Physics

Written by an experienced teacher and author, this must-have source for work with polarimetric equipment and polarimetry in astronomy conveys the knowledge of the technology and techniques needed to measure and interpret polarizations.

This self-contained introduction discusses the evolution of the notion of coherent states, from the early works of Schrodinger to the most recent advances, including signal analysis.

This handbook brings together a great deal of new data on the static and dynamic elastic properties of granular and other composite material.

Offering engineers and material scientists an explanation of the complex interrelations between numerous lightweight construction methods, this book is didactically structured to cover the spectrum from determining requirements, to calculations and optimization, via component developments and choice of materials, right up to design and manufacturing techniques.

This relatively new field applies equations from string theory to solve the questions of early cosmology, since the standard picture of our universe emerging from a 'big bang' leaves many fundamental issues unanswered.

Edited by the two top experts in the field with a panel of International contributors, this is a comprehensive up-to-date review of research and applications.

Mathematical Analysis of Evolution, Information, and Complexity deals with the analysis of evolution, information and complexity.

Without sacrificing scientific strictness, this introduction to the field guides readers through mathematical modeling, the theoretical treatment of the underlying physical laws and the construction and effective use of numerical procedures to describe the behavior of the dynamics of physical flow.

This book is the first to describe novel measurement techniques of processes during laser-matter interaction using ultra-fast lasers.

Adopting a cross-disciplinary approach, the review character of this monograph sets it apart from specialized journals.

Authored by a highly regarded plasma scientist, this book fills the gap for a topical reference and source with a professional audience in mind.

Filling a gap in the literature, this crucial publication on the renowned Lifshitz-Slezov-Wagner Theory of first-order phase transitions is authored by one of the scientists who gave it its name.

Filling an important gap in the geophysical literature at specialist level, this monograph is the only up-to-date title to provide a link between the Earth's rotation and its atmo- and hydrosphere, including the ice masses.

Covering numerous practical applications as yet not covered in any single source of information, this monograph discusses the importance of viscous and elastic properties for applications in both display and non-display technologies.

This concise and clear introduction to the topic requires only basic knowledge of calculus and linear algebra - all other concepts and ideas are developed in the course of the book.

This interdisciplinary approach to the topic brings together reviews of the physics, chemistry, fabrication and application of magnetic nanoparticles and nanostructures within a single cover.

Written by a distinguished plasma scientist and experienced author, this up-to-date work comprehensively covers current methods and new developments and techniques, including non-equilibrium atomic and molecular plasma states, as well as such new applications as gas lasers.

Organic molecules are currently being investigated with regard to their application as active components in semiconductor devices.

This up-to-date and concise account of a critical period of the early universe directly links the latest theories and experiments.

This is the second book to RF Superconducting, written by one of the leading experts.

Verbundwerkstoffe finden überall dort Anwendung, wo es auf geringes Gewicht bei gleichzeitig hoher Belastbarkeit ankommt wie im Fahrzeugbau, der Luft- und Raumfahrt sowie der Energietechnik: Windkraftanlagen etwa wären undenkbar ohne faserverstärkte Rotorblätter.

This is the first text specifically designed to train potential health physicists to think and respond like professionals.

Uniquely comprehensive and up to date, this book covers terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial drilling and excavation, combining the technology of drilling with the state of the art in robotics.

Adopting a cross-disciplinary approach, the review character of this monograph sets it apart from specialized journals.

This white paper identifies the main issues and major recommendations for German astronomical research.

This introduction to Monte Carlo methods seeks to identify and study the unifying elements that underlie their effective application.

Based on lectures given by one of the authors with many years of experience in teaching stochastic processes, this textbook is unique in combining basic mathematical and physical theory with numerous simple and sophisticated examples as well as detailed calculations.

In this book, optoelectronic structures are described from the point of view of signal and systems theory.

Comprising some 30 contributions, experts from around the world present and discuss recent advances related to seizure prediction in epilepsy.

Grundlage der Berechnung elektrischer Maschinen ist das Verständnis wesentlicher physikalischer Zusammenhänge.

Ergänzt um mehr als 100 Seiten und 80 neue Abbildungen vereint das etablierte Handbuch zur Optik in bewährter Form die Funktion eines Lehrbuches mit der eines Nachschlagewerkes.

Die Massebestimmung hat eine zentrale Bedeutung in Wissenschaft, Technik und Wirtschaft.

This well established introductory work covers physical basics, principles of operation, computation models and control methods of thermographic systems and their various modern fields of application.

Highlights und Innovationen aus der Fertigungstechnik mit Lasern führten vom 28.

Bringing together the concerted efforts of the multicomponent materials community in one decisive reference work, this handbook covers all the important aspects from fundamentals to applications: thermodynamics, microscopic processes, solidification, simulation and modeling.

Written by major contributors to the field who are well known within the community, this is the first comprehensive summary of the many results generated by this approach to quantum optics to date.

This comprehensive systematic overview covers the static and dynamic critical phenomena of real, non-ideal fluids in the nearest vicinity of the critical point, offers new approaches and presents research results on the highest level.

Hormone, Antibiotika, Prionen - was noch steckt in unserer Nahrung, was wir nicht sehen können?

Von Praktikern für Praktiker geschrieben, erläutert das vorliegende Werk die prozesstechnische Behandlung von Flüssigkeits- und Gasgemischen zur Reinigung, Auftrennung und Aufkonzentrierung der einzelnen Komponenten durch den Einsatz selektiver Trenntechniken:

- Absorption
- Rektifikation
- Verdampfung
- Kondensation
- Extraktion
- Adsorption
- Chromatographie
- Membrantechnik
- Schmelzkristallisation
- Trenntechnik mit überkritischen Fluiden

Alle zum Verständnis der Unit-Operations notwendigen Grundlagen aus den Bereichen Thermodynamik, Wärme- und Stoffübertragung, Strömungslehre sowie zu Grenzflächenvorgängen sind in dem Buch enthalten.

Borne out of twentieth-century science and technology, the field of RF (radio frequency) linear accelerators has made significant contributions to basic research, energy, medicine, and national defense.

The first edition of this necessary reading for cosmologists and particle astrophysicists was quickly adopted by universities and other institutions of higher learning around the world.

Filling the need for a single work specifically addressing how to use plasma for the fabrication of nanoscale structures, this book is the first to cover plasma deposition in sufficient depth.

Here, leading scientists report on why and how diamond can be optimized for applications in bioelectronic and electronics.

This only and up-to-date monograph on this versatile method covers its use in a range of applications spanning the fields of physics, materials science, electrical engineering, medicine, and research and industry.

This 20th volume in the series contains 16 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2007 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "e;Cosmic Matter"e;, held in W rzburg, Germany.

This multi-author reference work provides a unique introduction to the currently emerging, highly interdisciplinary field of those transport processes that cannot be described by using standard methods of statistical mechanics.

An account of a three-year research program funded by the German government, in which physicists and physical chemists set off together with biologists and physicians to develop new techniques for medical and biological problems and ended up with sophisticated scientific solutions and innovative equipment, partly ready for the market.

Der vorliegende Band enthält in Faksimiledruck 47 der von Albert Einstein zwischen 1914 und 1932 in den Sitzungen der Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften gehaltenen Vorträge, die der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften als Sonderdruck aus den seinerzeitigen Sitzungsberichten der Akademie vorliegen.

While the theory of special relativity is often associated with the idea of traveling faster than light, this book shows that in all these cases subtle forces of nature conspire to prevent these motions being harnessed to send signals faster than the speed of light.

The discovery of bulk metallic glasses has led to a large increase in the industrial importance of amorphous metals, and this is expected to continue.