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Discharge in long air gaps
Discharge in Long Air Gaps: Modelling and applications presents self-consistent predictive dynamic models of positive and negative discharges in long air gaps. Equivalent models are also derived to predict lightning parameters based on the similarities between long air gap discharges and lightnin...
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Symmetry and collective fluctuations in evolutionary games
Evolutionary game theory has the potential to provide an integrated framework to model many aspects of evolution, development, and ecology. The reliable use of game models, however, requires an understanding of their behaviour when the number of players becomes very large, resulting in the emerge...
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A short course on relativistic heavy ion collisions
This book introduces the subject of high-energy, heavy-ion collisions, in particular, the subject of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) to graduate students and young researchers, in both experimental and theoretical physics.
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Advanced digital imaging laboratory using matlab®
In this book, Prof. Yaroslavsky delivers a complete applied course in digital imaging aimed at advanced students and practitioners. Covering all areas of digital imaging, the text provides an outline of underlying principles of each topic before offering more than 80 MATLAB® based exercises. Subj...
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Some critical questions in biological physics
Some Critical Questions in Biological Physics discusses 18 key questions in biological physics, each forming independent chapters that will, by presenting the research in terms of key, unsolved problems, encourage interest in the field. It also provides useful reading for undergraduate physical s...
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Inverse modeling
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the techniques, tools and methods for inverse problems and data assimilation, designed for students, researchers and developers in mathematics, physics, engineering, acoustics, electromagnetics, meteorology, biology, environmental and other appli...
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Extreme-temperature and harsh-environment electronics
Electronic devices and circuits are employed by a range of industries in testing conditions from extremes of high- or low-temperature, in chemically corrosive environments, subject to shock and vibration or exposure to radiation. This book succinctly presents material selections, along with desig...
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Physics of the atmosphere
This text provides a self-contained introductory course in atmospheric physics suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in meteorology or physics. Assuming no prior knowledge other than basic mechanics and calculus, it offers a solid overview of how the atmosphere functions, incl...
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Origins of life
Origins of Life: A cosmic perspective presents an overview of the concepts, methods, and theories of astrobiology and the origins of life research while presenting a summary of the latest findings. The book provides an insight into the environments and processes that gave birth to life on our pla...
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General relativity: an introduction to black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology
General Relativity: An Introduction to Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmology provides readers with a solid understanding of the underlying physical concepts of general relativity. It also shows how they may derive important applications of the theory and is a solid grounding for those w...
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Electrostatic phenomena on planetary surfaces
The diverse planetary environments in the solar system react in different ways to the influence of the Sun. These different interactions define the electrostatic phenomena that take place on and near planetary surfaces and they have enormous implications for both humans and robotic exploration of...
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Hyperbolic metamaterials
Hyperbolic metamaterials were originally introduced to overcome the diffraction limit of optical imaging. Soon thereafter it was realized that hyperbolic metamaterials demonstrate a number of novel phenomena resulting from the broadband singular behavior of their density of photonic states. This ...
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Relativity, symmetry, and the structure of quantum theory, volume 2
This book is the second in a series of volumes looking at what particular relativity is applicable to a given dynamical theory. This volume takes the point of view of a particle theory, based on the irreducible representations of the Poincare group, the group that expresses the symmetry of Einste...
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Order from force
The intention of this book is to introduce ideas of how the visible world, and those parts of it that we cannot observe, either because they are too small or too large for our scale of perception, can be understood by consideration of only a few fundamental forces. My subject in these pages will ...
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Capture and relaxation in self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots
This is an overview of different models and mechanisms developed to describe the capture and relaxation of carriers in quantum-dot systems. Despite their undisputed importance, the mechanisms leading to population and energy exchanges between a quantum dot and its environment are not yet fully un...
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A journey into reciprocal space
This book introduces undergraduate and graduate students to a crystallographer’s view of real and reciprocal space, a concept that has been of particular use by crystallographers to understand the patterns of spots when X-rays are diffracted by crystals. It then proceeds to develop the concept in...
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Introduction to the physics of the cryosphere
Introduction to the Physics of the Cryosphere is intended for graduates with a numerical sciences background, particularly those who are heading towards postgraduate study or are generally interested in environmental physics. Conservation equations underpin the physics encompassed in this book, a...
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Excel® vba for physicists
This book is both an introduction and a demonstration of how Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can greatly enhance Microsoft Excel® by giving users the ability to create their own functions within a worksheet and to create subroutines to perform repetitive actions. The book is written so reader...
