Nuclear physics Books

Book SynopsisThe Proceedings include talks given at the 4th Workshop on Exclusive Reactions at High Momentum Transfer at Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA USA, the world's leading facility performing research on nuclear, hadronic and quark-gluon structure of matter. Exclusive reactions are becoming one of the major sources of information about the deep structure of the nucleons and other hadrons. The workshop focused on the application of a variety of exclusive reactions at high momentum transfer, utilizing unpolarized and polarized beams and targets, to obtain information about nucleon ground state and excited state structure at short distances. This is a subject which is central to the programs of current accelerators and especially planned future facilities. The topics include: generalized parton distributions, deeply virtual Compton scattering, deeply virtual meson production (DVMP), transverse structure of hadrons (TMD), hadron form factors — elastic and transition, quantum chromodynamics (perturbative, non-perturbative, lattice calculations), and physics to study at an Electron Ion Collider.Table of ContentsThe Proceedings include talks given at the 4th Workshop on Exclusive Reactions at High Momentum Transfer at Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA USA, the world's leading facility performing research on nuclear, hadronic and quark-gluon structure of matter. Exclusive reactions are becoming one of the major sources of information about the deep structure of the nucleons and other hadrons. The workshop focused on the application of a variety of exclusive reactions at high momentum transfer, utilizing unpolarized and polarized beams and targets, to obtain information about nucleon ground state and excited state structure at short distances. This is a subject which is central to the programs of current accelerators and especially planned future facilities. The topics include: generalized parton distributions, deeply virtual Compton scattering, deeply virtual meson production (DVMP), transverse structure of hadrons (TMD), hadron form factors - elastic and transition, quantum chromodynamics (perturbative, non-perturbative, lattice calculations), and physics to study at an Electron Ion Collider.

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Book SynopsisThis book focus on recent advances in nuclear physics and bring together experimentalists and theorists. Topics covered include neutron rich and superheavy nuclei, supernova and r-process nuclei, nuclear symmetry energy and equation of state, neutron stars, FAIR and future Dubna research, other related areas.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of the contributions to the 13th National Conference on Nuclear Structure in China (NSC2010). It provides an important updated resource in the nuclear physics literature for researchers and graduate students studying nuclear structure and related topics. Recent progress made in the study of exotic nuclear structure, the structure and synthesis mechanism of superheavy nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, and the development of quantum many body approaches are covered.Table of ContentsStructure and Dynamics of Exotic Nuclei; Structure and Synthesis Mechanism of Superheavy Nuclei; Nuclear Shell Model; Nuclear Astrophysics; Wobbling Rotation in Atomic Nuclei; In-Beam Gamma Spectroscopy; Nuclear Dynamics in the Continuum.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a treatment on the foundational knowledge of Nuclear Science and Engineering. It is an outgrowth of a first-year graduate-level course which the author has taught over the years in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. The emphasis of the book is on concepts in nuclear science and engineering in contrast to the traditional nuclear physics in a nuclear engineering curriculum. The essential difference lies in the importance we give to the understanding of nuclear radiation and their interactions with matter. We see our students as nuclear engineers who work with all kinds of nuclear devices, from fission and fusion reactors to accelerators and detection systems. In all these complex systems nuclear radiation play a central role. In generating nuclear radiation and using them for beneficial purposes, scientists and engineers must understand the properties of the radiation and how they interact with their surroundings. It is through the control of radiation interactions that we can develop new devices or optimize existing ones to make them more safe, powerful, durable, or economical. This is why radiation interaction is the essence of this book.Table of ContentsBackground: Historical Perspectives; Objectives and Organization; Nucleus, Nuclear Radiations, Nuclear Cross Sections: Elementary Facts; Nuclear Data; Physical Concepts (Models): Binding Energy and Stability; Nuclear Energy Levels; Shell Model; Radioactive Decay; Collision Cross Sections; Radiation Interactions: Overview; Neutron Scattering; Gamma Interactions; Charged Particle Transport; Nuclear Reactions; Special Topics and Applications.

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Book SynopsisThe book contains the proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics held at the University of Guelph from August 28 through September 2, 2011. The proceedings cover topics of nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental symmetries in nuclei, statistical aspects of nuclei, and new techniques and applications, from forefront researchers in their fields.Table of ContentsNuclear Structure; Nuclear Reaction; Nuclear Astrophysics; Fundamental Symmetry; Nuclear Data; New Facilities; Statistical Properties; Poster.

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Book SynopsisThe book contains the papers presented in the French-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Structure Problems, held in January 2011 at RIKEN Wako Campus with 100 participants.Based on the long history of collaboration between France and Japan in the field of nuclear physics, various problems in recent and future studies are discussed. Emphasis is on the structure of nuclei far from the stability, reactions involving stable and unstable nuclei, nuclear processes and properties of astrophysical interest, synthesis of super-heavy elements, and instrumentation and accelerator projects.Table of ContentsStructure of Exotic Nuclei; Nuclear Reactions of Stable and Unstable Nuclei; Nuclear Astrophysics; Superheavy Elements; New Facilities and Equipment; On-Going and Planned Collaborations; Related Topics.

