Atomic and molecular physics Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Gauge Theories - Past And Future: In
Book SynopsisThis is a commemoration volume to honor Professor M Veltman on the ocassion of his 60th birthday. It contains articles on Gauge field theories, a subject to which Prof. Veltman has made many important and seminal contributions. Some of the contributions are based on invited talks given at the Conference held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 16 - 18 1991. The articles in the book cover a wide range of topics from formal and phenomenological to the experimental aspects of Gauge theories.Table of ContentsMechanisms for electroweak symmetry breaking, W.A. Bardeen; parallel supercomputers for lattice gauge theory, N. Cabibbo; fast and reliable random numbers for extensive Monte Carlo calculations, A. Compagner; large Higgs mass, triviality and asymptotic freedom, M. Consoli; the strong CP problems in an effective chiral Lagrangian approach, E. de Rafael; is your weight gauge dependent?, B. de Wit; effective theories and thresholds in particle physics, M.K. Gaillard; neutrino mass matrices with minimal polynomials of second or third degree in the three family model, C. Jarlskog; QCD - some like it hot or why there have been small bangs, C. Korthal-Altes; Martinus Veltman - a colleague, teacher and scholar, H. Neal; the last ten years of radiative corrections, G. Passarino; the analytic value of the atomic three electron correlation integral, E. Remiddi; the cosmological constant, L. Susskind; the Veltman vertex, R. Thun; example of quantum field theory based on nonlinear lie algebra, K. Schoutens et al; third threshold in weak interactions?, H. Veltman and J.J. van der Bij; relation between the practical results of current algebra techniques and the originating quark model, M. Veltman; Landau poles, violations of unitarity and a bound on the top quark mass, F.J. Yndurain; the largest time equation and long distance behaviour in gauge field theories, R. Akhoury.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Advances In Nuclear Dynamics: Proceedings Of The
Book SynopsisThis conference brought together leading experts on the topic of nuclear dynamics. The focus was on the interaction between experimentalists and theorists. Special attention was given to working out unifying concepts between different energy regimes — from the Coulomb barrier to the ultra-relativistic RHIC domain. The proceedings reflect those efforts.Table of ContentsDissipation and the population of compound nuclei, O. Thoennessen; excitation of rotational states in deformed nucleus collisions, C.Vogel; damping of collective nuclear vibrations in a memory-dependent transport model, S.Ayik; projectile breakup at 35 and 50 MeV/Nucleon, P.Gonthier; intermediate mass fragment production in 50 MeV/A Xe-induced reactions G.Peaslee; the decline of multifragmentaion, W.Friedman; the disappearance of flow, G.Westfall; intermediate mass fragments from intermediate energy nuclear reactions, D.Fields; the decay of hot nuclei formed in La-induced reactions, B.Libby; intermittency in nuclear fragmentation, A.DeAngelis; something about quantum chaos, M.Baranger; relativistic description of intermediate energy heavy-ion reactions, G.Q.Li; heavy ion excitation of giant resonances, C.Bertulani; new mode of excitations in halo nuclei, H.Sagawa; photons and neutral mesons in relativistic heavy ion collisions - first results with TAPS, W.Kuehn; particle production at high transverse momentum in relativistic heavy-ion colisions, S.Steadman; the STAR experiment at RHIC, J.Harris; relativistic heavy ion collisions and lattice strings, E.Remler; hadronic properties in dense nuclear matter, U.Mosel; clasical hadrodynamics for extended nucleons, J.R.Nix. (Part contents)
£94.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
Book SynopsisThis book attempts to cover the fascinating field of physics of relativistic heavy ions, mainly from the experimentalist's point of view. After the introductory chapter on quantum chromodynamics, basic properties of atomic nuclei, sources of relativistic nuclei, and typical detector set-ups are described in three subsequent chapters. Experimental facts on collisions of relativistic heavy ions are systematically presented in 15 consecutive chapters, starting from the simplest features like cross sections, multiplicities, and spectra of secondary particles and going to more involved characteristics like correlations, various relatively rare processes, and newly discovered features: collective flow, high pT suppression and jet quenching. Some entirely new topics are included, such as the difference between neutron and proton radii in nuclei, heavy hypernuclei, and electromagnetic effects on secondary particle spectra.Phenomenological approaches and related simple models are discussed in parallel with the presentation of experimental data. Near the end of the book, recent ideas about the new state of matter created in collisions of ultrarelativistic nuclei are discussed. In the final chapter, some predictions are given for nuclear collisions in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), now in construction at the site of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva. Finally, the appendix gives us basic notions of relativistic kinematics, and lists the main international conferences related to this field. A concise reference book on physics of relativistic heavy ions, it shows the present status of this field.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Beltrami Fields In Chiral Media
Book SynopsisBeltrami fields exist commonly in all areas of wave theory. In particular, Beltrami fields are necessary to analyze electromagnetic wave propagation in isotropic chiral materials, numerous examples of which are found in organic chemistry. Artificial chiral composites are evaluated for electromagnetic engineering purposes as well. In this book a comprehensive analysis of electromagnetic fields in chiral materials has been made.Table of ContentsBeltrami fields and the Maxwell postulates; Beltrami field theory; chiral materials; field theory for chiral media I; field theory for chiral media - II; radiation in chiral media; plane boundaries; bounded chiral regions; scattering inside a chiral medium.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Matter, Space And Radiation, Invitation To The
Book SynopsisExperiments since 1911 prove that the distance between nuclear particles constituting atomic bodies is a hundred thousand times larger than the diameters of these particles. Hence the volumes of all atomic bodies including ourselves are space-like empty, a hundred times more empty than the volume of the solar system. Scores of experiments also prove that space contains electrons and positrons bound to each other by energies of a million electron volts per pair, and form a cubic lattice, named the epola.Based on the epola model of space, this book reveals the physical nature of inertia, gravitation, the spreading of electromagnetic and gravitational actions in space with the velocity of light, and derives their laws. The postulates of quantum and relativity theories are also derived and turned into explainable physical laws. Thus physics is restored as the natural science it had been before it was turned into a science of axiomatic statements and calculations.The book will appeal both to serious scientists and students as well as the general reader interested in scientific explanations of the physical world. Since as a natural science physics deals with the simplest and most basic natural phenomena, this book will be as accessible to the general public as biology books.Table of ContentsMatter, space and natural physics; basic characteristics of physical bodies; weight and mass of physical bodies; densities of matter; densities and structure of matter; about physics and other natural sciences; physical explanations in physics; mathematical and scholastic models in physics; assessments and interpretations of experiments; the electron positron lattice (Epola) structure of space; fundamental physical interactions and the interacton-carrying space; the electromagnetic interaction and the electro-magneto-gravitational (EMG) field; bulk deformation waves in bodies; velocities of bulk deformation waves and the "mass-energy equivalence" deception; spectral compostion and nature of light; stability and radiation of atoms; velocities of atomic bodies and of nuclear particles and of nuclear particles in the Epola; frequency effects and velocities in wave propagation; astrophysical aspects of the Epola structure of space; cosmological aspects of the Epola structure of space.