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Waves
Waves: Fundamentals and dynamics discusses the various aspects of wave dynamics from many different perspectives. The main topics include the fundamentals of oscillations and waves, the big picture of wave dynamics as a propagation of oscillation, the mathematical aspects of waves, the various pr...
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Relativistic quantum field theory, volume 3
Volume 3 of this three-part series presents more advanced topics and applications of relativistic quantum field theory. The application of quantum chromodynamics to high-energy particle scattering is discussed, and experimental evidence for the existence of quarks and gluons is presented within t...
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Electromagnetism
Electromagnetism: Problems and solutions is an ideal companion book for the undergraduate student – sophomore, junior, or senior – who may want to work on more problems and receive immediate feedback while studying. Each chapter contains brief theoretical notes followed by the problem text with t...
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The molecule as meme
This volume explores the concept of the molecule as a meme, or idea, that had been accepted in the chemistry community and then diffused outwards into the wider scientific community creating a new field of science, physical chemistry.
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Smart internal stimulus-responsive nanocarriers for drug and gene delivery
The concept of smart drug delivery vehicles involves designing and preparing a nanostructure (or microstructure) that can be loaded with a cargo. This can be a therapeutic drug, a contrast agent for imaging, or a nucleic acid for gene therapy. The nanocarrier serves to protect the cargo from degr...
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The manhattan project
The development of nuclear weapons by the Manhattan Project during World War II was one of the most dramatic scientific/technological episodes in human history. This book offers a concise survey of the essential physics concepts underlying fission weapons. It describes the energetics and timescal...
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Understanding the magic of the bicycle
The bicycle is a common, yet unique mechanical contraption in our world. In spite of this, the bike’s physical and mechanical principles are understood by a select few. You do not have to be a genius to join this small group of people who understand the physics of cycling. This is your guide to f...
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Optical fiber multiplexing and emerging techniques
Starting with the history and fundamentals of optical fiber communications, Optical Fiber Multiplexing and Emerging Techniques introduces existing optical multiplexing techniques, and it focuses on the spatial domain multiplexing (SDM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM) of photon-based multiplexing.
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The physics of destructive earthquakes
This book is a concise introduction to the interactions between earthquakes and human-built structures (buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, pipelines and more). It focuses on the ways in which these interactions illustrate the application of basic physics principles and concepts, including in...
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Is it the 'same' result: replication in physics
Replication, the independent confirmation of experimental results and conclusions, is regarded as the “gold standard” in science. This book examines the question of successful or failed replications and demonstrates that that question is not always easy to answer. It presents clear examples of su...
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A brief introduction to topology and differential geometry in condensed matter physics
In recent years, there have been great advances in the applications of topology and differential geometry to problems in condensed matter physics. Concepts drawn from topology and geometry have become essential to the understanding of several phenomena in the area. The main purpose of this book i...
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An introduction to the formalism of quantum information with continuous variables
This book is an introduction to quantum information with special emphasis on continuous-variable systems (such as light) that can be described as collections of harmonic oscillators. It covers a selection of basic concepts, focusing on their physical meaning and mathematical treatment. It starts ...
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Disorder in domain theory
Domain theory is a subject that emerged as a response to natural concerns in the semantics of computation, and it involves the study of ordered sets that possess an unusual amount of mathematical structure. Disorder in Domain Theory explores the connection between domain theory and quantum inform...
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Advanced solid state theory
This book introduces advanced concepts and topics of solid-state theory to graduate-level students interested in advanced topics of condensed matter physics. It is self-contained in the sense that it provides the theoretical tools to calculate properties of interacting quantum systems (elements o...
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Neutron stars, black holes and gravitational waves
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity made a remarkable prediction: gravitational radiation. Just like light, gravity could travel through space as a wave and affect any objects it encounters by alternately compressing and expanding them. However, these waves were so difficult to detect ...
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Biophysics of the senses
Biophysics of the Senses connects fundamental properties of physics to biological systems, relating them directly to the human body. It includes discussions of the role of charges and free radicals in disease and homeostasis, how aspects of mechanics impact normal body functions, human bioelectri...
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Ionization and ion transport
This book provides an introduction for engineering and science students to the basic underlying physics and chemistry concepts that form the foundation of plasma science and engineering. It is a bridge for students who have no background in the topic by providing an understanding of what an ion i...
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Numerical calculation for physics laboratory projects using microsoft excel®
This book may be used as a companion for introductory laboratory courses, as well as possible STEM projects. It covers essential Microsoft EXCEL® computational skills while analyzing introductory physics projects. Topics of numerical analysis include: multiple graphs on the same sheet, calculatio...
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Visual astronomy
This book introduces the basics of observational astronomy. It explains the essentials of time and coordinate systems, and their use in basic observations of the night sky. The fundamental concepts and terminology are introduced in simple language making very little use of equations and math. Ex...
