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CP Violation

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3
  • November 14, 2012
  • L. Wolfenstein
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 9 6 0 8 - 6
The articles collected in this volume are mainly concerned with the phenomenological description of the 1964 discovery on K° decay that CP invariance was violated in nature. The variety of models developed to explain this CP violation are described together with reprints of more recent definitive experiments, and CP violation in the B° system and the electric dipole moment of the neutron is also covered.

Thermal Field Theories

  • 1st Edition
  • November 13, 2012
  • H. Ezawa + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 9 8 8 1 - 3
Theories of quantum fields at non-zero temperature have been steadily developed for well over a decade. In 1988, as a result of the increased demand for communication among theorists working in different fields ranging from condensed matter physics to high energy physics and astrophysics, the first international meeting was organized (the proceedings of which have been published in Physica A 158, 1989). This 2nd workshop covers similar fields, namely equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, quantum optics, high-temperature gauge-field theories, string theories, statistical theories of gravitation and cosmology. The resulting proceedings reflect the progress made in the respective fields, identify the major common problems and suggest possible directions for their solutions.

Old and New Problems in Elementary Particles

  • 1st Edition
  • November 12, 2012
  • G Puppi
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 5 9 0 - 8
Old and New Problems in Elementary Particles provides information pertinent to elementary-particle physics. This book examines the types of problems facing high-energy physicists. Comprised of 20 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the fundamental properties of Dirac poles, with emphasis on the spin, the electric-dipole moment, and the mass. This text then examines the applications of supergain antenna, which is an interesting cautionary model against an oversimplified application of the notion of indeterminacy. Other chapters explain the uninhibited adoption of a uniform and natural experimental definition of resonance or particle with respect to hadrons. This book illustrates as well how insight into strong-interaction dynamics may be improved by a precise definition of the particle-resonance concept. The final chapter deals with the derivation of the Alder–Weisberger relation, which links the ratio of the two weak coupling constants of the nucleon with an integral over pion absorption cross-sections. Physicists and researchers will find this book useful.

Superstring Construction

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 4
  • November 11, 2012
  • A.N. Schellekens
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 9 6 0 7 - 9
The book includes a selection of papers on the construction of superstring theories, mainly written during the years 1984-1987. It covers ten-dimensional supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric strings, four-dimensional heterotic strings and four-dimensional type-II strings. An introduction to more recent developments in conformal field theory in relation to string construction is provided.

Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis

  • 3rd Edition
  • August 16, 2012
  • Michael F. L'Annunziata
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 4 8 7 4 - 1
The updated and much expanded 3e of the Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis is an authoritative reference providing the principles, practical techniques, and procedures for the accurate measurement of radioactivity from the very low levels encountered in the environment to higher levels measured in radioisotope research, clinical laboratories, biological sciences, radionuclide standardization, nuclear medicine, nuclear power, and fuel cycle facilities and in the implementation of nuclear forensic analysis and nuclear safeguards. The book describes the basic principles of radiation detection and measurement and the preparation of samples from a wide variety of matrices, assists the investigator or technician in the selection and use of appropriate radiation detectors, and presents state-of-the-art methods of analysis. Fundamentals of radiation properties, radionuclide decay, the calculations involved, and methods of detection provide the basis for a thorough understanding of the analytical procedures. The Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis, 3e, is suitable as a teaching text for university and professional training courses.

Nuclear Physics (1929-1952)

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 9
  • May 4, 2012
  • R. Peierls
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 7 1 0 7 - 3
``Nuclear Physics'' deals with Bohr's work on nuclear physics which began in the pre-1932 days with his thinking deeply, but inconclusively about the seeming contradictions then presented by the evidence about the nucleus. In 1936, Bohr recognised and described the insights provided by neutron scattering experiments; the excitement of this new understanding and its extension and consolidation occupied much of the subsequent years. In 1939, he was again first in understanding the essential features of the newly discovered phenomenon of fission, applying successfully the point of view of nuclear reactions which he had developed over the past three years. Later, in 1949-50, he was impressed by the success of the nuclear shell model, which on the face of it seemed hard to reconcile with the picture of the closely interacting nucleons which he had pioneered in 1936. Bohr put much effort into clarifying this paradox.

The Correspondence Principle (1918 - 1923)

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3
  • May 4, 2012
  • J.R. Nielsen
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 7 1 0 1 - 1
During this period Bohr's researches had a double aim: to develop a consistent and adequate quantum theory and to explain the structures and properties of the elements of the periodic system. ``The Correspondence Principle'' contains the papers and manuscripts dealing mainly with the elaboration of the general quantum theory.

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