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Nanohybrids in Environmental & Biomedical Applications
Heterostructured nanoparticles have the capability for a broad range of novel and enhanced properties, which leads to appealing biomedical and environmental applications.
Polymer Glasses
Polymer glasses are amorphous, non-equilibrium solids that exhibit properties unique to other glass-forming materials due to the long chain nature of polymer molecules. This book provides the first focused treatment of polymer glasses, including an introductory overview of the main concepts and approaches used, and industrial applications. It al
14 MeV Neutrons
This book reflects developments in both fundamental nuclear physics and the application of fast neutrons to many practical problems in medicine, the environment, security, and other areas. Drawing on his more than 50 years of experience working with 14 MeV neutrons, the author shows how 14 MeV neutrons are used in materials detection and analysi
Advanced Bifunctional Electrochemical Catalysts for Metal-Air Batteries
The book discusses material selection, synthesis, characterization, and applications in MABs. It describes composite bifunctional electrocatalysts, corrosion/oxidation of carbon-containing air cathode catalysts, and how improvements can be achieved. It analyzes and discusses composite bifunctional electrocatalysts in the applications of MABs.
Radiation Sensors with 3D Electrodes
Written by the leading names in this field, this book covers the technical properties, fabrication details, measurement results and applications of three-dimensional silicon radiation sensors. It explains the essential features of silicon particle detectors, interactions of radiation with matter, radiation damage effects, and micro-fabrication.
Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors
This revised edition continues to provide the most complete coverage of the fundamental knowledge of semiconductors. In addition to inclusion of new chapter problems and worked examples, it delves into solid-state lighting (LEDs and laser diodes), and offers a solid foundation for experimental methods and the theory of defects in semiconduc
Fundamentals of Charged Particle Transport in Gases and Condensed Matter
This book offers a comprehensive and cohesive overview of transport processes associated with all kinds of charged particles, including electrons, ions, positrons, and muons, in both gases and condensed matter. The emphasis is on fundamental physics, linking experiment, theory and applications. In particular, the authors discuss: The kinetic theory of gases, from the traditional Boltzmann equation to modern generalizationsA complementary approach: Maxwell's equations of change and fluid modelingCalculation of ion-atom scattering cross sections Extension to soft condensed matter, amorphous materialsApplications: drift tube experiments, including the Franck-Hertz experiment, modeling plasma processing devices, muon catalysed fusion, positron emission tomography, gaseous radiation detectorsStraightforward, physically-based arguments are used wherever possible to complement mathematical rigor.Robert Robson has held professorial positions in Japan, the USA and Australia, and was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at several universities in Germany. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.Ronald White is Professor of Physics and Head of Physical Sciences at James Cook University, Australia.Malte Hildebrandt is Head of the Detector Group in the Laboratory of Particle Physics at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland.
Spintronics Handbook, Second Edition
The second edition offers an update on the single most comprehensive survey of the two intertwined fields of spintronics and magnetism, covering the diverse array of materials and structures, including silicon, organic semiconductors, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and engineered nanostructures.
Space-Time
This book, suitable for post-16 school pupils or undergraduates looking for a supplement to their course, develops our modern view of space-time and its implications in the theories of gravity and cosmology. While aspects of this topic are inevitably abstract, the book seeks to ground thinking in observational and experimental evidence.
Coal Production and Processing Technology
This book covers the latest coal technologies used in everything from mining to greenhouse gas mitigation. Featuring contributions from experts in industry and academia, the text discusses coal geology, characterization, beneficiation, combustion, gasification, and liquefaction. It explores coalbed methane drilling, excavatability, surface produ
Core Principles of Special and General Relativity
This book provides an accessible yet thorough, introduction to special and general relativity, crafted and class-tested over many years of teaching. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
The Physics of CT Dosimetry
This book explores the physics of CT dosimetry and provides practical guidance on best practice for medical researchers and practitioners. It will also contain helpful (and rigorous) shortcuts to reduce the measurement workload for medical physicists.
Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the field, from basic properties and mechanisms of action for flame retardants to emerging methods, materials, and industrial applications.
Power Engineering
Emerging research on new energy systems will enhance their security, safety in operation, protection of environment, improve energy efficiency, reliability and sustainability. Power Engineering: Advance and Challenges evaluates these methods and also presents alternate solutions for power generation.
Solar Cooling
Solar Cooling is for engineers, architects, consultancies, solar thermal technology companies, students and anyone who is interested in getting involved with this technology.