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Elementary cosmology
Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it is based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is...
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Quantum information in gravitational fields
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity describes quantum information in classical gravitational fields and this book offers a concise discussion around this but also offers much more. Dr Lanzagorta looks at new results on steganographic quantum communications in inertial frames and qubits in Sch...
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Physics and the environment
Physics and the Environment directly connects the physical world to environmental issues that the world is facing today and will face in the future. It shows how the first and second laws of thermodynamics limit the efficiencies of fossil-fuel energy conversions to less than 100%, while also disc...
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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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Smath for physics
SMath is a free mathematical notebook program similar to Mathcad that provides many options for studying and solving complex mathematical equations. This book is a primer providing a concise but thorough introduction that keeps physics at a fairly low level so readers can concentrate on understan...
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Detecting the stochastic gravitational-wave background
The stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) is by far the most difficult source of gravitational radiation detect. At the same time, it is the most interesting and intriguing one. This book describes the initial detection of the SGWB and describes the underlying mathematics behind one of ...
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Fourier transform and its applications using microsoft excel®
This book demonstrates Microsoft EXCEL®-based Fourier transform of selected physics examples, as well as describing spectral density of the auto-regression process in relation to Fourier transform. Rather than offering rigorous mathematics, the book provides readers with an opportunity to gain an...
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The electrostatic accelerator
Electrostatic accelerators have been at the forefront of modern technology since 1932, when Sir John Cockroft and Ernest Walton developed the first accelerator. Although the electrostatic accelerator field is more than 90 years old, the field and the number of accelerators is growing more rapidly...
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An approach to dark matter modelling
In the field of particle and astrophysics one of the major unresolved problems is to understand the nature and properties of dark matter, which constitutes almost 80% of the matter content of the universe. This book gives a pedagogical introduction to the field of dark matter in general, and in p...
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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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Theories of matter, space and time, volume 2
This book and its prequel, Theories of Matter Space and Time: Classical theories, Volume 1, grew out of courses that are taught by the authors on the undergraduate degree program in physics at Southampton University, UK. The authors aim to guide the full MPhys undergraduate cohort through some of...
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An introduction to planetary nebulae
In this book we will look at what planetary nebulae are, where they come from and where they go. We will discuss what mechanisms cause these beautiful markers of stellar demise as well as what causes them to form their variety of shapes. How we measure various aspects of planetary nebulae such as...
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Magnetically confined fusion plasma physics
This book describes the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory for magnetically confined fusion plasmas. Advanced topics are presented in an attempt to fill the gap between up-to-date research developments and plasma physics textbooks. Each topic is self-contained and trackable, with the mathemat...
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Designing hybrid nanoparticles
In the last few years, several “bottom-up” and “top-down” synthesis routes have been developed to produce tailored hybrid nanoparticles (HNPs). This book provides a new insight into one of the most promising “bottom-up” techniques, based on a practical magnetron-sputtering inert-gas-condensation ...
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The physics and art of photography, volume 2
This volume covers basic photographic subjects such as shutter, aperture, ISO, metering and exposure value, as well as less familiar topics such as the Jones-Condit equation, Lambertian versus isotropic reflections, reflection and response curves, and the opponent-process model of color perceptio...
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An introduction to plasma physics and its space applications, volume 1
This introductory text is an expanded version of class notes and lectures that the author used to teach students of aerospace engineering and physics for several years. Covering the basic kinetic theory of neutral gases in equilibrium, as well as the physical description of plasmas as a statistic...
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Spiral structure in galaxies
How does it happen that billions of stars can co-operate to produce the beautiful spirals that characterize so many galaxies, including ours? This book reviews the history behind the discovery of spiral galaxies and the problems faced when trying to explain the existence of spiral structure withi...
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Exploring physics with computer animation and physgl
This book shows how the web-based PhysGL programming environment (http://physgl.org) can be used to teach and learn elementary mechanics (physics) using simple coding exercises. The book's theme is that the lessons encountered in such a course can be used to generate physics-based animations, pro...
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A modern introduction to neutrino physics
A deeper understanding of neutrinos, with the goal to reveal their nature and exact role within particle physics, is at the frontier of current research. This book reviews the field in a concise fashion and highlights the most pressing issues, in addition to the strongest areas of topical interes...
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Electromagnetics in magnetic resonance imaging
In the past few decades, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become an indispensable tool in modern medicine. But for all its utility and prevalence, it is much less commonly understood and less readily explained than other common medical imaging techniques. This book explains MRI with emphasis ...
