics – synchronization that occurs in coupled non-linear dissipative oscillators. Examples of such systems range from mechanical clocks to population dynamics, from human heart to neural networks. The authors study this phenomenon as applied to oscillations of different nature such as those with periodic, chaotic, noisy and noise-induced nature, reveal the...
Structural Complexity Management: An Approach for the Field of Product Design
- ISBN:
- 3540878882
- Authors:
- Udo Lindemann, Maik Maurer, Thomas Braun
Product design is characterized by a steady increase in complexity. The main focus of this book is a structural approach on complexity management. This means, system structures are considered in order to address the challenge of complexity in all aspects of product design. Structures arise from the complex dependencies of system elements. Thus, the identification of system structures provides access to the understanding of system behavior in...
Productivity Measurement and Analysis
- ISBN:
- 9264044558
- Authors:
- OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Productivity measurement and analysis are the main topics addressed in this book, which brings together contributions presented and discussed in two international workshops organized by the Statistics Directorate and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) of the OECD. The first workshop was organized jointly by the OECD with Fundaccion BBVA and the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas and held in Madrid in...
Acoustic And Radio EEV Neurtrino Detection Activities
- ISBN:
- 9812567550
The ARENA Workshop in Zeuthen was the first to combine extensively the fields of acoustic and radio detection techniques for high-energetic particle cascades from cosmic neutrino interactions. The articles in this volume comprise the latest research work which was presented by over 50 speakers from 10 countries. The wide coverage includes: theoretical predictions on fluxes and the potentialities of new techniques, theoretical and experimental...
Gribov Memorial Volume: Quarks, Hadrons, and Strong Interactions: Proceedings of the Memorial Workshop Devoted to the 75th Birthday V N Gribov, Budapest, Hungary 22 - 24 May
- ISBN:
- 9812567569
Vladimir Naumovich Gribov was one of most outstanding theorists, a key figure in the creation of the modern elementary particle physics. His many discoveries are famous and well accepted by the physics community (Gribov-Regge theory of high energy hadron interactions, Gribov vacuum pole - Pomeron, Reggeon field theory parton evolution equations, neutrino oscillations, Gribov copies in non-Abelian gauge field theories, etc.). Some of his ideas...
Strongly Correlated Systems, Coherence and Entanglement
- ISBN:
- 9812705724
- Authors:
- J. M. P. Carmelo, J M B Lopes dos Santos, V Rocha Vieira, P D Sacramento
This volume presents a collection of review papers on recent work in the connected areas of strongly correlated systems, the effects of coherence on macroscopic systems, and entanglement in quantum systems. These areas have attracted considerable interest due to their complexity and associated unexpected nontrivial phenomena, and also due to their potential applications in various fields, from materials science to information technology. The...
Neutrino Oscillations: Present Status and Future Plans
- ISBN:
- 9812771964
- Authors:
- Jennifer A. Thomas, Patricia L Vahl
This book reviews the status of a very exciting field -- neutrino oscillations -- at a very important time. The fact that neutrinos have mass has only been proved in the last few years and the acceptance of that fact has opened up a whole new area of study to understand the fundamental parameters of the mixing matrix. The book summarizes the results from all the experiments which have played a role in the measurement of neutrino oscillations and...
Perspectives Of LHC Physics
- ISBN:
- 9812779752
- Authors:
- Gordon Kane
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, will be the world's largest and highest energy and highest intensity particle accelerator. Here is a timely book with several perspectives on the hoped-for discoveries from the LHC. This book provides an overview on the techniques that will be crucial for finding new physics at the LHC, as well as perspectives on the importance and implications of the discoveries. Among the...
Nanopathology: The Health Impact of Nanoparticles
- ISBN:
- 9814241008
- Authors:
- Antonietta M. Gatti, Stefano Montanari
Enormous funds are currently being invested in nanotechnology, yet very little is known about how its products and by-products can interfere with organisms, both end-users and people involved in their manufacture. Similar scenarios are already widely known in the history of science, such as the exploitation of radioactivity or the controversial issue of genetically modified organisms. As nanoparticles are more or less voluntarily produced, they...
Getting Lost with Boys
- ISBN:
- 0060824328
- Authors:
- Hailey Abbott
Cordelia Packer hates the unexpected, but she's in for a surprise when Jacob Stein offers to be her travel companion, all the way from San Diego to her sister's place in northern California. Before she knows it, her neatly laid out summer plan has turned into a wild road trip, where anything can – and does – happen. Who knew getting lost with a boy could be so much fun?
The Secrets of Boys
- ISBN:
- 0060824336
- Authors:
- Hailey Abbott
Eric: Loves surfing, has killer abs, an even better smile, and a heart of gold. Joe: A sarcastic goofball who gives great advice, which no one ever takes. Zach: Sophisticated college boy, wise in the ways of French painting as well as other French things. A California girl like Cassidy Jones should be out on the beach, not stuck in summer school! But her life heats up when she meets the worldly and romantic Zach – she can't stop thinking...
Schaum's Outline of Logic
- ISBN:
- 0070466491
- Authors:
- John Nolt, Dennis Rohatyn, Achille Varzi
The explosive progress of logic, since Frege, has produced applications in linguistics, mathematics and computer science. Students and practitioners of any of these fields, and of philosophy, will find this book an excellent reference or introduction. Now expanded to include non-classical logic, logic for the computer, and more. The central concepts are explained as they come into play in informal writing and conversation--argument,...
CALPHAD (Calculation of Phase Diagrams): A Comprehensive Guide, Volume 1 (Pergamon Materials Series)
- ISBN:
- 0080421296
This monograph acts as a benchmark to current achievements in the field of Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry, often called CALPHAD which is an acronym for Computer CAL culation of PHA se D iagrams. It also acts as a guide to both the basic background of the subject area and the cutting edge of the topic, combining comprehensive discussions of the underlying physical principles of the CALPHAD method with detailed...
Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics in Nanosystems (Elsevier Series in Electromagnetism)
- ISBN:
- 0080443168
- Authors:
- Isaak D. Mayergoyz, Giorgio Bertotti, Claudio Serpico
As data transfer rates increase within the magnetic recording industry, improvements in device performance and reliability crucially depend on the thorough understanding of nonlinear magnetization dynamics at a sub-nanoscale level. This book offers a modern, stimulating approach to the subject of nonlinear magnetization dynamics by discussing important aspects such as the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation, analytical solutions, and the...
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...