Toxicity of Nanomaterials
This book, edited by two leading experts in nanotoxicology with contributions from a global team of specialists, provides a comprehensive overview of the risks and environmental and health impacts assosciated with the toxicology of nanomaterials.
Nanofluids and Their Engineering Applications
This book introduces basic fluid mechanics, conduction and convection in fluids, along with nanomaterials for nanofluids, property characterization, and outline applications of nanofluids in solar technology, machining and other special applications.
Infrared Astronomy - Seeing the Heat
Accessible to amateur astronomers, this book presents an overview of the science and technology associated with infrared astronomy. With color figures, it shows how infrared astronomy provides insights into the workings of the universe that are unavailable at other wavelengths. Readers will discover what infrared astronomy reveals about the planets, moons, and other bodies that constitute our Solar System; star formation and stellar evolution; the processes that shape galaxies; and dark energy and dark matter.
Super-Resolution Imaging in Biomedicine
This book encompasses the full breadth of the super-resolution imaging field, representing modern techniques that exceed the traditional diffraction limit, thereby opening up new applications in biomedicine. It shows readers how to use the new tools to increase resolution in sub-nanometer-scale images of living cells and tissue, which leads to n
Semiconductor Radiation Detectors
This book is a self-contained compendium examining all types of semiconductors and how they can be used in radiation detection applications. It is suitable for graduate students and established researchers in this and related fields.
Solid Waste Management
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This compendium volume contains the most current technical and economic analyses of emerging waste disposal strategies. The editor, a well-respected researcher in this field, has selected articles that will be valuable to readers who range from engineers and academics to decision-makers in both the public and private sectors. Several international case studies give practical applications and examples of the various technologies and approaches. A final section discusses policy planning for the future.
Continuum Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing: Godunov’s Legacy
1. Determination of Discontinuity Surfaces of Transport Equation Coefficients.- 2. Nonlocal Problems of Asymptotic Methods of Perturbation Theory.- 3. Numerical Solution of the Axisymmetric Dirichlet{Neumann Problem for Laplace's Equation.- 4. Contributions to the Mathematical Technology Transfer with Finite Volume Methods.- 5.An Easy Control of the Articial Numerical Viscosity to Get Discrete Entropy Inequalities when Approximating Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws.
Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites on the Moon
Could the Moon's cultural heritage be inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List?.- The legal Framework protecting cultural heritage sites in the Moon and in situ preservation.- Does the Outer Space Treaty permit the protection and preservation of cultural heritage sites on the Moon?.- The protection of cultural 織heritage sites on Moon: The poo bags paradox.- One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act as one small step towards US space dominance? The case for a multilateral treaty protection regime.- The Outstanding Universal Value' Concept of the UNESCO Heritage Convention: Food for Thought to Preserve Lunar Artifacts.- Necessity of Special Regulation for Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites in the Moon.- How to preserve humanity's lunar heritage.- Protection of Lunar heritage sites: A customary law perspective.- Lunar Seismic experiments: A legacy which deserves to be remembered.- The Moon that Owns Itself: Exploring New Legal Avenues to Protect Cultural and Natural Heritage in Space.
Frontiers in General Relativity
This book discusses some of the open questions addressed by researchers in general relativity. Photons and particles play important roles in the theoretical framework, since they are involved in analyzing and measuring gravitational fields and in constructing mathematical models of gravitational fields of various types. The authors highlight this aspect covering topics such as the construction of models of Bateman electromagnetic waves and analogous gravitational waves, the studies of gravitational radiation in presence of a cosmological constant and the gravitational compass or clock compass for providing an operational way of measuring a gravitational field. The book is meant for advanced students and young researchers in general relativity, who look for an updated text which covers in depth the calculations and, equally, takes on new challenges. The reader, along the learning path, is stimulated by provocative examples interspersed in the text that help to find novel representations of the uses of particles and photons.
Astrophysics in the XXI Century with Compact Stars
There are reasons to believe the 21st century will be the best ever for astrophysics: the James Webb Space Telescope will extend nearly twenty times the present observational limit of visible light; neutrino massiveness opens a new window for exploration on dark energy and dark matter physics and is expected to provide insights into the fate of the Universe; the Higgs boson may allow for an understanding of the weakness of gravity; gravitational waves produced at the birth of the Universe and by compact stellar objects (supermassive black holes, black hole/neutron star mergers, gamma-ray bursts, white dwarf inspirals) have unveiled a new area of astronomy. Against this background, compact stars, the theme of this volume, present unique astrophysical laboratories for probing the fabric of space-time and the building blocks of matter and their interactions at physical regimes not attainable in terrestrial laboratories.