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Book SynopsisBy year 1911 radioactivity had been discovered for over a decade, but its origin remained a mystery. Rutherford's discovery of the nucleus and the subsequent discovery of the neutron by Chadwick started the field of subatomic physics — a quest for understanding the fundamental constituents of matter.This book reviews the important achievements in subatomic physics in the past century. The chapters are divided into two parts: nuclear physics and particle physics. Written by renowned authors who have made major developments in the field, this book provides the academics and researchers an essential overview of the present state of knowledge in nuclear and particle physics.Table of ContentsPart I: Nuclear Physics: Introduction by S Weinberg; The Beginnings; Dynamical Symmetries; Heavy Ion Reactions; Fission and Fusion; Halo and Unstable Nuclei Drip-Lines; P, C, T, CPT; Nuclear Masses; Nucleosynthesis; Isospin; Chiral Symmetry; Part II: Particles and Fields: Colliders; Detectors for Neutrinos, p Decay; Parton Model and QCD; Jets; Regge Theory and Diffractive Physics; Neutrino Oscillations and Masses; Weak Interactions; Lattice Techniques; Renormalization; Theories of Larger Symmetries; String Theories; Effective Field Theories; Dark Energy, Dark Matter; 4π Detectors.

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Book SynopsisBy year 1911 radioactivity had been discovered for over a decade, but its origin remained a mystery. Rutherford's discovery of the nucleus and the subsequent discovery of the neutron by Chadwick started the field of subatomic physics — a quest for understanding the fundamental constituents of matter.This book reviews the important achievements in subatomic physics in the past century. The chapters are divided into two parts: nuclear physics and particle physics. Written by renowned authors who have made major developments in the field, this book provides the academics and researchers an essential overview of the present state of knowledge in nuclear and particle physics.Table of ContentsPart I: Nuclear Physics: Introduction by S Weinberg; The Beginnings; Dynamical Symmetries; Heavy Ion Reactions; Fission and Fusion; Halo and Unstable Nuclei Drip-Lines; P, C, T, CPT; Nuclear Masses; Nucleosynthesis; Isospin; Chiral Symmetry; Part II: Particles and Fields: Colliders; Detectors for Neutrinos, p Decay; Parton Model and QCD; Jets; Regge Theory and Diffractive Physics; Neutrino Oscillations and Masses; Weak Interactions; Lattice Techniques; Renormalization; Theories of Larger Symmetries; String Theories; Effective Field Theories; Dark Energy, Dark Matter; 4π Detectors.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of the contributions to the 14th National Conference on Nuclear Structure in China (NSC2012). It provides an important updated resource in the nuclear physics literature for researchers and graduate students studying nuclear structure and related topics. Recent progress made in the study of nuclear spectroscopy of high-spin states, nuclear mass and half-life, nuclear astrophysics, super-heavy nuclei, unstable nuclei, density functional theory, neutron star and symmetry energy, nuclear matter, and nuclear shell model are covered.Table of ContentsTensor Effects on the Spin-Dependent Charge-Exchange Transitions (Chun-Lin Bai et al.); Recent Progress on the Determination of the Symmetry Energy (Lie-Wen Chen); Masses and Magnetic Moments of Ground-State Baryons in Covariant Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory (Li-Sheng Geng et al.); Symmetry Energy, Superheavy Nuclei and Hyperonization of Asymmetric Matter (Wei-Zhou Jiang); Fine Structure of Spin-Dipole Excitations: A Recent Application of Covariant Density Functional Theory (Hao-Zhao Liang et al.); Octet-Baryon Masses in Finite Space (Xiu-Lei Ren et al.); Fusion Mechanism and Production Cross Sections for Superheavy Nuclei (Nan Wang et al.); Constraints on Neutron Density and Temperature Conditions for Astrophysical R-Process from Updated Nuclear Masses (Xiao-Dong Xu et al.); Ground State Properties of Ds Isotopes within the Relativistic Mean Field Theory (Hai-Fei Zhang and Hong-Fei Zhang); Effect of Hyperons and Kaons on Nuclear Structure (Xian-Rong Zhou and H-J Schulze); and other papers.