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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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Recent advances in innovative magnetic nanomaterials for cancer theranostics
This book provides a detailed overview of cancer theranostics applications of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles. Their synthesis, characterization, multifunctionality, disease targeting, biodistribution, pharmacokinetics and toxicity are highlighted, along with current examples of clinical trials...
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Truth and traceability in physics and metrology
Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology discusses a new error concept that dispenses with the common practice to randomize unknown systematic errors. Instead, unknown systematic errors are treated as what they are, namely unknown constants. Furthermore, the ideas considered point to a met...
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Single molecule biophysics and poisson process approach to statistical mechanics
This is an overview of single molecule physics, the study of both equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties at the single molecule level. It begins with an introduction to this fascinating science and includes a chapter on how to build the most popular instrument for single molecule biophysics, ...
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Can physics save miami (and shanghai and venice, by lowering the sea)?
Credible predictions for sea-level rise by the year 2100 range from 12 inches to above six feet. Study of the Earth’s geologic history, through ice-core samples, links sea-level rise to temperature rise. Engineering the Earth’s solar input appears increasingly attractive and practical as a means ...
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Classical mechanics, volume 5
Classical Mechanics: Conservation laws and rotational motion covers the conservation of energy and the conservation of momentum, which are crucial concepts in any physics course. It also introduces the concepts of center-of-mass and rotational motion.
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A handbook of mathematical methods and problem-solving tools for introductory physics
This is a companion textbook for an introductory course in physics. It aims to link the theories and models that students learn in class with practical problem-solving techniques. In other words, it should address the common complaint that “I understand the concepts but I can't do the homework or...
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The nuclear nonproliferation treaty
The nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is the cornerstone of nonproliferation and disarmament efforts, yet its negotiation and success was not inevitable. This book aims to address the developments that led to the negotiation of the treaty, examine its implementation, and address challenges th...
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Structure and evolution of single stars
Structure and Evolution of Single Stars: An introduction is intended for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduates with a background in physics. Following a brief overview of the background observational material, the basic equations describing the structure and evolution of single stars...
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Guide through the nanocarbon jungle
This practical guide to nanocarbon terminology is in a glossary format with more than 300 entries, 100 figures and 2000 cross references helps to quickly identify relevant information for most topics related to nanocarbons.
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Open-channel microfluidics
Jean Berthier is based at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the author of Microfluidics for Biotechnology, Microdrops and Digital Microfluidics, The physics of micro-droplets, and Open Microfluidics. Ashleigh B Theberge is an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Wash...
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Outside the research lab, volume 3
This book explores the use of physics in various sports, and how professional athletes, coaches and amateurs in different sports use physics, and physics-based technologies, to participate in that sport and raise their performance levels as high as possible.
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Searching for habitable worlds
What does it take to consider a planet potentially habitable? If a planet is suitable for life, could life be present? Is life on other planets inevitable? Searching for Habitable Worlds answers these questions and provides both the general public and astronomy enthusiasts with a richly illustrat...
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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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High power microwave tubes: volume 1
Volume 1 of the book describes the historical timeline of the development of MWTs, the high-frequency limitations of traditional electron tubes, means of overcoming them and the factors making MWTs superior to solid-state devices.
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On the principle of holographic scaling
Holographic dualities are at the forefront of contemporary physics research: peering into the fundamental nature of our universe and providing best attempt answers to humankind's bold questions about basic physical phenomena. Yet, the concepts, ideas and mathematical rigors associated with these ...
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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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Quantitative core level photoelectron spectroscopy
This book introduces the reader to the concepts and instrumentation that emerge in an experimental approach to the photoemission process. The basic elements implemented for the technique are discussed and the geometry of the instrumentation is explained. This book covers each of the features that...
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Advanced tokamak stability theory
This book describes the advanced stability theories for magnetically confined fusion plasmas, especially in tokamaks. As the fusion plasma sciences advance, the gap between the textbooks and cutting-edge researches gradually develops. This book fills in this gap. It focuses on the advanced topics...
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Molecular photophysics and spectroscopy
This book provides a fresh, photon‐based description of modern molecular spectroscopy and photophysics, with applications drawn from chemistry, biology, physics and materials science. The concise and detailed approach includes some of the most recent developments, dispensing with old‐fashioned tr...
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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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Networks on networks
This book presents research into the physical rules that can underlie the behavior of biota, as well as the geochemistry of soil development. It addresses both nutrient and water transport limitations of processes from chemical weathering to vascular plant growth. It attempts to bring order to th...