Cabinet of Curiosities, A: The Myth, Magic and Measure of Meteorites
Hurtling through the atmosphere, in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and precious sight. These characteristics have accordingly ensured a long, yet often controversial history. For all this, meteorites are cosmic messengers. They tell us about the entire history of the solar system, their story carrying us from the very earliest moments, when solid material first began to form in the solar nebula. Indeed, meteorites played a key role in the origins of Earth's oceans and the genesis of life. Meteorites additionally tell us about the origin and evolution of the asteroids, and they tell us about impacts upon the Moon as well as the volcanic history of planet Mars. Much is known about the structure and chemistry of meteorites, but for all this, they still harbor many scientific mysteries that have yet to be resolved.
Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies
Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy Conversion Technologies provides state-of-the-art coverage in both non-fossil energy conversion and storage techniques, as well as in their environmental assessment. This includes goal and scope, analysis boundaries, inventory and the impact assessment employed for the evaluation of these applications, as well as the environmental footprint of the technologies. The book compiles information currently available only in different sources concerning the environmental assessment of sustainable energy technologies, allowing for the comparative assessments of different technologies given specific boundary conditions, such as renewable potential and other specific features of discussed technologies. It offers readers a comprehensive overview of the entire energy supply chain, namely from production to storage, by allowing the consideration of different production and storage combinations, based on their environmental assessment.
Powers of Two
Is everything Information? This is a tantalizing question which emerges in modern physics, life sciences, astronomy and in today's information and technology-driven society. In Powers of Two expert authors undertake a unique expedition - in words and images - throughout the world (and scales) of information. The story resembles, in a way, the classic Powers of Ten journeys through space: from us to the macro and the micro worlds . However, by following Powers of Two through the world of information, a completely different and timely paradigm unfolds. Every power of two, 1, 2, 4, 8.... tells us a different story: starting from the creation of the very first bit at the Big Bang and the evolution of life, through 50 years of computational science, and finally into deep space, describing the information in black holes and even in the entire universe and beyond.... All this to address one question: Is our universe made of information? In this book, we experience the Information Universe in nature and in our society and how information lies at the very foundation of our understanding of the Universe.From the Foreword by Robbert Dijkgraaf: This book is in many ways a vastly extended version of Shannon's one-page blueprint. It carries us all the way to the total information content of the Universe. And it bears testimony of how widespread the use of data has become in all aspects of life. Information is the connective tissue of the modern sciences. [...] Undoubtedly, future generations will look back at this time, so much enthralled by Big Data and quantum computers, as beholden to the information metaphor. But that is exactly the value of this book. With its crisp descriptions and evocative illustrations, it brings the reader into the here and now, at the very frontier of scientific research, including the excitement and promise of all the outstanding questions and future discoveries. Message for the e-reader of the book Powers of Two The book has been designed to be read in two-page spreads in full screen mode. For optimal reader experience in a downloaded .pdf file we strongly recommend you use the following settings in Adobe Acrobat Reader: - Taskbar: View > Page Display > two page view - Taskbar: View > Page Display > Show Cover Page in Two Page View - Taskbar: ^ Preferences > Full Screen > deselect " Fill screen with one page at a time" - Taskbar: View > Full screen mode or ctrl L (cmd L on a Mac) ***** Note: for reading the previews on Spinger link (and on-line reading in a browser), the full screen two-page view only works with these browsers: Firefox - Taskbar: on top of the text, at the uppermost right you will see then >> (which is a drop-down menu) >> even double pages - Fullscreen: F11 or Control+Cmd+F with Mac Edge - Taskbar middle: Two-page view and select show cover page separately
Modern Nuclear Physics