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Book SynopsisThe production and the properties of nuclei in extreme conditions, such as high isospin, temperature, angular momenta, large deformations etc., have become the subject of detailed investigations in all scientific centers. The main topics discussed at the Symposium were: Synthesis and Properties of Exotic Nuclei; Superheavy Elements; Rare Processes and Decays; Physics with Radioactive Ion Beams; Experimental Facilities; and Future Projects.This book provides a comprehensive overview of the newest results of the investigations in the main scientific centers such as GSI, GANIL, RIKEN, MSU, and JINR.Table of ContentsJINR: Brief Introduction into History, Present Status and Future Development (Victor A Matveev); Deconstructing the Nucleus One (or Two) Nucleons at a Time (D Bazin); Study of 8,9,10He Structure in the Experiments with a Tritium Target (S I Sidorchuk, A A Bezbakh, V Chudoba, I A Egorova, A S Fomichev, M S Golovkov, A V Gorshkov, V A Gorshkov, L V Grigorenko, G Kaminski, S A Krupko, Yu L Parfenova, P G Sharov, R S Slepnev, S V Stepantsov, G M Ter-Akopian, R Wolski); Study of Exotic Nuclei Through Conversion Electron Spectroscopy (M Stanoiu, C Petrone, C Borcea, R Borcea, S Calinescu, F Rotaru, F Negoita, J M Daugas, R Chevrier, L Gaudefroy, C Plaisir, G Simpson, G Gey, L Caceeres, O Sorlin, J C Thomas, G Georgiev); Study of Nuclear Astrophysics at CNS and RIKEN (Naohito Iwasa); Features of Nuclear Reactions with Light Weakly Bound Nuclei at Energy Near the Coulomb Barrier (N K Skobelev, Y E Penionzhkevich, V Kroha, V Burjan, Z Hons, J Mrazek, Ae Piskor, E Aeimeckova, E I Voskoboynik); Status and Perspective of Chemical Studies of Heaviest Elements (H W Gaggeler); Nuclear Structure Far from Stability (R V Jolos); Fissibility of Compound Nuclei (Yoritaka Iwata, Sophia Heinz); Measurements and Analyses of the Photonuclear Reaction Yields (S A Karamian); Production of Neutron-Rich Isotopes in the Calcium Region (O B Tarasov, D J Morrissey, A M Amthor, L Bandura, T Baumann, D Bazin, J S Berryman, G Chubarian, N Fukuda, A Gade, T N Ginter, M Hausmann, N Inabe, T Kubo, J Pereira, M Portillo, B M Sherrill, A Stolz, C Sumithrarachchi, M Thoennessen, D Weisshaar); PreSPEC - Gamma-Spectroscopy on the Way Towards NuSTAR (Hans-Jurgen Wollersheim); SCRIT Electron Scattering Facility at RIKEN (Shuo Wang); The Scientific Potential of the Far East, Present and Future (Valentin Sergienko); Prospect of RIKEN RI Beam Factory for Coming 5 Years (Hideto En'yo); Extreme of Landscape in Nuclear Physics via High Power Accelerators and Innovative Instrumentation (S Gales); Exotic Nuclei and Superheavy Element Research on Its Way from GSI to FAIR (C Scheidenberger); Exotic Nuclei Research at LLNL (M A Stoyer, L E Ahle, J A Becker, L A Bernstein, D L Bleuel, J T Burke, R J Casperson, P A Chodash, A Chyzh, A Czeszumska, E Kwan, M J Moran, E B Norman, S W Padgett, M Pedretti, J J Ressler, D B Sayre, N D Scielzo, S A Sheets, W Stoeffl, A P Tonchev, B S Wang, C Y Wu, R M Yee); Synthesis of the Heaviest Nuclei at FLNR: Main Results and Prospects (Yu Oganessian); and other papers.

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Book SynopsisThese proceedings are the fifth in the series of International Conferences covering fission and properties of neutron-rich nuclei, which are at the forefront of nuclear research. The time interval of 5 years between each conference allows for significant new results to be achieved. Recently, world leaders in theory and experiments in research and the development of new facilities for research presented their latest results in areas such as synthesis of superheavy elements, new facilities for and recent results with radioactive ion beams, structure of neutron-rich nuclei, nuclear fission process, fission yields and nuclear astrophysics. This book is a major source of the latest research in these areas and plans for the future. The conference brought together a unique group of over 100 speakers including leaders from the major nuclear laboratories in Canada, China, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Switerzland and the US along with leading research scientists from around the world.Table of ContentsChallenges in Nuclear Fission: Prompt Neutron and Gamma-Ray Emission, Improved Fission Cross Sections for Applications and Modeling (F J Hambsch); Shell-Model Description of Nuclei Beyond 132Sn with a Realistic Effective Interaction (A Covello); Symmetry-adapted No-Core Shell Model (J P Draayer); Higher-Order Derivative Terms in the Low-Energy Nuclear Energy Density Functionals (J Dobaczewski); Cross-Over Between Different Symmetries (S Frauendorf); Nuclear Structure of Exotic Nuclei with Binary Reactions (G deAngelis); In-beam Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with Fast Rare-Isotope Beams (A Gade); Prospects for New Gereration of ISOL Facilities based on Fission Process in Europe (S Gales); NSCL to FRIB at MSU (K Grelbke); The ISOLDE Facility: Highlights and Future Plans (M Borge); Cluster Decay of the Heaviest Superheavy Nuclei (D N Poenaru, R A Gherghescu and W Greiner); Recent Developments in Laser Spectroscopy at ISOLDE (K T Flanagan); Gyromagnetic Ratios in Neutron-Rich Nuclei by the Recoil in Vacuum Technique (A Stuchberry et al); Measurement of Isomeric Yield Ratios of Fission Products with the JYFLTRAP (D Gorelov, H Penttila, IGISOL Group, M Lantz, A Mattera and S Pomp); Superheavy Element Research at TASCA at GSI (C Dullmann); New Results for Elements 115, 117,118 Produced in Reactions 243Am + 48Ca and 249Bk/249Cf + 48Ca (V K Utyonkov); Actinide Isotopes for the Synthesis of Neutron Rich Super Heavy Nuclsi (J Roberto et al); Synthesis of Neutron Enriched Superheavy Nuclei (V Zagrebaev); Synthesis of New Neutron-Rich Superheavy Nuclei (W Loveland); Extreme Neutron Rich Sector of the Nuclear Chart (K A Gridnev, V N Tarasov, D V Tarasov, D K Gridnev, S Schramm and W Greiner); Highlights from 35 Years of Fission Research with Slow Neutrons at ILL (F Goennenwein); SPIDER: A New Instrument for Fission Yield Measurements (F Tovesson); Recent Research with the Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments (DANCE) at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (J L Ullmann); Time-Dependent Approach to the Angular Distribution of Scission Neutrons (T Wada, T Asano and M Hirokane); From Physics to Energy to Policy (D J Dean); Beta-Decay and Delayed Neutron Emission of Very Neutron-Rich Nuclei (I N Borzov); The Sensitivity of Rapid Neutron Capture Nucleosynthesis to Properties ofr Neutron-rich Nuclei (R Surman); Covariant Density Fucctional Theory for Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics (J Meng); Brownian Shape Dynamics in Nuclear Fission (J Randrup and P Moller); Monte Carlo Hauser-Feshbach Calculations of Prompt Fission Neutrons and Gamma Rays (P Talou); A Microscopic Theory of Low-Energy Fission (W Younes); Reaction Cross Sections for Time-Dependent Density Functional Calculations (Y Iwata); A High Resolution Ionization Chamber for the SPIDER Fission Fragment Detector (K Meierbachtol, F Tovesson, C W Arnold, A B Laptev, T A Bredeweg, M Jandel, R O Nelson, M C White, A A Hecht and D Mader); and other papers.

