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Particle physics
The description of particle structure on the basis of the Standard Model, along with recent discoveries concerning neutrino properties, provides us with a comprehensive picture of the properties of subatomic particles. This book provides an overview of the Standard Model of particle physics, incl...
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Skin photoaging
This book focuses on skin photoaging, the premature aging of skin due to environmental effects such as exposure to UV radiation from the Sun. Slowing the aging process and rejuvenation have been one of the major goals of medicine and are in high demand as consumers seek agents or treatments that ...
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Airborne maritime surveillance radar, volume 1
Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally airborne maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and classification of surface ships (ASuW—anti-surface warfare) and for hunting submarines (ASW—anti-submarine w...
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Crystal engineering
This book is a look at the origin of the molecular architecture of crystals; a topic that is becoming increasingly important and is often termed “crystal engineering”. It is a study of the means of predicting crystal structures and of designing crystals with particular properties by manipulating ...
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Essential mathematics for the physical sciences
Physics is expressed in the language of mathematics; it is deeply ingrained in how physics is taught and how it’s practiced. A study of the mathematics used in science is thus a sound intellectual investment for training as scientists and engineers. This first volume of two is centered on methods...
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Transformations of materials
Phase transformations are among the most intriguing and technologically useful phenomena in materials, particularly with regard to controlling microstructure. After a review of thermodynamics, this book contains chapters on Brownian motion and the diffusion equation, diffusion in solids based on ...
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Butterfly in the quantum world
Butterfly in the Quantum World is the first book to tell the story of the “Hofstadter butterfly,” a beautiful and fascinating graph lying at the heart of the quantum theory of matter. When graduate student Douglas Hofstadter discovered this wild mathematical object, it caught the physics world by...
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Classical theory of free-electron lasers
This textbook develops the classical theory of FELs in sufficient depth to provide both a solid understanding of FEL physics and a solid background for contemporary research in the field. Its organization and analytical detail will be especially helpful to students and researchers who wish to lea...
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Extragalactic astrophysics
Extragalactic Astrophysics synthesizes the most important topics in the field of extragalactic astrophysics at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level, providing the reader with the foundation and tools for research in any of these areas. It attempts to cover a broad range of topics for a g...
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An introduction to time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (tof-sims) and its application to materials science
This book highlights the application of Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) for high-resolution surface analysis and characterization of materials. While providing a brief overview of the principles of SIMS, it also provides examples of how dual-beam ToF-SIMS is used to inve...
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The physics and mathematics of mri
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a very important clinical imaging tool. It combines different fields of physics and engineering in a uniquely complex way. This short book gives both an in-depth account of the methods used for the operation and construction of modern MRI systems and also the p...
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Optical nanomanipulation
This book provides a broad introductory survey of the remarkable field of optical nanomanipulation. It establishes and clearly differentiates the physical principles and provides a snapshot of many prominent current applications. The first chapters introduce and develop core theory focusing on th...
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Classical mechanics, volume 1
Classical Mechanics: Tools and vectors is simply about transmitting information. The conventions used to transmit certain types of numerical information are crucial concepts that must be addressed at the outset of any series on classical mechanics by discussing scalars versus vectors for example.
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Hadronic jets
A jet is a narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon in a particle physics or heavy ion experiment. This book is a general overview of jet physics for scientists not directly involved in the field. It presents the basic experimental and theoretic...
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An introduction to chemical kinetics
This book is intended to give a relatively concise introduction to the main principles of chemical kinetics at a level suitable for any undergraduate chemistry student. Elementary reactions and their rates are introduced and explained using Simple Collision Theory. Rate laws and reaction mechanis...
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From complex to simple
This book presents simple interdisciplinary stochastic models meant as a gentle introduction to the field of non-equilibrium statistical physics. It focuses on the analysis of two-state models with cooperative effects and explores a variety of mathematical techniques to solve the master equations...