Tentative Table of Contents [ asterisk (*) for graduate level] 1. Concepts of quantum mechanics from the nuclear viewpoint 1.1 Genesis of quantum physics 1.2 Spin and Isospin 1.3 Quantum entanglement 1.4 Schr繹dinger equation 1.5 Quantum Tunneling in one dimension 1.6 Uncertainty relation 1.7 Symmetries and symmetry breaking 1.8 Dirac equation *) 1.9 Lagrangian and Path integral *) 1.10 Second quantization *) 2. Nuclear forces 2.1 Fundamental interactions 2.2 Nuclear force and symmetry constraints 2.3 Meson theory of nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction 2.4 Phase shifts and nuclear potentials 2.5 Three-body forces 2.6 Chiral Effective Field Theory (ChEFT)*) 3. Nuclear Structure theory 3.0 Bird's eye view of nuclear models 3.1 Nuclear mean field 3.2 Random phase approximation 3.2 Energy density functionals 3.2.1 Pairing interactions and BCS/Bogolyubov approximation 3.3 Beyond the mean field approaches*) 3.3.1 Generator coordinate method (GCM) 3.3.2 Anti-symmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) 3.4 The Monte Carlo shell models*) 3.5 Ab-initio approaches*) 3.5.1 No core shell model (NCSM) 3.5.2 Variational (VMC) and Green's function Monte Carlo (GFMC) approaches 3.5.3 Fermionic molecular dynamics (FMD) 4. Nuclear Structure phenomena and observables 4.1 Spectroscopic observables for shell structure 4.2 Collective oscillations 4.3 Short-range correlations 4.4 Superheavy elements 4.5 Hypernuclei 5. Radioactive ion beam physics 5.1 Radioactive ion beam accelerators 5.2 In-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy and inverse kinematics 5.3 Neutron-rich nuclei -halo and skin 5.4 Evolution of nuclear shells with Isospin - island of inversion- 5.5 Di-neutron correlations and nuclear superfluidity *) 5.6 Clusters in nuclei *) 6. Deformation and Rotation 6.1 Deformation of Molecules and Nuclei 6.2 Nuclear deformation and observables 6.3 Microscopic origin for nuclear deformations and prolate dominance 6.4 Measuring shapes 6.4.1 Hyperfine atomic structure from laser spectroscopy 6.4.2 Magnetic and Quadrupole Nuclear Resonance 6.4.3 Coulomb excitation 6.5 Shape and shape coexistence*) 6.6 Superdeformation and Hyperdeformation*) 6.7 Advances in gamma spectroscopy*) 7. Nuclear reactions 7.1 Overview of reaction mechanics 7.2 Elastic scattering 7.3 Direct reactions 7.1.1 Spectroscopic factors 7.1.2 Transfer rections 7.1.3 Quasifree scattering 7.1.4 Heavy-ion induced nucleon removal 7.4 Nuclear fusion 7.4.1 Solar energies, and p-p chain reaction and CNO cycle 7.4.2 Magnetic confinement and the ITER project *) 7.4.3 Inertial confinement *) 7.5 Nuclear fission 7.5.1 Macroscopic models 7.5.2 Microscopic models *) 7.5.3 Principle of a nuclear power plant *) 8. Celestial observables and terrestrial experiments 8.1 Nuclear Equation-of-States constrained by terrestrial observables 8.2 Neutron stars 8.3 Nucleosynthesis 8.4 Supernovae explosion *) 9. Nuclear physics and the standard model of elementary particle 9.1 Standard model 9.2 Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics for Nuclei *) 9.3 CK
Scattering Theory for Transport Phenomena
Semigroups of Linear Operators.- Wave and Scattering Operators.- Existence of the Wave Operators for the Transport Equation.- The Lax and Phillips Formalism for the Transport Problems.- Scattering Theory for a Charged Particle Transport Problem.- Relationship between the Albedo and Scattering Operators.- Scattering Theory for Quantum Transport Equation.
Vibro-Acoustics of Lightweight Sandwich Structures
Vibro-Acoustics of Lightweight Sandwich Structures introduces the study of the coupled vibration and acoustic behavior of lightweight sandwich structures in response to harmonic force and sound pressure. This book focuses on the theoretical modeling and experimental investigation of lightweight sandwich structures in order to provide a predictive framework for vibro-acoustic characteristics of typical engineering structures. Furthermore, by developing solution tools, it concentrates on the influence of key systematic parameters leading to effective guidance for optimal structure design toward lightweight, high-stiffness and superior sound insulation capability.This book is intended for researchers, scientists, engineers and graduate students in mechanical engineering especially in structural mechanics, mechanics and acoustics.Fengxian Xin and Tianjian Lu both work at the School of Aerospace, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Controllability of Singularly Perturbed Linear Time Delay Systems
This monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of the control of singularly perturbed time delay systems. Expanding on the author's previous work on controllability of linear systems with delays in the state and control variables, this volume's comprehensive coverage makes it a valuable addition to the field. Each chapter is self-contained, allowing readers to study them independently or in succession.After a brief introduction, the book systematically examines properties of different classes of singularly perturbed time delay systems, including linear time-dependent systems with multiple point-wise and distributed state delays. The author then considers more general singularly perturbed systems with state and control delays. Euclidean space controllability for all of these systems is also discussed, using numerous examples from real-life models throughout the text to illustrate the results presented. More technically complicated proofs are presented in separate subsections. The final chapter includes a section dedicated to non-linear time delay systems.This book is ideal for researchers, engineers, and graduate students in systems science and control theory. Other applied mathematicians and researchers working in biology and medicine will also find this volume to be a valuable resource.