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Book SynopsisThe Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture series has become a very successful tradition in Swedish physics since it started in 1988. Theoretical high-energy physics dominates the subjects of the lectures, mirroring one of Klein's own main interests.This single volume is a compilation of the unique lectures previously produced in three separate volumes. The lectures are by world renowned experts in physics who have all contributed to the excitement of the field over the years. They continue to be of value to students and teachers alike.Table of ContentsThe Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture series has become a very successful tradition in Swedish physics since it started in 1988. Theoretical high-energy physics dominates the subjects of the lectures, mirroring one of Klein's own main interests. This volume is a compilation of the unique lectures by world renowned experts in physics who have all contributed to the excitement of the lectures over the years.

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Book SynopsisThere is a great interest in improving the limits on neutron lifetime to the level of a precision of 0.1 s. The neutron lifetime is both an important fundamental quantity as well as a parameter influencing important processes such as nucleosynthesis (Helium production in the early universe) and the rate of energy production in the Sun.Aiming to create a roadmap of R&D for a next generation neutron lifetime experiment that can be endorsed by the North American neutron community, the focus of the workshop was on experiments using traps that utilize ultracold neutrons and confinement by a combination of magnetic and/or gravitational interaction in order to avoid systematic uncertainties introduced by neutron interactions with material walls. The papers in this volume summarize the limitations of present experiments, the discussion of new experiments in planning stage, and the discussion of systematic effects that must be addressed to achieve a lifetime measurement at an accuracy of 0.1 second.Cover image courtesy of Elena Fernández, Los Alamos National Laboratory.Table of ContentsWelcome & Charge (Seestrom); Theoretical Introduction (Marciano); Overview of Beam Experiments (Wietfeldt); Overview of Material Bottle Experiments (Geltenbort); Overview of Magnetic Trap Experiments (Huffman); Phase Space Evolution (Liu); Marginal Trapping (Coakley); Chaos (Bowman); Spin-Flip Losses (Steyerl); UCN heating in Traps (Walstrom); UCN Detection (Golub); Absolute Flux Monitoring (Yue); Relative Monitoring + Uniformity of Detectors (Morris); Overview of UCN Sources & Statistics Needed for 0.1 s Experiments (Young); Ezhov Experiment (Naviliat-Cuncic); NIST UCN Experiment (Mumm); Hope (Leung); LANL Experiment (Saunders); Penelope (Picker); J-PARC Lifetime (Yamada).

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Book SynopsisThe science of magnetically confined plasmas covers the entire spectrum of physics from classical and relativistic electrodynamics to quantum mechanics. During the last sixty years of research, our initial primitive understanding of plasma physics has made impressive progress thanks to a variety of experiments — from tabletop devices with plasma temperatures of a few thousands of degrees and confinement times of less than 100 microseconds, to large tokamaks with plasma temperatures of up to five hundred million degrees and confinement times approaching one second. We discovered that plasma confinement is impaired by a variety of instabilities leading to turbulent processes with scales ranging from the plasma size to a few millimeters. Understanding these phenomena, which have slowed down progress towards a fusion reactor, requires the use of very sophisticated diagnostic tools, many of which employ electromagnetic waves.The primary objective of this book is to discuss the fundamental physics upon which the application of electromagnetic waves to the study of magnetically confined plasmas is based.Table of ContentsControlled Thermonuclear Fusion; Electron Waves; Inhomogeneous Plasmas; Ray Tracing with First Order Refractive Effects; Refractive Index Measurements; Wave Propagation in Turbulent Plasmas; Non-Collective Scattering; Plasma Reflectometry; Electron Cyclotron Waves in Hot Plasmas; Electron Cyclotron Emission.

