Design of new molecular materials is an interdisciplinary research field. This book provides basic information of the field, as well as the details of theory and examples of its application, to experimentalists and theoreticians interested in modeling molecular properties and putting into practice rational design of new materials.
Focuses on nanoclusters, metal and metal compound systems that are of particular interest in materials science, and aspects related to biology and medicine. This book delivers coverage of cluster science. It covers a range of topics in physics, chemistry, and materials science.
The new edition continues to convey the importance of understanding the basic physics underlying the operation of instruments. This edition includes upto date information on new technical developments that continue to enhase the instruments and techniques availible for the detection and spectroscopy of ionizing radiation..
Due to the large number of uses of ion sources in academia and industry, those who utilize these sources need up to date and coherent information to keep themselves abreast of developments and options, and to chose ideal solutions for quality and cost-effectiveness.
Reviews the basic models and theories of nuclear structure and gives an analysis of their experimental and mathematical foundations. Showing the relationships between the models, this book provides an exposition of the essential principles, mathematical structures, assumptions, and observational data on which the models and theories are based.
Analogies play a fundamental role in science. To understand how and why, at a given moment, a certain analogy was used, one has to know the specific, historical circumstances under which the new idea was developed. This book discusses a series of analogy effects in subatomic physics.
Applies standard information theory (IT) to classical problems in the theory of electronic structure and chemical reactivity. This book introduces basic concepts of modern electronic structure/reactivity theory based upon the Density Functional Theory (DFT), followed by an outline of the main ideas and techniques of IT.
The study of atomic and molecular physics is a key component of undergraduate courses in physics, because of its fundamental importance to the understanding of many aspects of modern physics. The aim of this text is to provide a unified account of the subject.
Along with its coverage of the history and development of Mossbauer's Nobel-winning research, this volume features expert reviews of the many applications of the 'Mossbauer effect' in a plethora of sciences, including physics, chemistry, biology and medicine.
Addresses the question of whether the movements of distance-separated objects are correlated in the way quantum physics requires or whether, according to Einstein, they can influence one another only by mechanical agencies travelling between them at speeds limited to that of light.
This book offers the first numerically exact solutions of the time-dependent many-body Schrodinger equation for a bosonic Josephson junction, comparing them to approximate Gross-Pitaevskii and Bose-Hubbard theories. This opens exciting new aspects of physics.
Benjamin Bederson contributed to the world of physics in many areas. This book recounts his days at Los Alamos during World War II, working on the A bomb. It contains scientific articles on the Casimir effects, dipole polarizabilities, and resonance fluorescence of two-level atoms.
This text contains detailed solutions to 483 questions/problems on atomic, molecular, nuclear and particle physics, as well as experimental methodology. The problems are appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduates, and blend understanding of physical principles with application.
Presenting asymptotic expansions of Feynman integrals in various limits of momenta and masses, and their applications to problems of physical interest, this volume addresses solutions to the problem of expansion with examples to illustrate the theory.
Discusses the structure and properties of nuclear, atomic, molecular, biological and complex cluster systems studied by means of photonic, electronic, atomic and cluster collisions, high resolution mass spectroscopy, ion traps, versatile tunable lasers, new detectors and imaging techniques, NMR, and atomic force spectroscopy.
By vigorously promoting new ideas and developments while retaining a pedagogical style of presentation, this book offers both a reference and an advanced teaching manual in the fields of nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics, for future courses and schools.
Laser cooling is a technique that has led to insights into the behavior of atoms as well as confirming with striking detail some of the fundamental notions of quantum mechanics. This text presents a review of the relevant results of quantum mechanics.
Deals with selected modern aspects of artificially layered structures and bulk materials involving antiferromagnetic long-range order. This book focuses on the interplay between experimental results and their theoretical description, ranging from the famous Lee-Yang theory of phase transitions to novel mechanisms of exchange bias.
Recounting nearly 70 years of research progress, this book presents models describing the fission process of hot nuclei, and the spontaneous fission of cold nuclei and their isomers. Benefits theoretical and experimental physicists, and advanced students.
This volume is a collection of problems in atomic, molecular, and optical physics intended for a broad audience of physicists: from undergraduate students to researchers who wish to sharpen their knowledge and learn about recent developments. The 2nd edition contains over 10 new problems, and includes important updates, revisions, and corrections.
Including sections on atoms in strong electric fields and high magnetic fields, this book provides coverage of various topics related to atoms and quanta. It discusses developments, such as experiments on quantum entanglement, the quantum computer, quantum information, the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradoxon, and Bell's inequality.
This volume explains the observed trends in the bonding and structure of molecules and solids within the framework of simple but predictive models that are based on the modern real-space approach to the electronic structure. It is directed at final year undergraduates and first year postgraduates in physics, chemistry, and materials science.
Provides an introduction to the remaining two gauge theories of the ''standard model'' of particle physics: quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the electroweak theory. Weak interaction phenomenology is extended in it and includes discussion of discrete symmetries, and of the possibility that neutrinos are Majorana (rather than Dirac) particles.
Treats the unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions and considers related phenomena. This title presents the Fermi theory of beta decay followed by a discussion of parity violation, clarifying the importance of symmetries. It introduces the concept of a spontaneously broken gauge theory.
When one approaches the study of the quantal relativistic theory of the electron, one may be surprised by the gap which lies between the frame of the experiments. This book uses a theory of the electron in which the mathematical language is the same as the one of the geometry of the space and time.
This text is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics. However, the elementary atomic physics of the early chapters should be accessible to undergraduates first being introduced to the subject. Its experimental basis is strongly emphasized.
This book describes atomic physics and the latest advances in this field at a level suitable for fourth year undergraduates. The numerous examples of the modern applications of atomic physics include Bose-Einstein condensation of atoms, matter-wave interferometry and quantum computing with trapped ions.
Presents an overview of the physics of radiation detection and its applications. This book covers the origins and properties of different kinds of ionizing radiation, their detection and measurement, and the procedures used to protect people and the environment from their potentially harmful effects.
Gives an introduction to the physics of particle accelerators, with attention being paid to the design of an accelerator for use as an experimental tool. This work includes chapters on spin dynamics of polarized beams as well as instrumentation and measurements, with a discussion of frequency spectra and Schottky signals.
Are the parts of material bodies actual or potential entities? Do all material bodies resolve to actual first parts? Presenting a study of the theories of structure and internal architecture of matter in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this work offers a synthesis of these discussions and its own interpretation of the debate.
Aims to focus the attention of specialists to the diversity of the effects of the ionising radiation on biological and physical systems. This work places emphasis on the exquisite complexities/differences introduced by high ionisation density versus low ionisation density irradiation in both biological and physical systems.
Describes the role of various intermolecular and interparticle forces in determining the properties of simple systems such as gases, liquids and solids, with a focus on complex colloidal, polymeric and biological systems. This book covers the various aspects of intermolecular and interparticle forces both at the fundamental and applied levels.