Einstein's Destruction of Physics
This book is intended for anyone who is interested in a real physical image and order of the physical world surrounding us. It represents a concise summary of the abolishment of principles of formal logic in relativity and quantum mechanics.Einstein's destruction of physics and scientific principles is documented here. The real substance of gravity and inertial forces is debunked. The substance of mass is recovered and the nature of time in physics is revealed. The reality of the double-slit experiment is revealed. The physical reality of mysteries of space, time, frequencies, wavelengths and wave functions in Relativity and Quantum mechanics is exposed. It shows that Quarks and Higgs bosons do not exist.I document that, for the past four hundred years, there is no distinguished physicist who would not have recognized that without existence of the ether it is not possible to explain the physical world around us. It show that Einstein, after 1916, came in with his rediscovery of the ether and he subsequently became a more enthusiastic advocate of the proven existence of the ether than supporters of the ether before 1905.The book explains that all elementary particles, all rigid matter and all force fields in the Universe are created from compression of ether. Filling the space of the Universe with swirling ether is all that is required for the self-evolution of the Universe.My book provides an overview of the opposition of physicists against the mainstream physical image of the world over the past hundred years. It documents the basic historical, philosophical and physical reasons for denial of the main physical theories of the 20th century.The aim of my book is to return physics from its way of metaphysics in the 20th century on the way of the physical reality in the 21st century. The book is the result of 10 years intense research work in the ground physical platform of contemporary fundamental physics.This second edition of this book was augmented by twenty pages compared to its first edition. After this augmentation it appears that the argumentation about the unacceptability of the ill-founded physical theories of the 20th century represents a compact corpus.
Einstein's Destruction of Physics
This book is intended for anyone who is interested in a real physical image and order of the physical world surrounding us. It represents a concise summary of the abolishment of principles of formal logic in relativity and quantum mechanics.Einstein's destruction of physics and scientific principles is documented here. The real substance of gravity and inertial forces is debunked. The substance of mass is recovered and the nature of time in physics is revealed. The reality of the double-slit experiment is revealed. The physical reality of mysteries of space, time, frequencies, wavelengths and wave functions in Relativity and Quantum mechanics is exposed. It shows that Quarks and Higgs bosons do not exist.I document that, for the past four hundred years, there is no distinguished physicist who would not have recognized that without existence of the ether it is not possible to explain the physical world around us. It show that Einstein, after 1916, came in with his rediscovery of the ether and he subsequently became a more enthusiastic advocate of the proven existence of the ether than supporters of the ether before 1905.The book explains that all elementary particles, all rigid matter and all force fields in the Universe are created from compression of ether. Filling the space of the Universe with swirling ether is all that is required for the self-evolution of the Universe.My book provides an overview of the opposition of physicists against the mainstream physical image of the world over the past hundred years. It documents the basic historical, philosophical and physical reasons for denial of the main physical theories of the 20th century.The aim of my book is to return physics from its way of metaphysics in the 20th century on the way of the physical reality in the 21st century. The book is the result of 10 years intense research work in the ground physical platform of contemporary fundamental physics.