£59.85
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Nucleon Optical Model,the
Book SynopsisThe nucleon optical model is widely used to calculate the elastic scattering cross-sections and polarisations for the interaction of neutrons and protons with atomic nuclei. The optical model potentials not only describe the scattering but also provide the wave functions needed to analyse a wide range of nuclear reactions. They also unify many aspects of nuclear reactions and nuclear structure. This book consists of a comprehensive introduction to the subject and a selection of papers by the author describing the optical model in detail. It contains full references to the original literature with many examples of the application of the model to the analysis of experimental data.Table of ContentsThe optical potential; the spin-orbit potential; the energy and radial variations; nuclear structure effects; the optical potential for composite particles; the unification of the optical potential by dispersion relations; nuclear charge and matter distributions.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Research On Particle Imaging Detectors
Book SynopsisMuch instrumentation has been developed for imaging the trajectories of elementary particles produced in high energy collisions. Since 1968, gaseous detectors, beginning with multiwire chambers and drift chambers, have been used for the visualisation of particle trajectories and the imaging of X-rays, neutrons, hard gamma rays, beta rays and ultraviolet photons.This book commemorates the groundbreaking research leading to the evolution of such detectors carried out at CERN by Georges Charpak, Nobel Prizewinner for Physics in 1992. Besides collecting his key papers, the book also includes original linking commentary which sets his work in the context of other worldwide research.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Research On Particle Imaging Detectors
Book SynopsisMuch instrumentation has been developed for imaging the trajectories of elementary particles produced in high energy collisions. Since 1968, gaseous detectors, beginning with multiwire chambers and drift chambers, have been used for the visualisation of particle trajectories and the imaging of X-rays, neutrons, hard gamma rays, beta rays and ultraviolet photons.This book commemorates the groundbreaking research leading to the evolution of such detectors carried out at CERN by Georges Charpak, Nobel Prizewinner for Physics in 1992. Besides collecting his key papers, the book also includes original linking commentary which sets his work in the context of other worldwide research.
£75.05
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Measurement Of Weak Radioactivity
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for scientists engaged in the measurement of weak alpha, beta, and gamma active samples; in health physics, environmental control, nuclear geophysics, tracer work, radiocarbon dating etc. It describes the underlying principles of radiation measurement and the detectors used. It also covers the sources of background, analyzes their effect on the detector and discusses economic ways to reduce the background. The most important types of low-level counting systems and the measurement of some of the more important radioisotopes are described here. In cases where more than one type can be used, the selection of the most suitable system is shown.Table of ContentsA historical introduction; radioactivity; cosmic radiation; interaction of radiation with matter; dectors; sources of background and means of reducing it; low-level counting systems; coincidence counting systems; specific problems in low-level counting - radon, 134Cs, 137Cs, 90Sr. (Part Contents).
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Electric-dipole Polarizabilities Of Atoms,
Book SynopsisThis book is an in-depth review of experiment and theory on electric-dipole polarizabilities. It is broad in scope, encompassing atomic, molecular, and cluster polarizabilities. Both static and dynamic polarizabilities are treated (in the absence of absorption) and a full tensor picture of the polarizability is used. Traditional experimental techniques for measuring electric polarizabilities are described in detail. Recently developed experimental methods, including light forces, position-sensitive time-of-flight deflection, and atom interferometry, are also extensively discussed. Theoretical techniques for calculating polarizabilities are reviewed, including a discussion on the use of Gaussian basis sets. Many important comparisons between theory and experiment are summarized in an extensive set of tables of polarizabilities of important atoms, molecules, and clusters. Applications of polarizabilities to many areas of chemistry and physics are described, including optics, chemical structure, interactions of gases and particles with surfaces, and the interaction of molecules with light. The emphasis is on a lucid presentation of the ideas and results with up-to-date discussions on important applications such as optical tweezers and nanostructure fabrication. This book provides an excellent overview of the importance of polarizabilities in understanding the physical, electronic, and optical properties of particles in a regime that goes from free atoms to condensed-phase clusters.Table of ContentsGeneral properties of the linear polarizability; polarizable systems; theory; experiment; manifestations of polarization properties.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Modulation Spectrometry Of Neutrons With
Book SynopsisModulation spectrometry of neutrons refers to a measuring principle, characterized by classification of neutron histories in a probabilistic way, not the usual deterministic way. In order to accomplish this, neutron beams entering the sample are modulated by high-transmission, white-beam selectors of the multislit type, such as Fourier or statistical choppers or high-frequency-modulated spin-flippers. In this scheme it is impossible to decide in a unique way through which particular slit any single neutron passed, but the distribution of histories for a large population of neutrons can nevertheless be correctly obtained, by classifying each conceivable history either as a high-probability or as a low-probability event, based on the actual observed state of the neutron selector. So far the principle has been successfully applied to powder diffraction, but it seems to offer extra degrees of freedom if applied to measuring dispersion curves of coherent excitations, such as phonons in single crystals.Table of ContentsHistorical review; statistical classification of modulation schemes; pulsed modulation; pseudorandom modulation; golay code modulation; Fourier modulation; reverse time-of-flight principle; powder diffraction application to crystallography; application to residual strain determination; prospects for spectroscopy of coherent excitations.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lecture Notes On Atomic And Molecular Physics
Book SynopsisThis book aims to present a unified account of the physics of atoms and molecules from a modern viewpoint. It is based on courses given by the authors at Middle East Technical University, Ankara and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and is suitable for study at third and fourth year levels of an undergraduate course.Students should be able to read this volume and understand its contents without the need to supplement it by referring to more detailed discussions. The whole subject covered in this volume is expected to be finished in one semester.Table of ContentsAtomic models; radiation and matter; wave equations for simple quantum systems; perturbation theory and radiative transitions; quantum theory of one-electron atoms; many-electron atoms; molecular structure; approximation methods for many-electron systems.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Theory And Application Of Quantum Molecular
Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed presentation of modern quantum theories for treating the reaction dynamics of small molecular systems. Its main focus is on the recent development of successful quantum dynamics theories and computational methods for studying the molecular reactive scattering process, with specific applications given in detail for a number of benchmark chemical reaction systems in the gas phase and the gas surface. In contrast to traditional books on collision in physics focusing on abstract theory for nonreactive scattering, this book deals with both the development and the application of the modern reactive or rearrangement scattering theory, and is written in a fashion in which the development of the reactive scattering theory is closely coupled with its computational aspects for practical applications for realistic molecular reactions. The volume includes such topics as methods for calculating rovibrational states of molecules, fundamental quantum theory for scattering (nonreactive and reactive), modern time-independent computational methods for reactive scattering, general time-dependent wave packet methods for reactive scattering, dynamics theory of chemical reactions, dynamics of molecular fragmentation, semiclassical description of quantum mechanics, and also some useful appendices.The book is intended for the reader to not only understand the molecular reaction dynamics from the fundamental scattering theory, but also utilize the provided computational methodologies in their practical applications. It should benefit graduate students and researchers in the field of chemical physics.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Positron Beams And Their Applications