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Book SynopsisComing into the 21st century, developments in three major areas of elementary particle physics — the electroweak theory with the Higgs mechanism, quantum chromodynamics, and string theory began to yield more and more concrete and successful results.Seeds of all these developments in contemporary particle physics were sowed by Nambu in prophetic lectures and papers from the 1960s-70s.The discovery of the Higgs-like scalar particle at the Large Hadron Collider in July 2011 was the climax for the idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking that Nambu had laid down at the beginning of the 1960s.In this book, we collect what we consider to be the most prophetic of Nambu's papers for the benefit of current and future generations of particle physicists of the world and made them easily accessible for all. It also contains articles never published before in a book form. This text is not only of historical value but also provides a window to the mind of a man many refer to as “Nambu the seer.”A must-have book for future researchers of elementary particle theory and for those interested in the history of modern physics.Table of ContentsForce Potentials in Quantum Field Theory; On the Nature of V-Particles I and II (with K Nishijima and Y Yamaguchi); Possible Existence of a Heavy Neutral Meson; Quasi-Particle and Gauge Invariance in the Theory of Superconductivity; Dynamical Model of Elementary Particles Based on an Analogy with Superconductivity I (with G Jona-Lasinio); Dynamical Model of Elementary Particles Based on an Analogy with Superconductivity II (with G Jona-Lasinio); Chirality Conservation with Soft Pion Production (with D Lurie); Three-Triplet Model with Double SU(3) Symmetry (with M-Y Han); A Systematics of Hadrons in Subnuclear Physics; Quark Model and Factorization of the Veneziano Amplitude; Duality and Hadrodynamics; Generalized Hamiltonian Dynamics; Three Stages, Three Modes, and Beyond; Some Anomalies Related to Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; Nobel Lecture, Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Particle Physics: A Case of Cross Fertilization.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the author presents the theory of quasifree quantum fields and argues that they could provide non-zero scattering for some particles. The free-field representation of the quantised transverse electromagnetic field is not closed in the weak*-topology. Its closure contains soliton-anti-soliton pairs as limits of two-photon states as time goes to infinity, and the overlap probability can be computed using Uhlmann's prescription. There are no free parameters: the probability is determined with no requirement to specify any coupling constant. All cases of the Shale transforms of the free field ϕ of the form ϕ→ϕ+φ, where φ is not in the one-particle space, are treated in the book. There remain the cases of the Shale transforms of the form ϕ → Tϕ, where T is a symplectic map on the one-particle space, not near the identity.

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Book SynopsisThis proceedings volume collected papers presented at a recent symposium on Chiral Symmetry in Hadrons and Nuclei — the seventh in a series of international symposia — with an aim of providing a platform for discussions among the experts and an overview of the present status in the hadron and nuclear physics related to the chiral symmetry.The recent past years have seen a remarkable progress towards a unified description of nonperturbative strong interaction phenomena based on the fundamental theory of the strong interaction, Quantum ChromoDynamics, and Effective Field Theories. The topics discussed in these proceedings include: chiral and heavy-quark spin symmetry; chiral dynamics of few-body hadron systems; chiral symmetry and hadrons in a nuclear medium; chiral dynamics in nucleon-nucleon interaction and atomic nuclei; chiral symmetry in rotating nuclei; hadron structure and interactions; exotic hadrons, heavy flavor hadrons and nuclei; mesonic atoms and nuclei.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of talks presented at the First International African Symposium on Exotic Nuclei (IASEN-2013). The symposium was held at Cape Town, South Africa from 2 - 6 December 2013. The IASEN2013 was dedicated to the problems of producing and investigating nuclei far from the line of stability. The symposium was organized by two scientific centers: iThemba LABS, South Africa and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna).The main goal of the Symposium was to discuss the latest results on the production and study of the properties of the lightest to heaviest nuclei, as well as the plans for future joint investigations in the field of exotic nuclei. The talks were presented by the leading scientists in the field. Among the topics of the symposium were the following: production and study of properties of nuclei in extreme states, strongly deformed nuclei, highly excited and nuclei far from the line of stability as well as nuclei having large angular momenta. New results of the investigations are presented in this book. In particular, the latest results on the synthesis of new superheavy elements are also presented. At the Symposium were talks devoted to existing detecting devices and accelerators of exotic nuclei as well as to the future projects for the creation of similar set-ups.Table of ContentsFacilities; Astrophysics; Clusters; Rare Processes and Decays; Reactions; Resonances; Structure; Super-Heavy Elements; Applications;