Accelerator-Driven System at Kyoto University Critical Assembly
1 Introduction1.1 Kyoto University Critical Assembly1.2 Accelerator-Driven System2 Subcriticality2.1 Feynman-a and Rossi-a Methods2.2 Power Spectral Analyses2.3 Beam Trip and Restart Methods2.4 Conclusion3 Reactor Kinetics3.1 a-Fitting Method3.2 Pulsed-Neutron Source Method3.3 Inverse Kinetic Method3.4 Conclusion4 Effective Delayed Neutron Fraction4.1 Dependency of External Neutron Source4.2 Measurement4.3 Evaluation of beff/L4.4 Neutron Generation Time4.5 Conclusion5 Neutron Spectrum5.1 Subcritical Multiplication Factor 5.2 Threshold Energy Reactions5.3 Spectrum Index5.4 Spallation Neutrons5.5 Conclusion6 Nuclear Transmutation of Minor Actinide6.1 Integral Experiments at Critical State6.2 ADS Irradiation at Subcritical State6.3 Conclusion7 Neutronics of Lead and Bismuth 7.1 Sample Reactivity Worth Experiments 7.2 Monte Carlo Analyses7.3 Sensitivity7.4 Uncertainty 7.5 Conclusion8 Sensitivity and Uncertainty of Criticality 8.1 Experimental Settings8.2 Criticality 8.3 Benchmarks 8.4 Conclusion Appendix Experimental Benchmarks on ADS at KUCA 1 Experimental Settings of ADS Benchmarks 2 235U-Fueled and Pb-Bi-Zoned ADS Core3 235U-Fueled and Pb-Zoned ADS Core4 235U-Fueled ADS Core in Medium-Fast Spectrum 5 232Th-Fueled ADS Core
Planetary Diversity
The last 30 years have seen an irrevocable change in the field of planetary science with the discovery of the first planets around stars other than our own Sun. While approximately 20 percent of the exoplanets we have discovered are close in size to the Earth, the similarity of their surface environment to our home world remains unknown. This book presents an exploration of the potential diversity of rocky planets through a quantitative study of how planetary processes change as properties deviate from the Earth. Changes in four specific properties are considered: the presence of a magnetic field, the production and loss of internal heat, planetary composition and volatile abundance.Key Features Provides a quantitative exploration of the potential diversity of rocky planets through deviations from the Earth Presents current data and theories related to rocky planets from across the disciplines of astrophysics, solar system and Earth sciences Summarizes information across all three fields relevant to the study of a particular planetary property, rather than by object Provides a resource for seeding the cross-disciplinary work required to support up-coming instruments
Theory of Fermi-Liquids in Metals
This essential offers a compact introduction to the theory of Fermi liquid for physics students in their main studies. It forms the basis for an understanding of theoretical solid state physics and is part of every introductory lecture on this topic. After a brief overview of the Sommerfeld model of metals, the concept of the quasiparticle is introduced. Important calculations characterizing a Fermi liquid are derived in detailed calculations. The essential concludes with an overview of the microscopic theory of Fermi liquids.This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Theorie der Fermifl羹ssigkeit in Metallen by Michael Kinza, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Why More Is Different
Introduction (B. Falkenburg, M. Morrison).- Reduction: On the Success and Limitations of Reductionism in Physics (H. Meyer-Ortmanns).- On the Relation between the Second Law of Thermodynamics and Classical and Quantum Mechanics (B. Drossel).- Dissipation in Quantum Mechanical Systems - Where is the System and Where is the Reservoir? (J. Ankerhold).- Explanation via Microreduction - One the Role of Scale Separation for Quantitative Modelling (R. Hillerbrand).- Emergence: Why is More Different? (M. Morrison).- Autonomy and Scales (R. Battermann).- More is Different...Sometimes: Ising Models, Emergence, and Undecidability (P. Humphreys).- Functional Reduction and Emergence (S. Bangu).- Parts and Wholes: .- Stability, Energence and Part-Whole Reduction (A. H羹ttemann, R. K羹hm, O. Terzidis).- Between Rigor and Reality: Many-Body Models in Condensed Matter Physics (A. Gelfert).- How Do Quasi-Particles Exist? (B. Falkenburg).- A Mechanistic Reading of Quantum Laser Theory (M. Kuhlmann).
Accelerator-Driven System at Kyoto University Critical Assembly
1 Introduction1.1 Kyoto University Critical Assembly1.2 Accelerator-Driven System2 Subcriticality2.1 Feynman-a and Rossi-a Methods2.2 Power Spectral Analyses2.3 Beam Trip and Restart Methods2.4 Conclusion3 Reactor Kinetics3.1 a-Fitting Method3.2 Pulsed-Neutron Source Method3.3 Inverse Kinetic Method3.4 Conclusion4 Effective Delayed Neutron Fraction4.1 Dependency of External Neutron Source4.2 Measurement4.3 Evaluation of beff/L4.4 Neutron Generation Time4.5 Conclusion5 Neutron Spectrum5.1 Subcritical Multiplication Factor 5.2 Threshold Energy Reactions5.3 Spectrum Index5.4 Spallation Neutrons5.5 Conclusion6 Nuclear Transmutation of Minor Actinide6.1 Integral Experiments at Critical State6.2 ADS Irradiation at Subcritical State6.3 Conclusion7 Neutronics of Lead and Bismuth 7.1 Sample Reactivity Worth Experiments 7.2 Monte Carlo Analyses7.3 Sensitivity7.4 Uncertainty 7.5 Conclusion8 Sensitivity and Uncertainty of Criticality 8.1 Experimental Settings8.2 Criticality 8.3 Benchmarks 8.4 Conclusion Appendix Experimental Benchmarks on ADS at KUCA 1 Experimental Settings of ADS Benchmarks 2 235U-Fueled and Pb-Bi-Zoned ADS Core3 235U-Fueled and Pb-Zoned ADS Core4 235U-Fueled ADS Core in Medium-Fast Spectrum 5 232Th-Fueled ADS Core