Book SynopsisThis book provides a coherent and comprehensive overview of the generation and application of mono-energetic positron beams. It has been written by acknowledged experts, at a level accessible to graduate students working, or planning to work, with positron beams, and to scientists in other areas who want to know something about the field.The book begins with a brief historical introduction and an overview of how positron beams are generated and transported. A description of the fate of slow positrons in gaseous and condensed matter, with reference to many of the fundamental measurements made possible by the advent of positron beams, is followed by a discussion on applications in the study of solid surfaces, defect profiling in subsurface regions, interfaces and thin films, and the probing of bulk properties in novel ways. The book ends with a look at the future, considering the prospects for intense positron beams and their potential for further research.Table of ContentsIntroduction - a brief history of positron beams, P.G. Coleman; the generation and transport of positron beams, P.G. Coleman; atomic and molecular physics with positrons and positronium, G. Laricchia and M. Charlton; the fate of slow positrons in condensed matter, R.M. Nieminen; surface science with positrons, A.H. Weiss and P.G. Coleman; depth-profiling of subsurface regions, interfaces and thin films, A. Van Veen et al; positron microscopes and microprobes, P.G. Coleman; MeV positron beams, H. Stoll; spin-polarized positron beams in condensed-matter studies, J. Major; the future - intense beams, R.H. Howell.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Discovery Of Anti-matter, The: The Autobiography
Book SynopsisIn 1936, at age 31, Carl David Anderson became the second youngest Nobel laureate for his discovery of antimatter when he observed positrons in a cloud chamber.He is responsible for developing rocket power weapons that were used in World War II.He was born in New York City in 1905 and was educated in Los Angeles. He served for many years as a physics professor at California Institute of Technology. Prior to Oppenheimer, Anderson was offered the job of heading the Los Alamos atomic bomb program but could not assume the role because of family obligations.He was a pioneer in studying cosmic rays at high altitudes, first atop Pike's Peak, then after the war in a specially equipped B-29.Table of ContentsEarly years as a curious child; undergraduate student days at Caltech; graduate student days at Caltech; the discovery of the positron with the magnet cloud chamber; antimatter; research on Pikes Peak; research in the Tropics; return to Caltech and discovery of the new fundamental; particles; the Nobel Prize; a close encounter with the atomic bomb; World War II - Caltech rocket launching development; return to scientific research; non-scientific post-war activities; an invitation to the White House by President Kennedy; Princess Margaret visits Caltech; popularization of the beauty and limits of science.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lectures On Quantum Chromodynamics
Book SynopsisQuantum chromodynamics is the fundamental theory of strong interactions. It is a physical theory describing Nature. Lectures on Quantum Chromodynamics concentrates, however, not on the phenomenological aspect of QCD; books with comprehensive coverage of phenomenological issues have been written. What the reader will find in this book is a profound discussion on the theoretical foundations of QCD with emphasis on the nonperturbative formulation of the theory: What is gauge symmetry on the classical and on the quantum level? What is the path integral in field theory? How to define the path integral on the lattice, keeping intact as many symmetries of the continuum theory as possible? What is the QCD vacuum state? What is the effective low energy dynamics of QCD? How do the ITEP sum rules work? What happens if we heat and/or squeeze hadronic matter? Perturbative issues are also discussed: How to calculate Feynman graphs? What is the BRST symmetry? What is the meaning of the renormalization procedure? How to resum infrared and collinear singularities? And so on.The book is an outgrowth of the course of lectures given by the author for graduate students at ITEP in Moscow. Much extra material has been added.Table of ContentsFoundations: Yang-Mills field; instantons; path integral in quantum mechanics; quantization of gauge theories. Perturbation theory: diagram technique in simple and complicated theories; when the gauge is fixed; regularization and renormalization; running coupling constant; weathering infrared storms; collinear singularities - theory and phenomenology. Nonperturbative QCD: symmetries - anomalous and not; quarks on Euclidean lattice; aspects of chiral symmetry; mesoscopic QCD; fairy QCD; ITEP sum rules - the duality festival; hot and dense QCD; confinement.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Bose-einstein Condensation - From Atomic Physics
Book SynopsisBose-Einstein condensation of dilute gases is an exciting new field of interdisciplinary physics. The eight chapters in this volume introduce its theoretical and experimental foundations. The authors are lucid expositors who have also made outstanding contributions to the field. They include theorists Tony Leggett, Allan Griffin and Keith Burnett, and Nobel-Prize-winning experimentalist Bill Phillips. In addition to the introductory material, there are articles treating topics at the forefront of research, such as experimental quantum phase engineering of condensates, the “superchemistry” of interacting atomic and molecular condensates, and atom laser theory.Table of ContentsTopics in the Theory of the Ultracold Dilute Alkali Gases (A J Leggett); Statistical Mechanics of Bosonic Systems (J Oitmaa); Condensate Oscillations, Kinetic Equations and Two-Fluid Hydrodynamics in a Bose Gas (A Griffin); Finite Temperature Effects in Bose-Einstein Condensates (K Burnett); The Theory of Atom Lasers (R J Ballagh & C M Savage); Vortices and Solitons in Bose-Condensates (P D Drummond); Cooling, Trapping and Manipulation of Neutral Atoms and Bose-Einstein Condensates by Electromagnetic Fields (K Helmerson & W D Phillips); Experimental Aspects of Bose-Einstein Condensation (A C Wilson & C R McKenzie).
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Gregory Breit Centennial Symposium, The
Book SynopsisThis book contains the proceedings of the Gregory Breit Centennial Symposium. The legacy of Breit to atomic, nuclear and particle physics is discussed vis-à-vis modern developments in these fields. Among other subjects, the present status of the Breit interaction in atomic physics and of the nucleon-nucleon interaction are reviewed. The second part of the book contains a more in-depth presentation of the status of modern nuclear physics, from relativistic heavy ion physics to nuclear structure physics and nuclear astrophysics. The recently confirmed discovery of supersymmetry in nuclei is also discussed.Table of ContentsTopics from high precision test of quantum electrodynamics, T. Kinoshita; helium fine strucure, from Breit interaction to precise laser spectroscopy, F. Minardi and M. Inguscio; the isotope shift, E.W. Otten; supersymmetry in nuclei, F. Iachello; nuclear structure with stable and radioactive beams, R.F. Casten; equation of state of nuclear matter, C.-K. Gelbke; electric dipole tests of time reversal symmetry, N.F. Ramsey; relativistic heavy ion collider physics, J.W. Harris. (Part contents).
£157.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamental And Applied Aspects Of Modern
Book SynopsisThis volume is a compilation of significant papers by leading scientists exploring exciting frontiers of physics. It presents the latest results in well-defined fields as well as fields represented by the interfaces between mainstream sciences.G 't Hooft is the 1999 Nobel Laureate in Physics and A Richter is the Stern-Gerlach prize recipient of 2000.Table of ContentsNuclear Physics and Applied Nuclear Physics; Atomic Physics and Applied Atomic Physics; Elementary Particle Physics; Neutrino Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics; Atomic and Nuclear Physics in the Study of Diamond; Applications of Pure and Applied Physics in Technology; Science Policy and Anticipations.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Non-perturbative Methods And Lattice Qcd, Procs
Book SynopsisLattice field theory is the most reliable tool for investigating non-perturbative phenomena in particle physics. It has also become a cross-discipline, overlapping with other physical sciences and computer science. This book covers new developments in the area of algorithms, statistical physics, parallel computers and quantum computation, as well as recent advances concerning the standard model and beyond, the QCD vacuum, the glueball, hadron and quark masses, finite temperature and density, chiral fermions, SUSY, and heavy quark effective theory.Table of ContentsChiral Fermions and Perfect Action; Hadron and Glueball Masses; Numerical Algorithms; QCD at Finite Density and Temperature; QCD Vacuum and Topological Issues; Quantum and Parallel Computing; Statistical Mechanics; Supersymmetry, and Beyond the Standard Model.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Femtochemistry And Femtobiology: Ultrafast