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Book SynopsisNuclear nonproliferation is a critical global issue. A key technological challenge to ensuring nuclear nonproliferation and security is the detection of long-lived radioisotopes and fissionable nuclides in a non-destructive manner. This technological challenge requires new methods for detecting relevant nuclides and the development of new quantum-beam sources. For example, one new method that has been proposed and studied is nuclear resonance fluorescence with energy-tunable, monochromatic gamma-rays generated by Compton scattering of laser photons with electrons.The development of new methods requires the help of researchers from a wide range of fields, such as nuclear physics, accelerator physics, laser physics, etc. Furthermore, any new method must be compatible with the requirements of administrators and nuclear-material inspectors.Table of ContentsPreface; Oral Presentations: Nuclear Science and Applications with the Next Generation of High-Power Lasers and Brilliant Low-Energy Gamma Beams at ELI-NP (S Gales); New Non-Intrusive Inspection Technologies for Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation (R J Ledoux) Development of Gamma-Ray Nondestructive Detection and Assay Systems for Nuclear Safeguards and Security at JAEA (R Hajima); Photonuclear Reaction Studies at HIgammaS: Developing the Science of Remote Detection of Nuclear Materials (C R Howell); Dipole Strength Around the Particle Threshold (D Savran) Resonant Photonuclear Reactions for Neutrino Nuclear Responses and Nuclear Isotope Detections (H Ejiri); Non-Destructive Testing for Control of Radioactive Waste Package (S Plumeri and F Carrel); Development of First Responders Equipment at RN Incident Sites (K Tsuchiya et al.); Compact Short-Pulsed Electron Linac Based Neutron Sources for Precise Nuclear Material Analysis (M Uesaka et al.); Laser-Driven Plasma Deceleration of Electron Beams for Compact Photon Sources (J-L Vay et al.); Advanced Laser-Compton Gamma-Ray Sources for Nuclear Materials Detection, Assay and Imaging (C P J Barty); Compact Gamma-Beam Source for Nuclear Security Technologies (P Gladkikh and J Urakawa); Developments of Optical Resonators and Optical Recirculators for Compton X/gamma Ray Machines (A Martens); Low-Lying "Pygmy" Dipole Resonances and Strength Functions (V Werner et al.); NRF-Based NDA of Nuclear Material Using Monochromatic gamma-Ray Beam (T Shizuma et al.); Improving the Assay of 239Pu in Spent and Melted Fuel Using the Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Integral Resonance Transmission Method (C T Angell et al.); Laser Compton Scattering Gamma-Ray Beam Source at NewSUBARU Storage Ring (S Miyamoto et al.); Energy Calibration of Electron and Gamma-Ray Beams at NewSUBARU-GACKO (T Shima and H Utsunomiya); A Paradigm for the Nondestructive Assay of Spent Fuel Assemblies and Similar Large Objects, with Emphasis on the Role of Photon-Based Techniques (A M Bolind); Medium Modification of alpha Cluster Size in 6Li (T Yamagata et al.) Noninvasive Reactor Imaging Using Cosmic-Ray Muons (H Miyadera et al.); Compton Radiation for Nuclear Waste Management and Transmutation (E Bulyak and J Urakawa); Compact Intense Neutron Generators Based on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement of D-D Fusion Plasmas (K Masuda et al.); NRF Based Nondestructive Inspection System for SNM by Using Laser-Compton-Backscattering Gamma-Rays (H Ohgaki et al.); Development of Measurement Methods for Detection of Special Nuclear Materials Using D-D Pulsed Neutron Source (T Misawa et al.); SOFIA, a Next-Generation Facility for Fission Yields Measurements and Fission Study. First Results and Perspectives (L Audouin et al.); Present Status of Nuclear Data for Nuclear Nonproliferation (M Igashira); Development of the Experimental Photo-Nuclear Reaction Database in Hokkaido University (A Makinaga); Laser-Compton Scattering Photon Beams and Other Gamma-Ray Sources: Project for Coherent Gamma-Ray Source on Basis of Femtosecond Laser at ILC MSU (V G Nedorezov and A B Savelev); Laser Driven Ion Acceleration Study in JAEA (K Kondo); Status of New JENDL Photonuclear Data File (K Kosako et al.); Nuclear Research with Egamma<=15 MeV Photons (C Rangacharyulu); IRIDE: Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure Based on Dual Electron Linac and Laser (M Ferrario); Poster Presentations: A Study of the Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Reaction Yield Dependence on the Target Thickness of 208PB (H Negm et al.); Photodisintegration Reactions with Linear Polarized gamma-Ray Beam (T Hayakawa et al.); Test Experiment of gamma-Ray Diffraction for Crystal Monochromators (S Matsuba et al.); Overview of Laser Compton-scattered Photon Source at the cERL (R Nagai et al.); Development of a High-Brightness and High-Current Electron Gun for High-Flux gamma-Ray Generation (N Nishimori et al.); Design of ERL Spoke Cavity for Non-Destructive Assay Research (M Sawamura et al.); Measurements of Cosmic-Ray Muon-Capture X-Rays and Its Application to Nuclear Material Detection (Y Shimbara et al.); Active Neutron-Based Interrogation System with D-D Neutron Source for Detection of Special Nuclear Materials (Y Takahashi et al.); Closing Summary: Summary Comments: Nuclear Physics and Gamma-Ray Sources for Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation (C P J Barty);

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Book Synopsis'Michael Day's insightful ‘philosophical biography’ of J Robert Oppenheimer stands out from other works on the so-called ‘father of the atomic bomb’ by its focus on the post-war period and by the depth of its philosophical engagement with his humanistic thought on science and culture.'Centaurus ReviewIncorporating elements from history, science, philosophy and international relations theory, this book takes a fresh look at the life and thought of Robert Oppenheimer.The author argues that not only are Oppenheimer's ideas important, engaging and relevant, but also more coherent than generally assumed. He makes a convincing case that Oppenheimer has much to say about 21st century issues, and his voice should be brought back into the public forum.The book recovers and reconstructs what Oppenheimer said and wrote during the 1940s, 50s and 60s (i.e., his hope and vision) with the goal of identifying what might be of general philosophical interest today. It considers not only Oppenheimer's thought, but also his life using philosophical ideas developed by contemporary philosophers.In addition, to deepen and broaden the discussion and demonstrate the relevance of Oppenheimer's vision for the present, the author analyzes his views using contemporary international relations theory with a special emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. This examination reveals ways in which Oppenheimer's reasoning was prescient of current work being carried out to control, and possibly move beyond, the nuclear revolution.Table of ContentsBiographical Overview of Oppenheimer; Development of Oppenheimer's Thought on Science and Culture in the Form of a Hope and Vision; Comparison of Oppenheimer's Outlook to the Outlooks of the Physicist I. I. Rabi and the Poet Archibald MacLeish; Connections between Oppenheimer's Philosophical Outlook and Current Philosophical Themes; Connections between Oppenheimer's Hope and Vision and Contemporary International Relations Theory with Special Emphasis on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament; Exploration of Oppenheimer Himself Using Philosophical Ideas;