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A guided tour of light beams
From science-fiction death rays to supermarket scanners, lasers are deeply embedded in our daily lives and cultures. But in recent decades, the standard laser beam has evolved into an array of more specialized light beams with a variety of strange and counter-intuitive properties. This is an intr...
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Science and computing with raspberry pi
The portable Raspberry Pi computing platform with the power of Linux yields an exciting exploratory tool for beginning scientific computing. Science and Computing with Raspberry Pi takes the reader through explorations in a variety of computing exercises with the physical sciences. The book guide...
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Atoms and photons and quanta, oh my!
This is the second book in the Ask the Physicist series. The first book, From Newton to Einstein: Ask the Physicist About Mechanics and Relativity, provides an excellent foundation for this book which covers topics in ‘modern’ physics. The main emphasis of this volume is providing an accessible i...
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Classical mechanics, volume 4
Classical Mechanics: The universal law of gravitation focuses on the notion that forces act through their associated fields, which is first introduced when discussing Newton’s universal law of gravitation. A huge conceptual leap is required from the reader: an object can cause another object to m...
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The globular star clusters of the andromeda galaxy
This book presents a brief compilation of results from nearly a century of research on the globular star clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). It explores the techniques and limitations of the observations, the successes and challenges of the models, and the paradigm for the formation of M31 th...
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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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Multiscale modeling of vascular dynamics of micro- and nano-particles
This book discusses the recent achievements from the establishment of fundamental physical problems to the development of the multiscale model and, finally, large-scale simulations for understanding the transport of particle-based drug carriers in blood flow.
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Essential semiconductor laser device physics
The invention of the semiconductor laser along with silica glass fiber has enabled an incredible revolution in global communication infrastructure of direct benefit to all. Development of devices and system concepts that exploit the same fundamental light-matter interaction continues. Researchers...
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Synchrotron radiation
This book covers the properties of synchrotron radiation, insertion devices, beamlines and monochromators before finishing with an introduction to free electron lasers and an overview of the most common techniques and applications of this technology.
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Searching for dark matter with cosmic gamma rays
This book summarizes the evidence for dark matter and what we can learn about its particle nature using cosmic gamma rays. Overwhelming evidence suggests 95% of the universe’s energy density doesn’t fit within our Standard Model of particle physics…most of the cosmos is filled with dark energy an...
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Beyond curie
In the 116 year history of the Nobel Prize in Physics, only two women have won the award; Marie Curie (1903) and Maria Mayer (1963). During the 60 years between those awards, several women did work of similar calibre. This book focuses on those women, providing biographies for each that discuss b...
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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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Introduction to classical field theory
This book is a short introduction to classical field theory, focusing on showcasing the role of fields in mediating action-at-a-distance interactions. Suitable technical machinery is developed to explore at some aspects of each of the four known fundamental forces in nature. Beginning with the ph...
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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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Of clocks and time
Of Clocks and Time takes readers on a five-stop journey through the physics and technology – and occasional bits of applications and history – of timekeeping. The author offers conceptual vistas and qualitative images, along with equations, quantitative relations, and rigorous definitions. The bo...
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From newton to einstein
Want to know how physics explains the workings of the world? This book, aimed at general readers with an interest in physics, has built on material from the popular website www.AskthePhysicist.com. It emphasizes concepts over formalism and the mathematics is kept to a minimum throughout. Brief tu...
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Lectures on selected topics in mathematical physics: elliptic functions and elliptic integrals
This volume is a basic introduction to certain aspects of elliptic functions and elliptic integrals that has evolved as part of the first semester of a course on theoretical and mathematical methods given to first- and second-year graduate students in physics and chemistry at the University of No...
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Spin-wave theory and its applications to neutron scattering and thz spectroscopy
This book discusses the experimental techniques of inelastic neutron scattering and THz spectroscopy and provides the theoretical tools required to analyze their measurements using spin-wave theory. Assuming a background in elementary statistical mechanics and a familiarity with the quantized har...
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Essential classical mechanics for device physics
Continued advances in the precision manufacturing of new structures at the nanometer scale have provided unique opportunities for device physics. This book sets out to summarize those elements of classical mechanics most applicable for scientists and engineers studying device physics. Supplementa...
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Introduction to nanomaterials in medicine
Advancement in the field of nanotechnology has revolutionized the field of medicines and pharmaceuticals in the 20th century. This book, considering the importance of nanomaterials and their application in medicine, as well as the significant growth of biomaterials in research fields, introduces ...
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Topological insulators
This book provides an introduction to topological matter, with a focus on insulating bulk systems. After introducing prerequisite concepts and tools, the book discusses realistic models for both time-reversal-preserving and -violating topological insulators, as well as their characteristic respon...
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