Book SynopsisThis book contains important contributions from top international scientists on the-state-of-the-art of femtochemistry and femtobiology at the beginning of the new millennium. It consists of reviews and papers on ultrafast dynamics in molecular science.The coverage of topics highlights several important features of molecular science from the viewpoint of structure (space domain) and dynamics (time domain). First of all, the book presents the latest developments, such as experimental techniques for understanding ultrafast processes in gas, condensed and complex systems, including biological molecules, surfaces and nanostructures. At the same time it stresses the different ways to control the rates and pathways of reactive events in chemistry and biology. Particular emphasis is given to biological processes as an area where femtodynamics is becoming very useful for resolving the structural dynamics from techniques such as electron diffraction, and X-ray and IR spectroscopy. Finally, the latest developments in quantum control (in both theory and experiment) and the experimental pulse-shaping techniques are described.Table of ContentsGas Phase and Clusters; Liquids; Coherent Control and New Techniques; Nanostructures, Polymers, Surfaces and Interfaces; Biological Systems.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd State-of-the-art Reviews On Energetic Ion-atom
Book SynopsisThis book is based upon a part of the invited and contributing talks at the 25th International Symposium on Ion-Atom Collisions, ISIAC (biennial), held on July 23-25, 2017 in Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia. To aid the general reader, all the authors tried to present their chapters in the context of the development of the addressed particular themes and the underlying major ideas and intricacies. Some chapters contain new results that have not been previously published elsewhere. Whenever possible, the authors made their attempts to connect the basic research in atomic and molecular collision physics with some important applications in other branches of physics as well as across the physics borders. It is hoped that the material presented in this book will be interesting and useful to the beginners and specialists alike. The contents and expositions are deemed to be helpful to the beginners in assessing the potential overlap of some of the presented material with their own research themes and this might provide motivations for possible further upgrades. Likewise, specialists could take advantage of these reviews to see where the addressed themes were and where they are going, in order to acknowledge the fruits of the efforts made thus far and actively contribute to tailoring the directions of future research. Overall, this book is truly interdisciplinary. It judiciously combines experiments and theories within particle collision physics on atomic and molecular levels. It presents state-of-the-art fundamental research in this field. It addresses the possibilities for significant and versatile applications outside standard atomic and molecular collision physics ranging from astrophysics, surface as well as cluster physics/chemistry, hadron therapy in medicine and to the chemical industry. It is then, as Volume 2, fully in the spirit of the 'Aims and Scope' of this book series by reference to its 'Mission Statement'.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Molecular Interactions On Two-dimensional
Book SynopsisThis book is for senior undergraduates, graduate students and researchers interested in understanding the physical and chemical interactions of organic semiconductors on emergent two-dimensional (2D) materials. Molecular electronics has come of age, and there is now a pressing need to understand molecule-2D material heterointerfaces at the nanoscale. The purpose of this book is to present a coherent coverage of these heterointerfaces for next generation molecular memories, switches, bio-sensors and magnetic quantum devices. In this interdisciplinary collection, advances in the application of scanning probe and high-resolution synchrotron techniques are illustrated.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Chemistry Challenges Of The 21st Century -
Book SynopsisChaired by K Wüthrich (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2002) and co-chaired by B Feringa (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2016), this by-invitation-only conference gathered around 40 participants, who are well-recognized leaders in the diverse field of Chemistry. The highlights of the Conference Proceedings include short prepared statements by all the participants, and the recordings of lively discussions on the current and future perspectives in the field of chemistry, with topics ranging from renewable energy and new materials to vaccines.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Fundamental Principles of Nuclear Engineering
Book SynopsisThis book highlights a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the fundamental principles related to nuclear engineering. As one of the most popular choices of future energy, nuclear energy is of increasing demand globally. Due to the complexity of nuclear engineering, its research and development as well as safe operation of its facility requires a wide scope of knowledge, ranging from basic disciplines such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics to applied subjects such as reactor theory and radiation protection. The book covers all necessary knowledge in an illustrative and readable style, with a sufficient amount of examples and exercises. It is an easy-to-read textbook for graduate students in nuclear engineering and a valuable handbook for nuclear facility operators, maintenance personnel and technical staff.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Fundamentals of mathematics and physics Chapter 2 Thermodynamics Chapter 3 Heat transferChapter 4 Fluid flowChapter 5 Electrical ScienceChapter 6 Instrumentation & controlChapter 7 Chemistry and chemical engineeringChapter 8 Material ScienceChapter 9 Mechanical Science Chapter 10 Nuclear physics Chapter 11 Reactor theory Chapter 12 Radiation protection
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Modern Nuclear Physics: From Fundamentals to
Book SynopsisThis textbook is a unique and ambitious primer of nuclear physics, which introduces recent theoretical and experimental progresses starting from basics in fundamental quantum mechanics. The highlight is to offer an overview of nuclear structure phenomena relevant to recent key findings such as unstable halo nuclei, superheavy elements, neutron stars, nucleosynthesis, the standard model, lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD), and chiral effective theory. An additional attraction is that general properties of nuclei are comprehensively explained from both the theoretical and experimental viewpoints. The book begins with the conceptual and mathematical basics of quantum mechanics, and goes into the main point of nuclear physics – nuclear structure, radioactive ion beam physics, and nuclear reactions. The last chapters devote interdisciplinary topics in association with astrophysics and particle physics. A number of illustrations and exercises with complete solutions are given. Each chapter is comprehensively written starting from fundamentals to gradually reach modern aspects of nuclear physics with the objective to provide an effective description of the cutting edge in the field.Table of ContentsTentative Table of Contents [ asterisk (*) for graduate level] 1. Concepts of quantum mechanics from the nuclear viewpoint 1.1 Genesis of quantum physics 1.2 Spin and Isospin 1.3 Quantum entanglement 1.4 Schrödinger equation 1.5 Quantum Tunneling in one dimension 1.6 Uncertainty relation 1.7 Symmetries and symmetry breaking 1.8 Dirac equation *) 1.9 Lagrangian and Path integral *) 1.10 Second quantization *) 2. Nuclear forces 2.1 Fundamental interactions 2.2 Nuclear force and symmetry constraints 2.3 Meson theory of nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction 2.4 Phase shifts and nuclear potentials 2.5 Three-body forces 2.6 Chiral Effective Field Theory (ChEFT)*) 3. Nuclear Structure theory 3.0 Bird’s eye view of nuclear models 3.1 Nuclear mean field 3.2 Random phase approximation 3.2 Energy density functionals 3.2.1 Pairing interactions and BCS/Bogolyubov approximation 3.3 Beyond the mean field approaches*) 3.3.1 Generator coordinate method (GCM) 3.3.2 Anti-symmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) 3.4 The Monte Carlo shell models*) 3.5 Ab-initio approaches*) 3.5.1 No core shell model (NCSM) 3.5.2 Variational (VMC) and Green’s function Monte Carlo (GFMC) approaches 3.5.3 Fermionic molecular dynamics (FMD) 4. Nuclear Structure phenomena and observables 4.1 Spectroscopic observables for shell structure 4.2 Collective oscillations 4.3 Short-range correlations 4.4 Superheavy elements 4.5 Hypernuclei 5. Radioactive ion beam physics 5.1 Radioactive ion beam accelerators 5.2 In-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy and inverse kinematics 5.3 Neutron-rich nuclei –halo and skin 5.4 Evolution of nuclear shells with Isospin – island of inversion- 5.5 Di-neutron correlations and nuclear superfluidity *) 5.6 Clusters in nuclei *) 6. Deformation and Rotation 6.1 Deformation of Molecules and Nuclei 6.2 Nuclear deformation and observables 6.3 Microscopic origin for nuclear deformations and prolate dominance 6.4 Measuring shapes 6.4.1 Hyperfine atomic structure from laser spectroscopy 6.4.2 Magnetic and Quadrupole Nuclear Resonance 6.4.3 Coulomb excitation 6.5 Shape and shape coexistence*) 6.6 Superdeformation and Hyperdeformation*) 6.7 Advances in gamma spectroscopy*) 7. Nuclear reactions 7.1 Overview of reaction mechanics 7.2 Elastic scattering 7.3 Direct reactions 7.1.1 Spectroscopic factors 7.1.2 Transfer rections 7.1.3 Quasifree scattering 7.1.4 Heavy-ion induced nucleon removal 7.4 Nuclear fusion 7.4.1 Solar energies , and p-p chain reaction and CNO cycle 7.4.2 Magnetic confinement and the ITER project *) 7.4.3 Inertial confinement *) 7.5 Nuclear fission 7.5.1 Macroscopic models 7.5.2 Microscopic models *) 7.5.3 Principle of a nuclear power plant *) 8. Celestial observables and terrestrial experiments 8.1 Nuclear Equation-of-States constrained by terrestrial observables 8.2 Neutron stars 8.3 Nucleosynthesis 8.4 Supernovae explosion *) 9. Nuclear physics and the standard model of elementary particle 9.1 Standard model 9.2 Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics for Nuclei *) 9.3 CKM matrix and superallowed b decay*) 9.4 Neutrino oscillations and search for a 4 th neutrino*) 9.5 Double beta decay and neutrino mass*) 9.6 Appendix for LQCD*) References Solutions of problems