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Book Synopsis'Michael Day's insightful ‘philosophical biography’ of J Robert Oppenheimer stands out from other works on the so-called ‘father of the atomic bomb’ by its focus on the post-war period and by the depth of its philosophical engagement with his humanistic thought on science and culture.'Centaurus ReviewIncorporating elements from history, science, philosophy and international relations theory, this book takes a fresh look at the life and thought of Robert Oppenheimer.The author argues that not only are Oppenheimer's ideas important, engaging and relevant, but also more coherent than generally assumed. He makes a convincing case that Oppenheimer has much to say about 21st century issues, and his voice should be brought back into the public forum.The book recovers and reconstructs what Oppenheimer said and wrote during the 1940s, 50s and 60s (i.e., his hope and vision) with the goal of identifying what might be of general philosophical interest today. It considers not only Oppenheimer's thought, but also his life using philosophical ideas developed by contemporary philosophers.In addition, to deepen and broaden the discussion and demonstrate the relevance of Oppenheimer's vision for the present, the author analyzes his views using contemporary international relations theory with a special emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. This examination reveals ways in which Oppenheimer's reasoning was prescient of current work being carried out to control, and possibly move beyond, the nuclear revolution.Table of ContentsBiographical Overview of Oppenheimer; Development of Oppenheimer's Thought on Science and Culture in the Form of a Hope and Vision; Comparison of Oppenheimer's Outlook to the Outlooks of the Physicist I. I. Rabi and the Poet Archibald MacLeish; Connections between Oppenheimer's Philosophical Outlook and Current Philosophical Themes; Connections between Oppenheimer's Hope and Vision and Contemporary International Relations Theory with Special Emphasis on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament; Exploration of Oppenheimer Himself Using Philosophical Ideas;

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Book SynopsisThis is the fifth volume in the series on the subject of quark-gluon plasma, a unique phase created in heavy-ion collisions at high energy. It contains review articles by the world experts on various aspects of quark-gluon plasma taking into account the advances driven by the latest experimental data collected at both the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The articles are pedagogical and comprehensive which can be helpful for both new researchers entering the field as well as the experienced physicists working on the subject.Table of ContentsLattice QCD at Finite Temperature and Density (H T Ding and F Karsch); Hydrodynamics for Heavy-Ion Collisions (U Heinz and S Jeon); Jet Energy Loss (J P Blaizot and Y Mehtar-Tani); Applications of AdS/CFT to Heavy-Ion Collisions (P Chesler and W van der Schee); Initial State and Thermalization in the Color Glass Condensate Framework (F Gelis); Parton Energy Loss and pT Broadening at NLO in Thermal QCD (D Teaney and J Ghiglieri); Quarkonium Production (P F Zhuang); Jet Quenching in Heavy-Ion Collisions (G Y Qin and X N Wang);

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Book SynopsisThe promise of a vast and clean source of thermal power drove physics research for over fifty years and has finally come to collimation with the international consortium led by the European Union and Japan, with an agreement from seven countries to build a definitive test of fusion power in ITER. It happened because scientists since the Manhattan project have envisioned controlled nuclear fusion in obtaining energy with no carbon dioxide emissions and no toxic nuclear waste products.This large toroidal magnetic confinement ITER machine is described from confinement process to advanced physics of plasma-wall interactions, where pulses erupt from core plasma blistering the machine walls. Emissions from the walls reduce the core temperature which must remain ten times hotter than the 15 million degree core solar temperature to maintain ITER fusion power. The huge temperature gradient from core to wall that drives intense plasma turbulence is described in detail.Also explained are the methods designed to limit the growth of small magnetic islands, the growth of edge localized plasma plumes and the solid state physics limits of the stainless steel walls of the confinement vessel from the burning plasma. Designs of the wall coatings and the special 'exhaust pipe' for spent hot plasma are provided in two chapters. And the issues associated with high-energy neutrons — about 10 times higher than in fission reactions — and how they are managed in ITER, are detailed.Table of ContentsMachine Architecture and Objectives; Magnetohydrodynamic Description; Alfv'en Cavity Modes; Turbulent Transport; Operational Regimes and their Properties; Transport Barriers and ELM Control; Steady-State Operation; Plasma Diagnostics; Plasma Facing Components and Plasma-Wall Interaction Physics; The Broader Approach and Tritium Breeder Blankets;

