Atomic and molecular physics

This second edition is an updated and extended introduction to the world of Penning traps and provides an overview of the field, particularly for those entering it.

Nuclear power is low carbon and reliable, but in recent years it has struggled to play a strong role in global plans for electricity generation in the 21st century.

This book adopts a non-traditional approach to accelerator theory.

This 2nd edition volume of Modern Gas-Based Temperature and Pressure Measurements follows the first publication in 1992.

The first experiments with relativistic magnetrons (PM), resulted in notable results, in the USA - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the USSR - Institute of Applied Physics.

Successful modeling of quantum chromodynamics with a relativistic quark-soliton field theory has been developed over the past decade.

Nuclear isomers are the long-lived excited states of nuclei.

Quantum mechanics, from its birth to quantum information, is explained in a simple way using established mathematical techniques.

La physique des particules élémentaires ou des hautes énergies, qui s'est constituée dans ces immenses laboratoires que sont les accélérateurs de Stanford, de Chicago, de Brookhaven, du Cern à Genève, de Dubna et Serpukhov près de Moscou, est l'une des aventures scientifiques les plus étonnantes du dernier demi-siècle.

From September 24 through 30, 1992 the Workshop on "e;Waves and Parti- cles in Light and Matter"e; was held in the Italian city of Trani in celebration of the centenary of Louis de Broglie's birth.

These proceedings report the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;The Spectroscopy of the Excited State,"e; held at Erice, Italy, June 9-24, 1975.

This volume contains a selection of scientific papers related to the structure and dynamics of non-rigid molecules.

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 199, the latest release in a series that merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices).

Rapid development of microfabrication and assembly of nanostructures has opened up many opportunities to miniaturize structures that confine light, producing unusual and extremely interesting optical properties.

Extensions to the No-Core Shell Model presents three extensions to the No-Core Shell Model (NCSM) that allow for calculations of heavier nuclei, specifically for the p-shell nuclei.

This book contains the transcripts of the lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Electrons in Finite and Infinite Structures,"e; held at the State University of Ghent, Belgium, August 30-September 11, 1976.

One of the main challenges in nuclear and particle physics in the last 20 years has been to understand how the proton's spin is built up from its quark and gluon constituents.

Though thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Manhattan Project, this book is the first comprehensive single-volume history prepared by a specialist for curious readers without a scientific background.

Marco Schroter investigates the influence of the local environment on the exciton dynamics within molecular aggregates, which build, e.

The subject of this book is the Casimir effect, a manifestation of zero-point oscillations of the quantum vacuum resulting in forces acting between closely spaced bodies.

of available information.

Few-body resonances are in the frontiers of resonance studies.

This book highlights a comprehensive introduction of graphene and graphene-based two-dimensional nanomaterials, covering topics from their atomic structures, electronic band structures, and fundamental properties to technological applications.

This book presents numerical methods for solving a wide range of problems associated with the structure of atoms and simplest molecules, and their interaction with electromagnetic radiation, electrons, and other particles.

This book focuses on the equation of state (EoS) of compact stars, particularly the intriguing possibility of the "e;quark star model.

The content of this book describes in detail the results of the present measurements of the partial and total doubly differential cross sections for the multiple-ionization of rare gas atoms by electron impact.

This thesis proposes a novel way to catch light energy using an ultrasmall nanostructure.

Rare Isotope Beams (RIBs) are ion beams of exotic radioactive nuclei.

Soft X-rays are a powerful probe of matter.

Particle physics and cosmology are united in the standard hot big bang model.

Electron and Photon Impact Ionisation and Related Topics 2002 provides an overview of recent international research in the field of ionization by electron and photon impact.

Novel forms of matter, such as states made of gluons (glueballs), multiquark mesons or baryons and hybrid mesons are predicted by low energy QCD, for which several candidates have recently been identified.

A comprehensive survey of the most recent results from the field of quark-gluon structure of the nucleon, in particular how the spin of the nucleon is shared by its constituents.

For the eighth Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics we returned once again to the Hotel on the Cay on that speck of land in the harbor of Christiansted, St.

This thesis highlights the development and analysis of multiple neutrino detectors deployed to the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of the COHERENT experiment.

In the 50 years since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science.

Stereodynamics of Molecular Systems covers the proceedings of a symposium held at the State University of New York at Albany, on 23-24 April 1979.

This book aims to explain radiation from a somewhat different aspect than its traditional image as something that is scary, dangerous, hazardous, and so on, to produce the correct understanding that radiation is carrying energy, and to convince readers that radiation is not "e;scary"e; but controllable and useful.

This thesis presents two significant results in the field of precision measurements in low-energy nuclear physics.

This monograph shares a newly emerging point of view among researchers and students in the field of materials science.

This book provides an introduction to relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics, with particular emphasis on its derivation from microscopic transport theory.

This book covers polarization, alignment, and orientation effects in atomic collisions induced by electron, heavy particle, or photon impact.

Volume 55 of the Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Series contains seven contributions, covering a diversity of subject areas in atomic, molecular and optical physics.

This book describes the emergence and recent advances in the design and development of rhodium complexes as therapeutic agents.