Scientific standards, measurement etc

This volume provides a broad overview of the latest achievements in scintillator development, from theory to applications, and aiming for a deeper understanding of fundamental processes, as well as the discovery and availability of components for the production of new generations of scintillation materials.

This thesis reports the latest measurements on one of the leading dark matter searches conducted by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN, leading to some of the most stringent constraints on hypothesized interactions between the Higgs boson and dark matter.

This book concerns the elastic stability of thin-walled structures - one of the most challenging problems facing structural engineers because of its high degree of nonlinearity - and introduces the innovative approach of using spectral analysis of the shapes and the stiffness to gain insights into the nonlinear deformations.

Although the first publication on lock-in thermography appeared in 1988 con- cerning electronic device testing, this technique only became popular in the 1990s in connection with the nondestructive testing of materials (NDT, espe- cially photothermal and thermoelastic investigations).

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is one of the most important analytical methods available today.

In this thesis, the author explains the background of problems in quantum estimation, the necessary conditions required for estimation precision benchmarks that are applicable and meaningful for evaluating data in quantum information experiments, and provides examples of such benchmarks.

This book is an in-depth guide to effective scientific research.

The book describes the experimental techniques employed to study surfaces and interfaces.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Sixth International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in October 2021 in Zhuji, Zhejiang, China.

Knowledge of instrumentation is for experimentalists a kind of fluency in the language of measurement.

Over the last decade the interest in nanoscale materials and their applications in novel electronic devices have been increasing tremendously.

This book presents the design and development of an access control architecture for the Internet of Things (IoT) systems.

Microscale Diagnostic Techniques highlights the most innovative and powerful developments in microscale diagnostics.

Radiography with neutrons can yield important information not obtainable by more traditional methods.

This book presents selected articles from INDIA SMART UTILTY WEEK (ISUW 2020), which is the sixth edition of the Conference cum Exhibition on Smart Grids and Smart Cities, organized by India Smart Grid Forum from March 03-07, 2020, in New Delhi, India.

This textbook provides an introduction to radiation, the principles of interaction between radiation and matter, and the exploitation of those principles in the design of modern radiation detectors.

Since publication of the previous, the 3rd edition of this book, the sensor tech- logies have made a remarkable leap ahead.

Measurements through quantitative experiments are one of the most f- damental tasks in all areas of science and technology.

Based on The International Metrology Congress meeting, this reference examines the evolution of metrology, and its applications in industry, environment and safety, health and medicine, economy and quality, and new information and communication technologies; details the improvement of measurement procedures to guarantee the quality of products and processes; and discusses the development of metrology linked to innovating technologies.

Die „Physik der Teilchenbeschleuniger“ führt in die verschiedenen Beschleunigertypen und deren Bauelemente ein, um dann ausführlich auf die Ionenoptik mit magnetischen Elementen und elektrostatischen Linsen einzugehen.

Das Buch beschreibt Digital-Oszilloskope, Netzwerk- und Spektrumanalysatoren, die in Forschung, Lehre und Praxis zu den wichtigsten Messgeräten gehören.

The book covers in particular state-of-the-art scientific research about product quality control and related health and environmental safety topics, including human, animal and plant safety assurance issues.

This book discusses the study of double charm B decays and the first observation of B0->D0D0Kst0 decay using Run I data from the LHCb experiment.

This book focuses on the development and set-up of fibre Bragg grating (FBG) and no-core fibre (NCF) sensors.

Doing Science offers a rare compendium of practical advice based on how working scientists practice their craft.

No detailed description available for "Le SI et la métrologie en France".

In this second edition of Particle Accelerator Physics, Vol.

This book compiles the proceedings of ICITS 2023 that comprehensively includes diverse technological facets within the realm of Sports Engineering and Technology.

Das Buch beschreibt Digital-Oszilloskope, Netzwerk- und Spektrumanalysatoren, die in Forschung, Lehre und Praxis zu den wichtigsten Messgeräten gehören.

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.

Material science is one of the most evolving fields of human activities.

This book examines modern methods of creating models and measures in measurements, physical and probabilistic measures, models, spaces and bases of signals and fields, deterministic and probabilistic models and measures of angular quantities.

This book is about spaceborne missions and instruments.

The book is a comprehensive edition which considers the interactions of atoms, ions and molecules with charged particles, photons and laser fields and reflects the present understanding of atomic processes such as electron capture, target and projectile ionisation, photoabsorption and others occurring in most of laboratory and astrophysical plasma sources including many-photon and many-electron processes.

This handbook is a comprehensive source of information on all aspects of non-destructive testing (NDT), for use by professionals, educators, and most of all, by the practitioners of testing.

In this book on Fundamentals of Mass Determination, the definition and dissemination of units of mass is explained, starting with an introduction to metrology and mass determination.

This book investigates the fabrication of different types of flexible sensors and their subsequent implementation for energy-harvesting applications.

This handbook presents the development of synchrotron light sources and free-electron lasers as well as new scientific applications.

The first NATO Advanced Workshop on Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization (QTM) was organized and co-directed by Bernard Barbara, Leon Gunther, Nicolas Garcia, and Anthony Leggett and was held from June, 27 through July 1, 1994 in Grenoble and Chichilianne, France.

Digital Signal Processing for Measurement Systems: Theory and Applications covers the theoretical as well as the practical issues which form the basis of the modern DSP-based instruments and measurement methods.

This is the first book to show how to apply the principles of quality assurance to the identification of analytes (qualitative chemical analysis).

Photodetectors: Materials, Devices and Applications discusses the devices that convert light to electrical signals, key components in communication, computation, and imaging systems.

Fluorescence is the most popular technique in chemical and biological sensing because of its ultimate sensitivity, high temporal and spatial resolution and versatility that enables imaging within the living cells.

In this book, leading scientists share their vision on the Kolsky-Hopkinson bar technique, which is a well-established experimental technique widely used to characterize materials and structures under dynamic, impact and explosion loads.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Conference and Exhibition on Non Destructive Evaluation, (NDE 2019).

This book offers all countries a guide to implementing verification systems for medical devices to ensure they satisfy their regulations.

As the third volume in the author's series on "e;Biomedical Signals and Sensors,"e; this book explains in a highly instructive way how electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields propagate and interact with biological tissues.