Particle and high-energy physics

The 17 chapters of this book grew out of the tutorial lectures given by leading world-class experts at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "e;Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure"e; - ESPRIT, which was held in Rhodes on March 25-29, 2004.

Addressing the need for an up-to-date reference on silicon devices and heterostructures, Beyond the Desert 99 reviews the technology used to grow and characterize Goup IV alloy films.

Presents the fundamentals of gas dynamics for graduate students and researchers in the subject.

This book presents the Green's function formalism in a basic way and demonstrates its usefulness for applications to several well-known problems in classical physics which are usually solved not by this formalism but other approaches.

This book presents the lecture notes and exercises corresponding to the course "e;Quantum Field Theoretical Methods in Condensed Matter"e; that the authors imparted for several years as part of the masters program on Condensed Matter and Biological Systems at the Autonoma University of Madrid.

This book offers a comprehensive discussion of developments at the interface of particle physics, supergravity, and cosmology, for graduates and researchers.

An intellectual biography of J.

The beta-beam concept for the generation of electron neutrino beams was first proposed by Piero Zucchelli in 2002.

This book introduces the physics and chemistry of plastic scintillators (fluorescent polymers) that are able to emit light when exposed to ionizing radiation, discussing their chemical modification in the early 1950s and 1960s, as well as the renewed upsurge in interest in the 21st century.

This book narrates the history of the initiation and development of elementary particle physics in India and by Indians, focusing on the first half of the twentieth century.

Edited by internationally recognized authorities in the field, this expanded and updated new edition of the bestselling Handbook, containing more than 100 new articles, is aimed at the design and operation of modern particle accelerators.

Research has shown that inhaling fine particles is a greater health risk than breathing larger particles.

How did electrons in the high atmosphere and space around the Earth come to acquire their speeds and energies?

A unique and in-depth discussion uncovering the unifying features of collision phenomena in liquids and solids, along with applications.

Derived from a course given at the University of Maryland for advanced graduate students, this book deals with some of the latest developments in our attempts to construct a unified theory of the fundamental interactions of nature.

More than 3,000 terms with clear, working definitions, alternative meanings, and related references comprise this uniquely focused lexicon.

Titanate-centered perovskites are an important class of crystalline materials with outstanding structural and property tunability.

This book offers an original view of the color confinement/deconfinement transition that occurs in non-abelian gauge theories at high temperature and/or densities.

Linear induction accelerators are successfully used as power supplies for numerous devices of relativistic high-frequency electronics.

An advanced introduction to a powerful method for describing quantum phenomena for researchers and graduate students.

Particle physics is the science that pursues the age-old quest for the innermost structure of matter and the fundamental interactions between its constituents.

This volume shares and makes accessible new research lines and recent results in several branches of theoretical and mathematical physics, among them Quantum Optics, Coherent States, Integrable Systems, SUSY Quantum Mechanics, and Mathematical Methods in Physics.

'Extraordinary' Leonard Susskind'A rare event' Sean Carroll_____When leading theoretical physicist Professor Michael Dine was asked where you could find an accessible and authoritative book that would teach you about the Big Bang, Dark Matter, the Higgs boson and the cutting edge of physics now, he had nothing he could recommend.

A collection of problems in QFT, with complete solutions, for graduate students taking their first or second course.

This thesis uses the tools of quantum information science to uncover fascinating new insights about the intersection of quantum theory and relativity.

Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter offers in-depth perspectives on phenomena of ionization and excitation induced by charged particle and photon interactions with matter in vivo and in vitro.

This book examines complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues relating to quantum chromodynamics for graduate students and researchers.

With contributions by leading theoreticians, this book presents the discoveries of hitherto hidden connections between seemingly unrelated fields of fundamental physics.

This book provides a comprehensive, pedagogical introduction to scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity for graduate students.

This book deals with the acceleration and storage of polarized proton beams in cyclic accelerators.

This book presents a comprehensive mathematical and computational approach for solving electromagnetic problems of practical relevance, such as electromagnetic scattering and the cavity problems.

This textbook gradually introduces the reader to several topics related to black hole physics with a didactic approach.

This book is intended to provide a general introduction to the physics of quantized fields and many-body physics.

This innovative work investigated two models where the muonium-antimuonium oscillation process was mediated by massive Majorana neutrinos and sneutrinos.

This book is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics.

A unique and in-depth discussion uncovering the unifying features of collision phenomena in liquids and solids, along with applications.

An accessible look at the hottest topic in physics and the experiments that will transform our understanding of the universeThe biggest news in science today is the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle-smasher, and the anticipation of finally discovering the Higgs boson particle.

Since the end of the Cold War, the nuclear threats facing the world are dramatically evolving and have become even much more complex.

This book delves into finite mathematics and its application in physics, particularly quantum theory.

A concise and pedagogical introduction to string theory for graduate students featuring examples and homework problems.

This volume provides an overview of the latest advances in the field of ionization by electron and photon impact.

The book offers a pedagogical introduction to higher-spin gauge theories.

Physics was the leading science of the twentieth century and the book retraces important discoveries, made between 1895 and 2001, in 100 self-contained episodes.

Self-contained and pedagogical introduction to key string theory ideas and techniques needed to understand D-branes.

This book suitable for post graduates in Physics and Astrophysics aims at introducing the theory of general relativity as an important background for doing astrophysics.

This is a problem-oriented introduction to the main ideas, methods, and problems needed to form a basic understanding of the theory of strong interactions.

This book is a new edition of "e;Tensors and Manifolds: With Applications to Mechanics and Relativity"e; which was published in 1992.

"e;Medical scientists use the word `iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment.

This book presents the developments in accelerator physics and technology implemented at the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider, the world's most powerful accelerator for almost twenty years prior to the completion of the Large Hadron Collider.