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Experiments
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a pedagogical text on nuclear reactor experiments, covering almost all the experiments that can be carried out at the University Training Reactor, Kindai University (UTR-KINKI) with respect to reactor physics and radiation detection, and additionally including academic materials of test and research reactors, nuclear instrumentation, nuclear laws and regulations, in this main body. The book is an excellent primer for students who are interested in reactor physics, radiation detection, nuclear laws and regulations at universities, and the best textbook for students who have started to study the nuclear energy related fields to understand the basic theories and principles of the experiments in the fields of reactor physics and radiation detection. UTR-KINKI has been used for educational reactor experiments and basic research in a wide range of fields related to the use of radiation (neutrons, gamma-ray, beta-ray, alpha-ray, and X-ray), including reactor physics, radiation detection, radiation health physics, activation analysis, radiation biology, medical applications and archaeology. Also, UTR-KINKI has been actively engaged in nuclear education with its long history of operation, and has gained extensive experience in educational activities for undergraduate and graduate students, elementary, junior high and high school teachers, junior high and high school students, and general audiences.Table of Contents
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Experiments
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a pedagogical text on nuclear reactor experiments, covering almost all the experiments that can be carried out at the University Training Reactor, Kindai University (UTR-KINKI) with respect to reactor physics and radiation detection, and additionally including academic materials of test and research reactors, nuclear instrumentation, nuclear laws and regulations, in this main body. The book is an excellent primer for students who are interested in reactor physics, radiation detection, nuclear laws and regulations at universities, and the best textbook for students who have started to study the nuclear energy related fields to understand the basic theories and principles of the experiments in the fields of reactor physics and radiation detection. UTR-KINKI has been used for educational reactor experiments and basic research in a wide range of fields related to the use of radiation (neutrons, gamma-ray, beta-ray, alpha-ray, and X-ray), including reactor physics, radiation detection, radiation health physics, activation analysis, radiation biology, medical applications and archaeology. Also, UTR-KINKI has been actively engaged in nuclear education with its long history of operation, and has gained extensive experience in educational activities for undergraduate and graduate students, elementary, junior high and high school teachers, junior high and high school students, and general audiences.Table of Contents
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd At The Frontier Of Particle Physics: Handbook Of
Book SynopsisThis is the fourth and last volume of the invaluable publication At the Frontier of Particle Physics: Handbook of QCD. In this volume the reader will find three important sections. The first is devoted to QCD-based phenomenology. It covers issues deeply woven into the fabric of particle physics: weak interactions of light quarks (J Bijnens) and heavy quarkonium physics (A Hoang). The second section is a report on recent advances in the understanding of confinement in three dimensions in the Georgi-Glashow model (I Kogan and A Kovner). The third section deals with lattice QCD (A Kronfeld) and loop equations (A Dubin and Yu Makeenko).The five reviews in Volume 4, together with the 33 reviews in Volumes 1-3, constitute a full encyclopedia, covering all aspects of quantum chromodynamics as we know it today. The articles have been written by recognized experts in this field. Combining features of a handbook and a textbook, this is the most comprehensive source of information on the current status of QCD. It is intended for students as well as physicists — both theorists and experimentalists.Table of ContentsQCD and weak interactions of light quarks, J. Bijnens; heavy quarkonium dynamics, A. Hoang; confinement in 2+1 dimensional Georgi-Glashow model, I. Kogan and A. Kovner; uses of effective field theory in lattice QCD, A. Kronfeld; loop equations - 20 years later, A. Dubin and Y. Makeenko.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To
Book SynopsisThis textbook accommodates the two divergent developmental paths which have become solidly established in the field of fusion energy: the process of sequential tokamak development toward a prototype and the need for a more fundamental and integrative research approach before costly design choices are made.Emphasis is placed on the development of physically coherent and mathematically clear characterizations of the scientific and technological foundations of fusion energy which are specifically suitable for a first course on the subject. Of interest, therefore, are selected aspects of nuclear physics, electromagnetics, plasma physics, reaction dynamics, materials science, and engineering systems, all brought together to form an integrated perspective on nuclear fusion and its practical utilization.The book identifies several distinct themes. The first is concerned with preliminary and introductory topics which relate to the basic and relevant physical processes associated with nuclear fusion. Then, the authors undertake an analysis of magnetically confined, inertially confined, and low-temperature fusion energy concepts. Subsequently, they introduce the important blanket domains surrounding the fusion core and discuss synergetic fusion-fission systems. Finally, they consider selected conceptual and technological subjects germane to the continuing development of fusion energy systems.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Facts And Mysteries In Elementary Particle
Book SynopsisNew Edition: Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition)This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding of the laws that govern particle physics. These laws are put into action in the world of accelerators, colliders and detectors found at institutions such as CERN and Fermilab that are in the forefront of technical innovation. Real world and theory meet using Feynman diagrams to solve the problems of infinities and deduce the need for the Higgs boson.Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics offers an incredible insight from an eyewitness and participant in some of the greatest discoveries in 20th century science. From Einstein's theory of relativity to the elusive Higgs particle, this book will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the world of quarks, leptons and gauge theories.This book also contains many thumbnail sketches of particle physics personalities, including contemporaries as seen through the eyes of the author. Illustrated with pictures, these candid sketches present rare, perceptive views of the characters that populate the field.The Chapter on Particle Theory, in a pre-publication, was termed “superbly lucid” by David Miller in Nature (Vol. 396, 17 Dec. 1998, p. 642).Table of ContentsIntroduction; Preliminaries; The Standard Model; Quantum Mechanics. Mixing; Energy, Momentum and Mass-Shell; Detection; Accelerators and Storage Rings; The CERN Neutrino Experiment; The Particle Zoo; Particle Theory; Finding the Higgs; Quantum Chromodynamics; Epilogue.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Beauty Of Mathematics In Science, The: The
Book SynopsisThis book is a tribute to the life and work of J Q Chen. The contributions of Chen to nuclear and molecular physics are discussed vis-à-vis present developments in these fields. Among other subjects, the present status of microscopic theories of the interacting boson model in nuclear physics and the theory of symmetry adaptation of molecular vibrations in molecular physics are reviewed. The latter theory is particularly useful for large molecular species such as fullerenes, where icosahedral symmetry plays a fundamental role.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Invitation To Contemporary Physics (2nd Edition)