Albemarle Street: Portraits, Personalities and Presentations at the Royal Institution
The Royal Institution of Great Britain is renowned the world over, first, because it is a premier arena for the advancement of new scientific and technological knowledge; and second because it highlights the advance of knowledge of all kinds. It bridges the sciences and the humanities, and as much publicity is given to advances in the arts, archaeology, architecture, drama and literature as to the pure and applied sciences. More famous scientists have lived and worked in the Royal Institution than in any other laboratory in the world. A roll-call includes Rumford, Davy, Faraday, Tyndall, Dewar, Rayleigh, W. H. Bragg, W. L. Bragg and George Porter. Not is it only the home of continuous electricity, it is also the birthplace of many aspects of molecular biology and viruses and enzymology. Some fifteen scientists who have won the Nobel Prize have, at one time or another, worked or lectured at the RI. And eminent individuals, like Howard Carter and Coleridge, have lectured there. Albemarle Street - Portraits, Personalities and Presentations at The Royal institution is a lively and compelling personal selection of the remarkable personalities and achievements of some of the extraordinary scientists and individuals who, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, worked or lectured at 21 Albemarle Street in Mayfair, central London. John Meurig Thomas offers a unique and valuable insight into the history of this prestigious address, having himself lived and worked at the Royal Institution for some twenty years.
Correlation and Autofluorescence Microscopy in Forensics Medicine: Time of Death Detection Using Polycrystalline Cerebrospinal Fluid Films
This book highlights the first systematic synthesis of various research approaches in forensic medical diagnosis of the morphological and polycrystalline structure of human biological tissues and biological fluids. One of the global challenges in such diagnosis is the assessment of actual time of death. The relevance and objectivity of such studies are given by the innovative use of complex multifunctional methods using lasers and Mueller-matrix polarimetry, which is presented in this book. As a result, within the framework of the statistical, correlation and fractal approaches, diagnostic relationships were established between the time parameters of the transformation of the topographic structure of polarization-inhomogeneous microscopic images of biological preparations and necrotic changes in the morphological structure of biological tissues of the deceased. On this foundation, new forensic medicine criteria have been developed for objective determination of time of death.
Ecosystem Crises Interactions
Explores the human impacts on environment that lead to serious ecological crises, an innovative resource for students, professionals, and researchers alike Ecosystem Crises Interaction: Human Health and the Changing Environment provides a timely and innovative framework for understanding how negative human activity impacts the environment, and how seemingly disparate factors connect to, and magnify, hazardous consequences under a changing climate. Presenting a coherent, holistic perspective to the subject, this compelling textbook and reference examines the diverse, often unexpected links that connect our complex world in context of global climate change. The text illustrates how eco-crisis interaction--the synergistic interface of two or more environmental events or pollutants--can multiply to produce harmful health effects that are greater than their additive impact. This concept is highlighted through numerous real and relatable examples, from the use of sediment rock in hydraulic and drinking water filtration systems, to the connections between human development and crises such as deforestation, emergent infectious diseases, and global food insecurity. Throughout the text, specific examples present opportunities to consider broader questions about the extinction of species, populations, and ways of life. Presenting a balanced investigation of the interaction of contemporary ecological dangers, human behavior, and health, this unique resource: Explores how complex interactions between global warming and anthropogenic impairments magnify the diverse ecological perils and threats facing humans and other species Discusses roadblocks to addressing environmental risk, such as global elite polluters, the organized denial of climate change, and deliberate environmental disruption for financial gain Describes how the production and use of fossil fuels are driving a significant rise in carbon dioxide and other pollutants in the atmosphere and in the oceans Illustrates how industrial production is contributing to an array of environmental crises, including fuel spills, waste leakages, and loss of biodiversity Examines the critical ecosystems that are at risk from interacting stressors of human origin Ecosystem Crises Interaction: Human Health and the Changing Environment is an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses including public and allied health, environmental studies, medical ecology, medical anthropology, and geo-health, and a valuable reference for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in fields such as environmental health, global and planetary health, public health, climate change, and medical social science.