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Book SynopsisThe production and the properties of nuclei in extreme conditions, such as high isospin, temperature, angular momenta, large deformations etc., have become the subject of detailed investigations in all scientific centers. The main topics discussed at the Symposium were: Synthesis and Properties of Exotic Nuclei; Superheavy Elements; Rare Processes, Nuclear Reactions, Fission and Decays; Experimental Facilities and Scientific Projects.This book provides a comprehensive overview of the newest results of the investigations in the main scientific centers such as GSI (Darmstadt, Germany), GANIL (Caen, France), RIKEN (Wako-shi, Japan), MSU (Michigan, USA), and JINR (Dubna, Russia).Table of ContentsLight Exotic Nucley and Nuclear Structure: Few-Body Models of Light Nuclei (S N Ershov, J S Vaagen and M V Zhukov); Momentum Distributions in Stripping Reactions of Halo Nuclei on Light Targets (V E Pafomov, V A Sergeev and V P Zavarzina); Sub-Barrier Fusion: Does Rearrangement of Neutrons Play a Role? (A V Karpov, V A Rachkov, A Adel, A S. Denikin and V I Zagrebaev); Influence of Heavy Targets and Compound Nuclei on Fusion Excitation Function Mechanism (A A Hassan and Abdulla A Zahrani); Superheavy Elements: Synthesis and Properties: Outstanding Problems of Nuclear Physics (W Greiner); Exotic Nuclei and Matter in a Chirally Effective Approach (S Schramm); Chemical Pseudo-Homologues of Superheavy Element (Yu A Demidov and A Zaitsevskii); Possibility of Synthesizing a Superheavy Nucleus at the Center of Island of Stability (Y Aritomo); Nuclear Reactions, Fission and Decay: Rare Processes: Dynamical Aspects of Quasifission Process in Heavy-Ion-Induced Reactions (G N Knyazheva, I M Itkis and E M Kozulin); Study of Shape Isomeric States in Fission Fragments (Yu V Pyatkov, D V Kamanin, A A Alexandrov, I A Alexandrova, N A Kondtatyev, E A Kuznetsova, A O Strekalovsky, O V Strekalovsky, V E Zhuchko and N Mkaza); A Non-Equilibrium Equation of State in Heavy-Ion Collisions at Intermediate Energies (A T D'yachenko, K A Gridnev, I A Mitropolsky and W Greiner); The Twin Exotic Quasiparticles (V A Skvortsov and N I Vogel); Scientific Projects & Experimental Set-Up : Riken RI Beam Factory, Harvest Time (H En'yo); The Alto Facility (F Ibrahim, F Azaiez, S Essabaa, D Verney, M Cheikh Mhamed, S Franchoo, C Lau, R Li, B Roussiere, A Said, S Tusseau-Nenez, D Testov, Yu Penionzhkevich, V Smirnov and E Sokol); Status of Acculinna-2 Project (L Grigorenko, A Fomichev and S Krupko); Magnetic Analyzer MAVR for Study Exotic Weakly Bound Nuclei (V A Maslov, V I Kazacha, I V Kolesov, S M Lukyanov, V N Melnikov, N F Osipov, Yu E Penionzhkevich, N K Skobelev, Yu G Sobolev, E I Voskoboinik); and other papers;

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Book SynopsisThis book presents, in the form of reviews by world's leading physicists in wide-ranging fields in theoretical physics, the influence and prescience of Skyrme's daring idea of 1960, originally conceived for nuclear physics, that fermions can arise from bosons via topological solitons, pervasively playing a powerful role in wide-ranging areas of physics, from nuclear/astrophysics, to particle physics, to string theory and to condensed matter physics.The skyrmion description, both from gauge theory and from gauge/gravity duality, offers solutions to some long-standing and extremely difficult problems at high baryonic density, inaccessible by QCD proper. It also offers explanations and makes startling predictions for fascinating new phenomena in condensed matter systems. In both cases, what is at the core is the topology although the phenomena are drastically different, even involving different spacetime dimensions.This second edition has been expanded with addition of new reviews and extensively updated to take into account the latest developments in the field.

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Book SynopsisUnified Field Mechanics, the topic of the 9th international symposium honoring noted French mathematical physicist Jean-Pierre Vigier cannot be considered highly speculative as a myopic critic might surmise. The 8th Vigier Symposium proceedings 'The Physics of Reality' should in fact be touted as a companion volume because of its dramatic theoretical Field Mechanics in additional dimensionality. Many still consider the Planck-scale zero-point field stochastic quantum foam as the 'basement of reality'. This could only be considered true under the limitations of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory. As we enter the next regime of Unified Field Mechanics we now know that the energy-dependent Einstein-Minkowski manifold called spacetime has a finite radius beyond which a large-scale multiverse beckons. So far a battery of 14 experiments has been designed to falsify the model. When the 1st is successfully performed, a revolution in Natural Science will occur! This volume strengthens and expands the theoretical and experimental basis for that immanent new age.Table of ContentsFoundational Physics; Special and General Relativity; Aspects of Unified Theories; Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Biophysics and Consciousness;

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents recent progress and perspectives in multi-photon processes and spectroscopy of atoms, ions, and molecules. The subjects in the series cover the experimental and theoretical investigations in interdisciplinary research fields in natural science including chemistry, physics, bioscience and material science.Table of ContentsControl of Radiationless Transitions by Light; Optimal Control Approaches for Aligning/orienting Linear Molecules; Femtosecond Laser-induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging; Development of Ultrashort Pulse Lasers in the Visible Ultrafast and Application to Spectroscopy Ranges; Nonlinear Optical Properties in Molecular Systems with Non-zero Permanent Dipole Moments in Four-Waving Mixing under Stochastic Considerations;

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