Book SynopsisThis completely revised second edition of our hugely popular book invites the reader to explore ten of the most important areas of modern physics: Symmetry, Lasers, Superconductivity, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Nanoscience, Quantum Computation, Chaos and Fractals, Stellar Evolution, Particles, and Cosmology.The new edition adds three new chapters in about a third of the book, covering the latest, hottest topics in contemporary physics: Bose-Einstein Condensate: Where Many Become One and How to Get There: Bose Statistics: Counting of the Indistinguishables; Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC): The Over-Population Crisis; Cooling and Trapping of Atoms: Towards BEC; Doppler Limit and its Break Down; Trapping of Cold Atoms: Magnetic and Magneto-Optic Trap; Evaporative Cooling; BEC Finally: But How do We Know?; BEC: What Good is it? Exploring Nanostructures: Towards the Bottom; The Rise of Nanoscience; Confined Systems; Quantum Devices; The Genius of Carbon; Spintronics; Nanos at Large. Quantum Computation and Information: Classical Computer; Quantum Computer; Quantum Gates; Deutsch's Algorithm; Finding the Period of a Function; Shor's Factorization Algorithm; Grover's Search Algorithm; Hardware and Error Correction; Cryptography; Quantum Teleportation.The authors give a fascinating, up-to-date account of the exciting advances in these fast-moving fields. Their emphasis is as much on describing natural phenomena as on attempting to explain them in terms of basic principles, replacing equations with physical insight. General readers and university undergraduates alike will find this unique book a useful guide to the worlds of modern physics, while the mature scientist will get an insightful survey of neighboring fields of research. For the teacher who takes a thematic approach to teaching physics, this book will be a complete source of current topics at the frontiers of research; and for the student, a valuable tool of study, made even more useful by numerous pertinent problems (with complete solutions) and references found at the end of each chapter.Table of ContentsSymmetry of Nature and Nature of Symmetry; Lasers and Physics; Superconductivity; Bose-Einstein Condensate: Where Many Become One; Exploring Nanostructures; Quantum Computation and Information; Chaos - Chance Out Necessity; Bright Stars and Black Holes; Elementary Particles and Forces; Cosmology.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Invitation To Contemporary Physics (2nd Edition)
Book SynopsisThis completely revised second edition of our hugely popular book invites the reader to explore ten of the most important areas of modern physics: Symmetry, Lasers, Superconductivity, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Nanoscience, Quantum Computation, Chaos and Fractals, Stellar Evolution, Particles, and Cosmology.The new edition adds three new chapters in about a third of the book, covering the latest, hottest topics in contemporary physics: Bose-Einstein Condensate: Where Many Become One and How to Get There: Bose Statistics: Counting of the Indistinguishables; Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC): The Over-Population Crisis; Cooling and Trapping of Atoms: Towards BEC; Doppler Limit and its Break Down; Trapping of Cold Atoms: Magnetic and Magneto-Optic Trap; Evaporative Cooling; BEC Finally: But How do We Know?; BEC: What Good is it? Exploring Nanostructures: Towards the Bottom; The Rise of Nanoscience; Confined Systems; Quantum Devices; The Genius of Carbon; Spintronics; Nanos at Large. Quantum Computation and Information: Classical Computer; Quantum Computer; Quantum Gates; Deutsch's Algorithm; Finding the Period of a Function; Shor's Factorization Algorithm; Grover's Search Algorithm; Hardware and Error Correction; Cryptography; Quantum Teleportation.The authors give a fascinating, up-to-date account of the exciting advances in these fast-moving fields. Their emphasis is as much on describing natural phenomena as on attempting to explain them in terms of basic principles, replacing equations with physical insight. General readers and university undergraduates alike will find this unique book a useful guide to the worlds of modern physics, while the mature scientist will get an insightful survey of neighboring fields of research. For the teacher who takes a thematic approach to teaching physics, this book will be a complete source of current topics at the frontiers of research; and for the student, a valuable tool of study, made even more useful by numerous pertinent problems (with complete solutions) and references found at the end of each chapter.Table of ContentsSymmetry of Nature and Nature of Symmetry; Lasers and Physics; Superconductivity; Bose-Einstein Condensate: Where Many Become One; Exploring Nanostructures; Quantum Computation and Information; Chaos - Chance Out Necessity; Bright Stars and Black Holes; Elementary Particles and Forces; Cosmology.
£57.95
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Molecular Electronics: Commercial Insights,
Book SynopsisThis book presents an in-depth discussion on molecular electronics in an easy-to-understand manner, aiming at chemists, computer scientists, surface scientists, physicists, and applied mathematicians. Lighter overviews are provided for the science-minded layperson and the high tech entrepreneur in this nanoscale science. The author has included a detailed synthetic chemistry treasure chest, protocols of self-assembling routes for bottom-up fabrication atop silicon platforms, representative current-voltage and memory readouts from molecular devices, and overviews of present architectural and mathematical approaches to programming molecular computing machines. The investment and commercial insertion landscape is painted along with a “Who's Who” in the molecular electronics business space. Advice and forewarnings are provided in a practical yet witty manner for the aspiring academic corporate founder and the business CEO wannabe seeking to establish a high tech company while wading through the idiosyncratic morass of university personalities and university-owned intellectual property.Table of ContentsCommercialization of Molecular Electronics; Molecular Electronics; Chemical Synthesis; Molecular Self-Assembly, Device Construction, and Testing; Architectures in Molecular Electronics; Programming the Nanocell.
£55.10
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Energy And Information Transfer In Biological
Book SynopsisThis volume contains papers based on the workshop “Energy and Information Transfer in Biological Systems: How Physics Could Enrich Biological Understanding”, held in Italy in 2002. The meeting was a forum aimed at evaluating the potential and outlooks of a modern physics approach to understanding and describing biological processes, especially regarding the transition from the microscopic chemical scenario to the macroscopic functional configurations of living matter. In this frame some leading researchers presented and discussed several basic topics, such as the photon interaction with biological systems also from the viewpoint of photon information processes and of possible applications; the influence of electromagnetic fields on the self-organization of biosystems including the nonlinear mechanism for energy transfer and storage; and the influence of the structure of water on the properties of biological matter.Table of Contents* Soliton Mechanism of Charge, Energy and Information Transfer in Biosystems (L Brizhik) * Delayed Luminescence and Motional Harmonicity (L Cordone et al.) * 62 AMEV Proton Beam for the Treatment of Ocular Melanoma at LNS -- INFN (G Cuttone et al.) * Search for Quantum and Classical Modes of Information Processing in Microtubules: Implications for "the Living State" (S Hameroff et al.) * From 'Molecular Machines' to Coherent Organisms (M-W Ho) * On the Physics of Ultraweak Bioluminescence and Intercellular Photon Signaling (V S Letokhov & A L Dobryakov) * Nonlinearity in Biological Systems: How Can Physics Help? (A A Marino & C Frilot) * Life as a Fourth Level of Quantum Organization of Nature (S P Sit'ko) * Concept of Photon Storage Capacity in Cell Biology (R van Wijk) * and other papers
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Theoretical Nuclear And Subnuclear Physics
Book SynopsisThis book is a revised and updated version of the most comprehensive text on nuclear and subnuclear physics, first published in 1995. It maintains the original goal of providing a clear, logical, in-depth, and unifying treatment of modern nuclear theory, ranging from the nonrelativistic many-body problem to the standard model of the strong, electromagnetic, and weak interactions. In addition, new chapters on the theoretical and experimental advances made in nuclear and subnuclear physics in the past decade have been incorporated.Four key topics are emphasized: basic nuclear structure, the relativistic nuclear many-body problem, strong-coupling QCD, and electroweak interactions with nuclei. New chapters have been added on the many-particle shell model, effective field theory, density functional theory, heavy-ion reactions and quark-gluon plasma, neutrinos, and electron scattering.This book is designed to provide graduate students with a basic understanding of modern nuclear and hadronic physics needed to explore the frontiers of the field. Researchers will benefit from the updates on developments and the bibliography.Table of ContentsNuclear Forces: A Review; Nuclear Matter; The Shell Model; The Many-Particle Shell Model; Why Field Theory; QCD and a Phase Transition; Pions; Dynamic Resonances; Path Integrals; Strong-Coupling Limit; Include Fermions; Quarks in the Standard Model; Semileptonic Weak Processes; and other topics.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Accelerator Physics
