Category Archives: Nuclear Physics

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics

Posted on February 25, 2011 by singleton

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics is an essential textbook for graduate students studying the interaction of optical fields with atoms. It also serves as an ideal reference text for researchers working in the fields of laser spectroscopy and … Continue reading →

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Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

This book summarizes basic knowledge of atomic, nuclear, and radiation physics that professionals need for efficient and safe use of ionizing radiation. Concentrating on the underlying principles of radiation physics, it covers prerequisite knowledge for medical physics courses on the … Continue reading →

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Fusion: An Introduction to the Physics and Technology of Magnetic Confinement Fusion

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

This second edition of a popular textbook is thoroughly revised with around 25% new and updated content. It provides an introduction to both plasma physics and fusion technology at a level that can be understood by advanced undergraduates and graduate … Continue reading →

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Optically Polarized Atoms: Understanding light-atom interactions

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Optically Polarized Atoms is addressed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics. It will also be useful to researchers practising in this field. It gives an intuitive, yet sufficiently detailed and rigorous … Continue reading →

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Advanced Magnetohydrodynamics: With Applications to Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Following on from the companion volume Principles of Magnetohydrodynamics, this textbook analyzes the applications of plasma physics to thermonuclear fusion and plasma astrophysics from the single viewpoint of MHD. This approach turns out to be ever more powerful when applied … Continue reading →

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A Primer in Density Functional Theory (Lecture Notes in Physics)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Density functional theory (DFT) is by now a well-established method for tackling the quantum mechanics of many-body systems. Originally applied tocompute properties of atoms and simple molecules, DFT has quickly become a work horse for more complex applications in the … Continue reading →

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1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

This book basically caters to the needs of undergraduates and graduates physics students in the area of modern physics, specially particle and nuclear physics. Lecturers/tutors may use it as a resource book. The contents of the book are based on … Continue reading →

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Lie Algebras and Applications (Lecture Notes in Physics)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

This book, designed for advanced graduate students and post-graduate researchers, introduces Lie algebras and some of their applications to the spectroscopy of molecules, atoms, nuclei and hadrons. The book contains many examples that help to elucidate the abstract algebraic definitions. … Continue reading →

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A Zeptospace Odyssey: A Journey into the Physics of the LHC

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

This book provides a simple and understandable guide for appreciating the discoveries that are about to take place at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the world’s largest particle accelerator. A CERN physicist leads the lay reader into the … Continue reading →

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Kinetic Theory of the Inner Magnetospheric Plasma (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

The inner magnetosphere plasma is a very unique composition of different plasma particles and waves. It covers a huge energy plasma range with spatial and time variations of many orders of magnitude. In such a situation, the kinetic approach is … Continue reading →

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