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Electronic structure of organic semiconductors
Written from the perspective of an experimental chemist, this book puts together some of the fundamentals from chemistry, solid-state physics and quantum chemistry to help with understanding and predicting the electronic and optical properties of organic semiconductors. The text is intended to as...
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High power microwave tubes: basics and trends, volume 2
Volume 2 begins with an overview of conventional MWTs leading through to a thorough overview of different types of MWTs including a chapter on fast-wave tubes, vacuum microelectronic tubes and frequency and power ranges. The book finishes with an epilogue that sums up the authors’ attempt to brin...
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Introduction to beam dynamics in high-energy electron storage rings
Electron storage rings play a crucial role in many areas of modern scientific research. Introduction to Beam Dynamics in High-Energy Electron Storage Rings describes the physics of particle behaviour in these machines. Starting with an outline of the history, uses and structure of electron storag...
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Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials and nanostructures are the original product of nanotechnology, and they are the key building blocks for enabling technologies. In this context, this book presents a concise overview of the synthesis and characterization methods of nanomaterials and nanostructures, while integrating ...
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Measuring nothing, repeatedly
There have been many recent discussions of the replication crisis in psychology and other social sciences. This has been attributed, in part, to the fact that researchers hesitate to submit null results and journals fail to publish such results. In this book, Allan Franklin and Ronald Laymon anal...
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Electromagnetic waves and lasers
This book reviews basic electromagnetic (EM) wave theory and applies it specifically to lasers, to give the reader not only tangible examples of how the theory is manifested in real life, but also practical knowledge about lasers, and their operation and usage. The latter can be useful for those ...
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Special and general relativity
This book provides a concise introduction to the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity. The format has been chosen to provide the basis for a single semester course that can take the students all the way from the foundations of special relativity to the core results of...
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Electrostatics at the molecular level
Electrostatic forces are essential for the hierarchical structure of matter: electrons are bound to the atomic nucleus by electrostatic forces; atoms carry (partial) charges and ions with opposite charges attract and form (chemical) bonds. Small residual electrostatic forces between molecules all...
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Semiconductors and modern electronics
Semiconductors and Modern Electronics is a brief introduction to the physics behind semiconductor technologies. Chuck Winrich explores the topic of semiconductors from a qualitative approach to understanding the theories and models used to explain semiconductor devices, which is intended to bring...
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Quantum field theory
While there are many good books in particle physics, there are very few non-specialist comprehensive descriptions of quantum field theory. The intention of this short book is to offer a guided tour of that innermost topic of theoretical physics, in plain words and avoiding the mathematical appara...
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Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation and antitumor photodynamic therapy with fullerenes
This book provides detailed and current information on using fullerenes (bucky-balls) in photodynamic therapy (PDT), one of the most actively studied applications of photonic science in healthcare. This will serve as a useful source for researchers working in photomedicine and nanomedicine, espec...
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Theories of matter, space and time, volume 1
This book and its sequel, Theories of Matter, Space and Time: Classical theories, Volume 2, grew out of courses that are taught by the authors on the undergraduate degree program in physics at the University of Southampton, UK. The authors aim to guide the full MPhys undergraduate cohort through ...
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Analysis of the alkali metal diatomic spectra
This book illustrates the complementarity of molecular beam (MB) spectra and ultracold molecule (UM) spectra in unraveling the complex electronic spectra of diatomic alkali metal molecules, using KRb as the prime example. Researchers interested in molecular spectroscopy, whether physicist, chemis...
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Classical mechanics, volume 2
Classical Mechanic: Kinematics and uniformly accelerated motion focuses on the difference between asking, “How does an object move?” and “Why does an object move?”. This distinction requires a paradigm shift in the mind of the reader. Therefore, the reader must train themselves to clarify, “Am I ...
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Electrons in solids
The transport of electric charge through most materials is well described in terms of their electronic band structure. This book, however, deals with two cases where the charge transport in a solid is not described by the simple band structure picture of the solid. These cases are related to the ...