Book SynopsisThe development of high energy accelerators began in 1911, when Rutherford discovered the atomic nuclei inside the atom. Since then, progress has been made in the following:(1) development of high voltage dc and rf accelerators,(2) achievement of high field magnets with excellent field quality,(3) discovery of transverse and longitudinal beam focusing principles,(4) invention of high power rf sources,(5) improvement of high vacuum technology,(6) attainment of high brightness (polarized/unpolarized) electron/ion sources,(7) advancement of beam dynamics and beam manipulation schemes, such as beam injection, accumulation, slow and fast extraction, beam damping and beam cooling, instability feedback, etc.The impacts of the accelerator development are evidenced by the many ground-breaking discoveries in particle and nuclear physics, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, biomedical physics, medicine, biology, and industrial processing.This book is intended to be used as a graduate or senior undergraduate textbook in accelerator physics and science. It can be used as preparatory course material for graduate accelerator physics students doing thesis research. The text covers historical accelerator development, transverse betatron motion, synchrotron motion, an introduction to linear accelerators, and synchrotron radiation phenomena in low emittance electron storage rings, introduction to special topics such as the free electron laser and the beam-beam interaction. Attention is paid to derivation of the action-angle variables of the phase space, because the transformation is important for understanding advanced topics such as the collective instability and nonlinear beam dynamics. Each section is followed by exercises, which are designed to reinforce the concept discussed and to solve a realistic accelerator design problem.Table of ContentsIntroduction:; Historical Developments; Layout and Components of Accelerators; Accelerator Applications; Transverse Motion:; Hamiltonian for Particle Motion in Accelerators; Linear Betatron Motion; Effect of Linear Magnet Imperfections; Off-Momentum Orbit; Chromatic Aberration; Linear Coupling; Nonlinear Resonances; Collective Instabilities and Landau Damping; Synchro-Betatron Hamiltonian; Synchrotron Motion:; Longitudinal Equation of Motion; Adiabatic Synchrotron Motion; RF Phase and Voltage Modulations; Nonadiabatic and Nonlinear Synchrotron Motion; Beam Manipulation in Synchrotron Phase Space; Fundamentals of RF Systems; Longitudinal Collective Instabilities; Introduction to Linear Accelerators; Physics of Electron Storage Rings:; Fields of a Moving Charged Particle; Radiation Damping and Excitation; Emittance in Electron Storage Rings; Special Topics in Beam Physics:; Free Electron Laser (FEL); Beam-Beam Interaction; Basics of Classical Mechanics:; Hamiltonian Dynamics; Stochastic Beam Dynamics; Numerical Methods and Physical Constants:; Fourier Transform; Model Independent Analysis; Cauchy Theorem and the Dispersion Relation; Useful Handy Formulas; Maxwell's Equations; Physical Properties and Constants
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Physics Of Intensity Dependent Beam Instabilities
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive treatment of intensity dependent particle beam instabilities in accelerating rings. Written for researchers, the material is also suitable for use as a textbook in an advanced graduate course for students studying accelerator physics.The presentation starts with a brief review of the basic concept of wake potentials and coupling impedances in the vacuum chamber followed by a discussion on static and dynamic solutions of their effects on the particle beams. Special emphasis is placed separately on proton and electron machines. Other special topics of interest covered include Landau damping, Balakin-Novokhatsky-Smirnov damping, Sacherer's integral equations, Landau cavity, saw-tooth instability, Robinson stability criteria, beam loading, transition crossing, two-stream instabilities, and collective instability issues of isochronous rings. After the formulation of an instability, readers are provided a thorough description of one or more experimental observations together with a discussion of the cures for the instability.Although the book is theory oriented, the use of mathematics has been minimized. The presentation is intended to be rigorous and self-contained with nearly all the formulas and equations derived.Table of Contents# Wakes and Impedances # Potential-Well Distortion # Betatron Tune Shifts # Envelope Equation # Longitudinal Microwave Instability for Coasting Beams # Longitudinal Microwave Instability for Short Bunches # Beam Loading and Robinson's Instability # Longitudinal Coupled-Bunch Instabilities # Transverse Instabilities # Transverse Coupled-Bunch Instabilities # Mode Coupling Instabilities # Head-Tail Instabilities # Landau Damping # Beam Breakup # Two-Stream Instabilities # Instabilities Near and Across Transition
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Oppenheimer And The Manhattan Project: Insights
Book Synopsis2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event. Oppenheimer's life and work became central to 20th century history as he spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb that ended World War II. This book provides a spectrum of interpretations of Oppenheimer's life and scientific achievements. It approaches the extraordinary scientist and teacher from many perspectives, chronicling the years from his boyhood through his role as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and afterwards. The book also discusses Oppenheimer's connection to New Mexico, which hosted two of the Manhattan Project's most crucial sites, and addresses his lasting impact on contemporary science, international politics, and the postwar age.Table of Contents* Introduction: * Defying the Odds (C C Kelly) * Introducing Oppenheimer: * Oppenheimer Reconsidered (J Bingaman) * Robert Oppenheimer: King of the Hill (R Rhodes) * A Novel Idea of Oppenheimer (J Kanon) * Life at Los Alamos: * Preservation on the Pajarito Plateau (S Ashman) * J Robert Oppenheimer and the State of New Mexico: A Reciprocal Relationship (F Szasz) * Robert Oppenheimer: A Window on His Life at Los Alamos (K Bird & M Sherwin) * Oppenheimer's Place in History: * Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (E Beckner) * The Cautionary Tale of Robert Oppenheimer (G Herken) * The Early Years of Robert Oppenheimer (J Hunner) * General Groves' Indispensable Scientist (R Norris) * Personal Reflections on Oppenheimer: * Oppenheimer as a Teacher of Physics and PhD Advisor (E Gerjuoy) * Remembering Opje: Teacher, Scientist and Friend (D Pines) * J Robert Oppenheimer: Consummate Physicist (M M Shapiro) * A Few Words from an Oppenheimer (A R Oppenheimer)
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Oppenheimer And The Manhattan Project: Insights
Book Synopsis2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event. Oppenheimer's life and work became central to 20th century history as he spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb that ended World War II. This book provides a spectrum of interpretations of Oppenheimer's life and scientific achievements. It approaches the extraordinary scientist and teacher from many perspectives, chronicling the years from his boyhood through his role as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and afterwards. The book also discusses Oppenheimer's connection to New Mexico, which hosted two of the Manhattan Project's most crucial sites, and addresses his lasting impact on contemporary science, international politics, and the postwar age.Table of Contents* Introduction: * Defying the Odds (C C Kelly) * Introducing Oppenheimer: * Oppenheimer Reconsidered (J Bingaman) * Robert Oppenheimer: King of the Hill (R Rhodes) * A Novel Idea of Oppenheimer (J Kanon) * Life at Los Alamos: * Preservation on the Pajarito Plateau (S Ashman) * J Robert Oppenheimer and the State of New Mexico: A Reciprocal Relationship (F Szasz) * Robert Oppenheimer: A Window on His Life at Los Alamos (K Bird & M Sherwin) * Oppenheimer's Place in History: * Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (E Beckner) * The Cautionary Tale of Robert Oppenheimer (G Herken) * The Early Years of Robert Oppenheimer (J Hunner) * General Groves' Indispensable Scientist (R S Norris) * Personal Reflections on Oppenheimer: * Oppenheimer as a Teacher of Physics and PhD Advisor (E Gerjuoy) * Remembering Opje: Teacher, Scientist and Friend (D Pines) * J Robert Oppenheimer: Consummate Physicist (M M Shapiro) * A Few Words from an Oppenheimer (A R Oppenheimer)
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lattice Methods For Quantum Chromodynamics
Book SynopsisNumerical simulation of lattice-regulated QCD has become an important source of information about strong interactions. In the last few years there has been an explosion of techniques for performing ever more accurate studies on the properties of strongly interacting particles. Lattice predictions directly impact many areas of particle and nuclear physics theory and phenomenology.This book provides a thorough introduction to the specialized techniques needed to carry out numerical simulations of QCD: a description of lattice discretizations of fermions and gauge fields, methods for actually doing a simulation, descriptions of common strategies to connect simulation results to predictions of physical quantities, and a discussion of uncertainties in lattice simulations. More importantly, while lattice QCD is a well-defined field in its own right, it has many connections to continuum field theory and elementary particle physics phenomenology, which are carefully elucidated in this book. /removeTable of ContentsContinuum QCD and Its Phenomenology; Path Integration; Renormalization and the Renormalization Group; Yang-Mills Theory on the Lattice; Fermions on the Lattice; Numerical Methods for Bosons; Numerical Methods for Fermions; Data Analysis for Lattice Simulations; Designing Lattice Actions; Spectroscopy; Lattice Perturbation Theory; Operators with Anomalous Dimension; Chiral Symmetry and Lattice Simulations; Finite Volume Effects; Testing the Standard Model with Lattice Calculations; QCD at High Finite Temperature and Density.
