Download or read book Dynamical Features Of Nuclei And Finite Fermi Systems Proceedings Of The International Workshop written by X Vinas and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-07-05 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings address the new emerging questions in nuclear dynamics such as fluctuations, nuclear multifragmentation, transport theories and particle production in heavy-ion reactions. Parts of the proceedings are also devoted to the physics of metallic and atomic clusters where, quite often, nuclear concepts and techniques are applied.
Download or read book Advances In Nuclear Dynamics Proceedings Of The 10th Winter Workshop On Nuclear Dynamics written by Wolfgang W Bauer and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-07-26 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of nuclear dynamics has evolved tremendously over the course of the 15 years of this workshop series. The workshop presently spans a very broad range of research interests. These include the development of concepts that will form the foundation of research for the quark-gluon plasma as well as current studies of very hot and dense baryonic matter through the measurement of pions, strange particles, dileptons, baryons and antimatter. The investigation of the decay of extremely hot nuclear systems blossomed with the dramatic observation of multifragmentation of heavy systems and detailed studies of the temporal and spatial extent of the system emitting fragments at a wide range of excitation energies. This also includes a continuing search for the liquid-gas phase transition in nuclear matter. An entirely new field of inquiry has begun with the advent of reaction studies with radioactive beams.This international workshop, attended by theorists and experimentalists from 20 institutions and 6 countries, continues to provide the opportunity for cross-fertilization between researchers involved in the broad range of research in nuclear dynamics as well as stimulating the interaction between experimentalists and theorists. The present status of research in the vigorous field of nuclear dynamics is reviewed.
Download or read book Physics of Atomic Nuclei written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Calorimetry In High Energy Physics Proceedings Of The 4th International Conference written by Aldo Menzione and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-07-26 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics is a continuous monitor of the state of the art and new trends in designing, constructing and operating hadron and e.m. calorimeters for high energy physics experiments. The fourth conference included sessions on Read-Out Devices, Front-End, Sampling Calorimeters, DAQ and Trigger, Crystals, Precision Calorimeters, Gas, Solid State and others, Simulation and Radiation Damage
Download or read book Relativistic Aspects Of Nuclear Physics Proceedings Of The 4th International Workshop written by Takeshi Kodama and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-08-30 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following are the topics covered: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions; Hadronic Interaction and Particle Production Processes; Transport Theory for Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma; Hadronization Process; Disordered Chiral Condensate; Strangeness Production; Lepton Pair Production; Particle Interferometry, Electromagnetic Signals of QGP; Structure of Hadrons; Nuclear Astrophysics and Solar Neutrino Problem.
Download or read book Microcanonical Thermodynamics Phase Transitions In Small Systems written by Dieter H E Gross and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boltzmann's formula S = In[W(E)] defines the microcanonical ensemble. The usual textbooks on statistical mechanics start with the microensemble but rather quickly switch to the canonical ensemble introduced by Gibbs. This has the main advantage of easier analytical calculations, but there is a price to pay — for example, phase transitions can only be defined in the thermodynamic limit of infinite system size. The question how phase transitions show up from systems with, say, 100 particles with an increasing number towards the bulk can only be answered when one finds a way to define and classify phase transitions in small systems. This is all possible within Boltzmann's original definition of the microcanonical ensemble.Starting from Boltzmann's formula, the book formulates the microcanonical thermodynamics entirely within the frame of mechanics. This way the thermodynamic limit is avoided and the formalism applies to small as well to other nonextensive systems like gravitational ones. Phase transitions of first order, continuous transitions, critical lines and multicritical points can be unambiguously defined by the curvature of the entropy S(E,N). Special attention is given to the fragmentation of nuclei and atomic clusters as a peculiar phase transition of small systems controlled, among others, by angular momentum.The dependence of the liquid-gas transition of small atomic clusters under prescribed pressure is treated. Thus the analogue to the bulk transition can be studied. The book also describes the microcanonical statistics of the collapse of a self-gravitating system under large angular momentum.
Download or read book Physics of Strong Fields written by Walter Greiner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Physios of St~ong Fields was held at Maratea/Italy from 1-14 June, 1986. The school was devoted to the advances, theoretical and experimental, in physics of strong fields made during the past five years. The topic of the first week was almost exclusively quantum electrodynamics, with dis cussions of symmetry breaking in the ground state, of the physics of strong fields in heavy ion collisions and of precision tests of perturba tive quantum electrodynamics. The famous positron lines found at GSI (Darmstadt) and the related question "new particle versus vacuum decay" - (yes or no or both) - constituted the center of experimental advances. This was followed in the second week by the presentation of a broad range of other areas where strong fields occur, reaching from nuclear physics over quantum chromodynamics to gravitation theory and astrophysics. We were fortunate to be able to calIon a body of lecturers who not only made considerable personal contributions to this research but who are also noted for their lecturing skills. Their enthusiasm and dedication for their work was readily transmitted to the students resulting in a very suc cessful school.