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Atomic bomb: the story of the manhattan project
This book gives a concise, fast-paced account of all major aspects of the Manhattan Project at a level accessible to an undergraduate college or advanced high-school student familiar with some basic concepts of energy, atomic structure, and isotopes. The text describes the underlying scientific d...
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Basic surfaces and their analysis
“God made solids, but surfaces were the work of the devil.” This statement by Nobel prize winner Wolfgang Paul emphasizes the diabolic nature of surfaces. Since surface properties deviate significantly from the bulk solid state, surface studies can be puzzling, misleading, and quite exciting! Thi...
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An introduction to quantum monte carlo methods
This book focuses on the diffusion and path-integral quantum Monte Carlo methods in many-body physics and provides a concise but complete introduction to the Metropolis algorithm and its applications. Several quantum many-body systems are analyzed within and studied in detail. The book includes ex...
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How to understand quantum mechanics
This book provides an accessible approach to help people understand quantum mechanics. Using reliable information and easy steps, the author guides readers in understanding basic physics in order to advance their studies and possibly participate in creating physics. In an unpretentious, direct an...
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Introduction to cellular biophysics, volume 1
All living matter is comprised of cells; small compartments isolated from the environment by a cell membrane and filled with concentrated solutions of various organic and inorganic compounds. Some organisms are a single cell and all life functions are performed by that cell. Others have groups of...
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Photomedicine and stem cells
Janus, the ancient Roman god depicted with two faces is an appropriate metaphor for light therapy. In the right photodynamic therapy conditions, light is able to kill nearly anything that is living such as cancers, microorganisms, parasites, and more. On the opposite face, light of the correct wa...
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Fourier ptychographic imaging
This book demonstrates the concept of Fourier ptychography, a new imaging technique that bypasses the resolution limit of the employed optics. In particular, it transforms the general challenge of high-throughput, high-resolution imaging from one that is coupled to the physical limitations of the...
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Lectures on selected topics in mathematical physics: introduction to lie theory with applications
This book provides an introduction to Lie theory for first-year graduate students and professional physicists who may not have come across the theory in their studies. It is an overview of the theory of finite groups, a brief description of a manifold, and an informal development of the theory of...
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Introduction to computational physics for undergraduates
This is an introductory textbook on computational methods and techniques intended for undergraduates at the sophomore or junior level in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering. It provides an introduction to programming languages such as FORTRAN 90/95/2000 and covers numerical techni...
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Lasers and their application to the observation of bose–einstein condensates
The first part of this text provides an overview of the physics of lasers and it describes some of the more common types of lasers and their applications. The second part of then describes the phenomenon of Bose–Einstein condensation.
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An introduction to quantum communications networks
This book fills a gap between experts and non-experts in the field by providing readers with the basic tools to understand the latest developments in quantum communications and its future directions. With the fast pace of developments in quantum technologies, it is more necessary than ever to mak...
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The ringed planet (second edition)
Written for the general audience, with an emphasis on the fundamental physics of planetary systems, The Ringed Planet is a fascinating exploration of the Saturn system that places Saturn in the context of the solar system as a whole. More than a journey of discovery at Saturn, this book is also a...
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Optics
The study of light has been an important part of science from its beginning. The ancient Greeks and, prior to the Middle Ages, Islamic scholars provided important insights. With the coming of the Scientific Revolution in the 16th and 17th centuries, optics, in the shape of telescopes and microsco...
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Nanoscopic electrofocusing for bio-nanoelectronic devices
This cutting-edge book moves from the current ability to position nanoparticles on surfaces, to a new dimension of spatial control. The authors report that a new technique called “nanoscopic lens” is able to produce a variety of 3D nano-structures in a controlled manner. Particle trajectory calcu...
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Quantum chemistry, 2nd edition
This book provides non-specialists with a basic understanding of the underlying concepts of quantum chemistry. It is both a text for second- or third-year undergraduates and a reference for researchers who need a quick introduction or refresher. All chemists and many biochemists, materials scient...
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