£103.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamentals Of Nuclear Models: Foundational
Book SynopsisThis book reviews the basic models and theories of nuclear structure and gives an in-depth analysis of their experimental and mathematical foundations. It shows the relationships between the models and exhibits the value of following the strategy of: looking for patterns in all the data available, developing phenomenological models to explain them, and finally giving the models a foundation in a fundamental microscopic theory of interacting neutrons and protons.This unique book takes a newcomer from an introduction to nuclear structure physics to the frontiers of the subject along a painless path. It provides both the experimental and mathematical foundations of the essential models in a way that is accessible to a broad range of experimental and theoretical physicists. Thus, the book provides a unique resource and an exposition of the essential principles, mathematical structures, assumptions, and observational data on which the models and theories are based. It avoids discussion of many non-essential variations and technical details of the models.Table of ContentsElements of Nuclear Structure; The Bohr Collective Model; The IPM and the Shell Model; Independent-Pair Models; The Algebraic Collective Model.
£90.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Subatomic Physics (3rd Edition)
Book SynopsisThis is the third and fully updated edition of the classic textbook on physics at the subatomic level. An up-to-date and lucid introduction to both particle and nuclear physics, the book is suitable for both experimental and theoretical physics students at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels.Topics are introduced with key experiments and their background, encouraging students to think and empowering them with the capability of doing back-of-the-envelope calculations in a diversity of situations. Earlier important experiments and concepts as well as topics of current interest are covered, with extensive use of photographs and figures to convey principal concepts and show experimental data.The coverage includes new material on:Detectors and acceleratorsNucleon elastic form factor dataNeutrinos, their masses and oscillationsChiral theories and effective field theories, and lattice QCDRelativistic heavy ions (RHIC)Nuclear structure far from the region of stabilityParticle astrophysics and cosmologyTable of ContentsAccelerators and Detectors for Nuclear and Particle Physics; Symmetries and Conservation Laws; Electromagnetic, Electroweak, Strong Interactions; Standard Model; Gauge Theories; Models of Mesons; Baryons and Nuclei; Astrophysics and Cosmology.
£90.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Subatomic Physics (3rd Edition)
Book SynopsisThis is the third and fully updated edition of the classic textbook on physics at the subatomic level. An up-to-date and lucid introduction to both particle and nuclear physics, the book is suitable for both experimental and theoretical physics students at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels.Topics are introduced with key experiments and their background, encouraging students to think and empowering them with the capability of doing back-of-the-envelope calculations in a diversity of situations. Earlier important experiments and concepts as well as topics of current interest are covered, with extensive use of photographs and figures to convey principal concepts and show experimental data.The coverage includes new material on:Detectors and acceleratorsNucleon elastic form factor dataNeutrinos, their masses and oscillationsChiral theories and effective field theories, and lattice QCDRelativistic heavy ions (RHIC)Nuclear structure far from the region of stabilityParticle astrophysics and cosmologyTable of ContentsAccelerators and Detectors for Nuclear and Particle Physics; Symmetries and Conservation Laws; Electromagnetic, Electroweak, Strong Interactions; Standard Model; Gauge Theories; Models of Mesons; Baryons and Nuclei; Astrophysics and Cosmology.
£57.95
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Current Topics In Atomic, Molecular And Optical
Book SynopsisThe breadth, scope and volume of research in atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics have increased enormously in the last few years. Following the widespread use of pulsed lasers, certain newly emerging areas as well as selected mature subfields are ushering in a second renaissance.This volume focuses on current research in these crucial areas: cold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates, quantum information and quantum computation, and new techniques for investigating collisions and structure. The topics covered include: the multireference coupled cluster method in quantum chemistry and the role of electronic correlation in nanosystems; laser cooling of atoms and theories of the Bose-Einstein condensate; and quantum computing and quantum information transfer using cold atoms and shaped ultrafast pulses. Other articles deal with recent findings in heavy ion collisions with clusters, time-of-flight spectroscopy techniques, and a specific example of a chaotic quantum system.The contributions will greatly assist in the sharing of specialized knowledge among experts and will also be useful for postgraduate students striving to obtain an overall picture of the current research status in the areas covered.Table of ContentsUltrafast Dynamics of Nano and Mesoscopic Systems Driven by Asymmetric Electromagnetic Pulses (A Matos-Abiague et al.); Experimenting with Topological States of Bose-Einstein Condensates (C Raman); Pair-Correlation in Bose-Einstein Condensate and Fermi Superfluid of Atomic Gases (B Deb); A Feynman-Kac Path Integral Study of Rb Gas (S Dutta); Quantum Information Transfer in Atom-Photon Interactions in a Cavity (A S Majumder et al.); MRCPA: Theory and Application to Highly Correlating System (K Tanaka); Estimation of Ion Kinetic Energies from Time-of-Flight and Momentum Spectra (B Bapat); Study of Atom-Surface Interaction Using Magnetic Atom Mirror (A K Mohapatra); and other papers.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Spin Structure Of The Proton, The
Book SynopsisOne of the main challenges in nuclear and particle physics in the last 20 years has been to understand how the proton's spin is built up from its quark and gluon constituents. Quark models generally predict that about 60% of the proton's spin should be carried by the spin of the quarks inside, whereas high energy scattering experiments have shown that the quark spin contribution is small — only about 30%. This result has been the underlying motivation for about 1000 theoretical papers and a global program of dedicated spin experiments at BNL, CERN, DESY and Jefferson Laboratory to map the individual quark and gluon angular momentum contributions to the proton's spin, which are now yielding exciting results. This book gives an overview of the present status of the field: what is new in the data and what can be expected in the next few years. The emphasis is on the main physical ideas and the interpretation of spin data. The interface between QCD spin physics and the famous axial U(1) problem of QCD (eta and etaprime meson physics) is also highlighted.Table of ContentsSpin Experiments and Data; Dispersion Relations and Polarized Partons; g1 Spin Sum Rules; Fixed Poles; The QCD Axial Anomaly; Chiral Symmetry and Axial U(1) Dynamics; QCD Inspired Models; The Spin-Flavour Structure of the Proton; QCD Fits to g1 Data; Polarized Quark Distributions; Polarized Glue Delta g(x,Q2); Transversity; Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and Exclusive Processes; Polarized Photon Structure Functions; Conclusions and Open Questions.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Advances In Atomic Physics: An Overview
Book Synopsis“French Nobel Laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is second to none in his understanding of the modern theory and application of atom-photon interactions. He is also known for his lucid and accessible writing style … Advances in Atomic Physics is an impressive and wonderful-to-read reference text … Certainly researchers in the fields of atom-photon interactions and atom traps will want it as a reference on their bookshelves … A selection of chapters may be of benefit to students: the early chapters for those entering the field, the later chapters for those already doing atom-laser PhD thesis work.”Physics TodayThis book presents a comprehensive overview of the spectacular advances seen in atomic physics during the last 50 years. The authors explain how such progress was possible by highlighting connections between developments that occurred at different times. They discuss the new perspectives and the new research fields that look promising. The emphasis is placed, not on detailed calculations, but rather on physical ideas. Combining both theoretical and experimental considerations, the book will be of interest to a wide range of students, teachers and researchers in quantum and atomic physics.Table of ContentsAtom-Photon Interactions at the Very Heart of Quantum Physics: A Source of Information on Atoms; A Source of Perturbations which Can Be also Useful; A Simple System for Studying Higher Order and Non-Linear Effects; An Ideal Frame for Exploring Quantum Interferences; A Convenient Tool for Manipulating, Trapping and Cooling Atoms; A Source of Inspiration for New Developments in Metrology; A Test Bed for the Investigation of Quantum Many Body Effects.
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