Download or read book High Energy Physics Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics written by L szl¢ P. Csernai and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an overview of relativistic heavy ion physics with particular emphasis on those theoretical approaches which seek an understanding and explanation of the measurements. These approaches try to build a bridge between more basic theories, such as lattice QCD or nucleon-nucleon interactions, and complicated experimental observables involving a large number of particles. Thus, mainly theoretical approaches are discussed here which are strongly and directly related to experiments, and in turn they are phenomenological to some extent. These models use the available information from more complete reaction model describing the whole collision and the observables.It is suitable as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students - both experimentalists and theorists - for studies in the field of relativistic heavy ion physics. It may also serve as a handbook where basic concepts of reaction models can be found and the most important references for further reading are provided.
Download or read book Advances in Nuclear Dynamics written by Benito Arruñada and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of nuclear dynamics is now in one of its most interesting phases. The theory is in the process of establishing an increasingly reliable transport description of heavy ion reactions from the initial violent phase dominated by first collisions to the more thermalized later stages of the reaction. This is true for the low-to-medium energy reactions, where the dynamics is formulated in terms of nucleonic, or in general hadronic, degrees of freedom. And it is also becoming a reality in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion reactions, where partonic elementary degrees of freedom have to be used. Experiments are now able to 'utilize the existing accelerators and multiparticle detec tion systems to conduct unprecedented studies of heavy-ion collisions on an event-by-event basis. In addition, the field anticipates the completion of the construction of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the proposed upgrade of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, promising qualitatively new data for the near future. All of these efforts are basically directed to the exploration of the change the nuclear medium provides for the properties and interactions of individual nucleons and, ultimately, the exploration of the nuclear matter phase diagram. The investigation of this phase dia gram, including all of the interesting phase transitions predicted from theoretical grounds, is the focus of most of the theoretical and experimental investigations of nuclear dynamics conducted today.
Download or read book Correlations of Soil and Rock Properties in Geotechnical Engineering written by Jay Ameratunga and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a one-stop reference to the empirical correlations used extensively in geotechnical engineering. Empirical correlations play a key role in geotechnical engineering designs and analysis. Laboratory and in situ testing of soils can add significant cost to a civil engineering project. By using appropriate empirical correlations, it is possible to derive many design parameters, thus limiting our reliance on these soil tests. The authors have decades of experience in geotechnical engineering, as professional engineers or researchers. The objective of this book is to present a critical evaluation of a wide range of empirical correlations reported in the literature, along with typical values of soil parameters, in the light of their experience and knowledge. This book will be a one-stop-shop for the practising professionals, geotechnical researchers and academics looking for specific correlations for estimating certain geotechnical parameters. The empirical correlations in the forms of equations and charts and typical values are collated from extensive literature review, and from the authors' database.
Download or read book Shielding Strategies for Human Space Exploration written by John William Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the workshop was to define requirements for the development and evaluation of high performance shield materials and designs and to develop ideas regarding approaches to radiation shielding.
Download or read book Quark gluon Plasma 2 written by Rudolph C Hwa and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-11-16 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a sequel to the review volume Quark-Gluon Plasma. There are 13 articles contributed by leading investigators in the field, covering a wide range of topics about the theoretical approach to the subject. These contributions are timely reviews of nearly all the actively pursued problems, written in a pedagogical style suitable for beginners as well as experienced researchers.
Download or read book New Frontiers In Nuclear Physics Lecture Notes Of Jsps ins International Spring School written by S Homma and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-06-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acta Physica Polonica written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Particle Accelerator Conference Epac 94 In 3 Volumes written by Christine Petit-jean-genaz and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-11-26 with total page 2968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings aim to provide a comprehensive overview of research, technology and applications in the field of accelerators. Contributions from the entire field of accelerators are presented, including low and high energy machines, and medical and industrial accelerators.
Download or read book Physics In Collision Proceedings Of The 15th International Conference written by Krzysztof Rybicki and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-01-23 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of high energy physics. It covers the whole range of results from the colliders and fixed-target experiments as well as the astrophysics topics related to particle physics. Also discussed are the problems of proton structure, electroweak physics, non-perturbative QCD and heavy quarks.
