Nuclear Physics category: 811 books
by Kurt Sundermeyer
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Over the course of the last century it has become clear that both elementary particle physics and relativity theories are based on the notion of symmetries. These symmetries become manifest in that the "laws of nature" are invariant under spacetime transformations and/or gauge transformations....
by Jan Weiland
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Stability and Transport in Magnetic Confinement Systems provides an advanced introduction to the fields of stability and transport in tokamaks. It serves as a reference for researchers with its highly-detailed theoretical background, and contains new results in the areas of analytical nonlinear theory...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This is the forth volume in a series of Lecture Notes based on the highly successful Euro Summer School on Exotic Beams.
The aim of these notes is to provide a thorough introduction to radioactive ion-beam physics at the level of graduate students and young postdocs starting out in the field.
Each...
Status of Theoretical Understanding and of Experimental Power for LHC Physics and Beyond
50th Anniversary Celebration of the QuarkProceedings of the International School of Subnuclear Physics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Proceedings of the International School of Subnuclear Physics, ISSP 2014, 52nd Course, ERICE, Erice, 24 June – 3 July 2014.
Contents:
Opening Lecture:
A Lesson for the Future of Our Science. My Testimony on Lord Patrick M S Blackett (A Zichichi)
Celebration Lecture:
Concrete...
by Li Yi
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This thesis covers several important topics relevant to our understanding of quark-gluon plasma. It describes measurement of the third-order harmonic flow using two-particle correlations and isolation of flow and non-flow contributions to particle correlations in gold-gold collisions. The work also...
by Wendell Horton
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
The book explains how magnetized plasmas self-organize in states of electromagnetic turbulence that transports particles and energy out of the core plasma faster than anticipated by the fusion scientists designing magnetic confinement systems in the 20th century. It describes theory, experiments and...
Edward Teller Lectures
Lasers and Inertial Fusion Energy
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
How to achieve unlimited, safe, clean and low-cost energy by laser- or beam-driven inertial nuclear fusion has preoccupied all winners of the Edward Teller Medal since its inception in 1991. This book presents their findings, meeting discussions, and personal insights from Edward Teller himself. Expect...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
This is the fifth volume in a series of Lecture Notes based on the highly successful Euro Summer School on Exotic Beams.
The aim of these notes is to provide a thorough introduction to radioactive ion-beam physics at the level of graduate students and young postdocs starting out in the field.
Each...
Fission Neutrons
Experiments, Evaluation, Modeling and Open Problems
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Although the fission of heavy nuclei was discovered over 75 years ago, many problems and questions still remain to be addressed and answered. The reader will be presented with an old, but persistent problem of this field: The contradiction between Prompt Fission Neutron (PFN) spectra measured with...
by Eugenio Nappi, Vladimir Peskov
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Describing advanced detectors and their visualization and investigation techniques, this book presents the major applications in nuclear and high-energy physics, astrophysics, medicine and radiation measurements.
The Discovery of Isotopes
A Complete Compilation
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
This book describes the exciting discovery of every isotope observed on earth to date, which currently numbers some 3000. The discoveries are arranged in chapters according to the observation techniques or production methods. Each chapter contains tables listing the first authors of the first publication...
An Introduction to Plasma Physics and Its Space Applications, Volume 1
Fundamentals and Elementary Processes
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
The growing number of scientific and technological applications of plasma physics in the field of Aerospace Engineering requires that graduate students and professionals understand their principles. This introductory book is the expanded version of class notes of lectures I taught for several years...
by Christopher G. Tully
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
The new experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland may significantly change our understanding of elementary particle physics and, indeed, the universe. This textbook provides a cutting-edge introduction to the field, preparing first-year graduate students and advanced...
Lectures on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Proceedings of the Third IDPASC School, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, January 21 -- February 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
This volume gathers the content of the courses held at the Third IDPASC School, which took place in San Martiño Pinario, Hospederia and Seminario Maior, in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galiza, Spain, from January 21st to February 2nd, 2013. This school is the annual joint program of the International...