Course Of Six Lectures On The Various Forces Of Matter, And Their Relations To Each Other
Course Of Six Lectures On The Various Forces Of Matter, And Their Relations To Each Other has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Naturwissenschaften
Das vorliegende ?bungsheft soll in erster Linie der Vorbereitung auf das Studium an Fachhochschulen dienen. F羹r die Aufnahme eines Hochschulstudiums ist das Fachabitur oder die fachgebundene Hochschulreife erforderlich. Daneben gibt es aber auch die M繹glichkeit mit einer h繹heren Berufsqualifizierung, wie den Meister oder als Absolvent einer zweij瓣hrigen anerkannten Fachschule, ein Studium aufzunehmen. Gerade hier zeigen sich aber oft Defizite in der Mathematik und den Naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagen, um das Studium zum Wirtschafts-, Bau-, Maschinenbau- bis hin zum Elektroingenieur erfolgreich zu beginnen. Das Gleiche gilt, wenn das Datum der Hochschulreife schon etwas zur羹ckliegt. Um sicherzustellen, dass das erforderliche Werkzeug, wie die Mathematik oder die Naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagen zum Studienbeginn vorhanden ist, haben sich Dr.-Ing. J羹rgen Schl羹sing und Dipl.-Physiker Hans-J羹rgen Hellberg entschieden, eine ?bungsheftreihe zusammenzustellen. 20 ?bungshefte Mathematik 12 Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagen.
Open Skies
This open access book on the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory covers the scientific discoveries and technical innovations of late 20th century radio astronomy with particular attention to the people and institutions involved. The authors have made extensive use of the NRAO Archives, which contain an unparalleled collection of documents pertaining to the history of radio astronomy, including the institutional records of NRAO as well as the personal papers of many of the pioneers of U.S. radio astronomy. Technical details and extensive citations to original sources are given in notes for the more technical readers, but are not required for an understanding of the body of the book. This book is intended for an audience ranging from interested lay readers to professional researchers studying the scientific, technical, political, and cultural development of a new science, and how it changed the course of 20th century astronomy.With a Foreword by Ron Ekers.
Asteroseismology of Stellar Populations in the Milky Way
The detection of radial and non-radial solar-like oscillations in thousands of G-K giants with CoRoT and Kepler is paving the road for detailed studies of stellar populations in the Galaxy. The available average seismic constraints allow largely model-independent determination of stellar radii and masses, and can be used to determine the position and age of thousands of stars in different regions of the Milky Way, and of giants belonging to open clusters. Such a close connection between stellar evolution, Galactic evolution, and asteroseismology opens a new very promising gate in our understanding of stars and galaxies.This book represents a natural progression from the collection of review papers presented in the book 'Red Giants as Probes of the Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way', which appeared in the Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings series in 2012. This sequel volume contains review papers on spectroscopy, seismology of red giants, open questions in Galactic astrophysics, and discusses first results achieved by combining photometric/spectroscopic and seismic constraints on populations of stars observed by CoRoT and Kepler. The book also reports on discussions between expert researchers in Galactic evolution, specialists in stellar structure and asteroseismology, and key representatives of extensive ground-based spectroscopic surveys such as APOGEE and the ESO-GAIA Spectroscopic Survey, which would serve as a roadmap for future endeavours in this field of research.
One Star by Day, Six Thousand by Night
Have you ever wanted to explore the night sky but didn't know how to get started? Discovering the universe can be a daunting hobby when you first begin. Finding out what you need and how you go about observing the cosmos is not immediately obvious. But through a career spanning 40 years as a science communicator, Rod Somerville takes you on a journey that bridges the gap between being a complete novice to that of a keen amateur. Offering inspiration, insight, and information in easy to understand language, he makes the universe accessible to everyone. Along the way you will discover: everything you need to know about telescopes to get started, what to do if you see a UFO, why the stars and planets move the way they do in our sky, how and what you can easily observe in the solar system, and why we can make constellations from the stars. If you ever find yourself looking at the stars and wanting to discover more about the universe, then this full colour version of the best selling book is the one for you.
Acoustics for Engineers
This textbook provides materials for an introductory course in Engineering Acoustics for students with a basic knowledge of mathematics. The contents are based on extensive teaching experience at the graduate level. Each of the 14 main chapters deals with a well-defined topic and represents the material for a two-hour lecture. The chapters alternate between more theoretical and more application-oriented concepts. The presentation is organized to be suitable for self-study as well.For this third edition, the complete text and many figures have been revised. Several current amendments take account of advancements in the field. Further, a completely new chapter has been added which presents approaches and solutions to all assigned exercise problems. The new chapter offers the opportunity to explore the underlying theoretical background in more detail. However, the study of the problems and their proposed solutions is no prerequisite for comprehending the material presented in the book's lecture part.
