Download or read book Texas PASCOS 92 written by Carl W. Akerlof and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of conference papers on relativistic astrophysics, and on particles, strings and cosmology offer about 40 full-length papers and additional short papers presented in workshops.

Download or read book Particle Physics and Astrophysics written by J. Thanh Van Tran and published by Atlantica Séguier Frontières. This book was released on 1995 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Searching for the Long Duration Gamma Ray Burst Progenitor written by Robert Allan Mesler III and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated as an outstanding thesis by the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of New Mexico, this thesis seeks to identify the gamma-ray burst (GRB) progenitor. GRBs are extragalactic explosions that briefly outshine entire galaxies, but the mechanism that can release that much energy over a 100 second burst is still a mystery. The leading candidate for the GRB progenitor is currently a massive star which collapses to form a black hole–accretion disk system that powers the GRB. GRB afterglows, however, do not always show the expected behavior of a relativistic blast wave interacting with the stellar wind that such a progenitor should have produced before its collapse./pppIn this book, the author uses the Zeus-MP astrophysical hydrodynamics code to model the environment around a stellar progenitor prior to the burst. He then develops a new semi-analytic MHD and emission model to produce light curves for GRBs encountering these realistic density profiles. The work ultimately shows that the circumburst medium surrounding a GRB at the time of the explosion is much more complex than a pure wind, and that observed afterglows are entirely consistent with a large subset of proposed stellar progenitors.

Download or read book The Big Bang And Other Explosions In Nuclear And Particle Astrophysics written by David N Schramm and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-06-13 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of important papers by one the world's leading astrophysicists provides a sweeping survey of the incisive and exciting applications of nuclear and particle physics to a wide range of problems in astrophysics and cosmology.The prime focus of the book is on Big Bang cosmology and the role of primordial nucleosynthesis in establishing the modern consensus on the Big Bang. This leads into the connection of cosmology to particle physics and the constraints put on various elementary particles by astrophysical arguments. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis has also led to the argument for nonbaryonic dark matter and is thus related to the major problem in physical cosmology today, namely, structure formation. The nuclear-particle interface with astrophysics also extends to the other topics of major interest such as the age of the universe, cosmic rays, supernovae, and solar neutrinos, each of which will be discussed in some detail. Each section contains historical papers, current papers, and frequently a popular article on the subject which provides an overview of the topic.This volume is testimony to the success of the integration of nuclear and particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology, and to the ingenuity of the work in this area which has earned the author numerous prestigious awards. The book, which is accessible to beginning graduate students, should be of particular interest to researchers and students in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation, and also in high energy and nuclear physics.

Download or read book Recent Advances In The Superworld Proceedings Of The International Workshop written by J L Lopez and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-03-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The realization that precision LEP data lend support to the idea of supersymmetric grand unification and supersymmetry in general, led to the organization of the First HARC International Workshop on Recent Advances in the SuperWorld. The idea was to have a workshop that discussed all aspects of the supersymmetric world — the SuperWorld as it should be properly known. These aspects are so diverse that they are usually studied by high energy physicists with vastly different interests. The selection of speakers included the whole spectrum in 'energy', from experimental physicists, to specialists in low energy phenomenology, supersymmetric grand unification, supergravity, superstrings and supercosmology.

Download or read book Relativistic Astrophysics And Cosmology Proceedings Of The Eighteenth Texas Symposium written by Angela V Olinto and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998-06-05 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1963, the Texas Symposia have been a biennial, peripatetic forum for forefront developments on a wide range of topics in relativistic astrophysics, from pulsars to string theory, from the birth of the universe to the death of stars. The 26 plenary lectures, 230 parallel session talks and 265 poster presentations attest to the scientific vitality of this interdisciplinary field.

Download or read book Cold Gas at High Redshift written by M.N. Bremer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen increasing evidence that the main epoch of galaxy formation in the universe may be directly accessible to observation. An gular fluctuations in the background relict radiation have been detected by various ground-based instruments as well as by the COBE satellite, and suggest that the epoch of galaxy formation was not so very early. Combined optical and radio studies have found galaxies at redshifts above 2. 0, systems that at least superficially show the characteristics expected of large galaxies seen only shortly after their formation. And absorption lines in the spectra of quasars seem to be telling us that most cold gas at early to intermediate cosmological epochs was in clouds having roughly galaxy sized masses. What kinds of new observations will best help us study this high redshift universe in future? What new instruments will be needed? These are questions that loom large in the minds of the Dutch astronom ical community as we celebrate 25 years of operation of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. Celebration of this Silver Jubilee has included a birthday party (on 23 June, 1995), a commemorative volume looking at both the history and the future of the facility ("The Westerbork Observa tory, Continuing Adventure in Radio Astronomy," Kluwer 1996), and an international workshop, held in the village of Hoogeveen on 28-30 August, 1995.

Download or read book Gravitation and Spacetime written by Hans C. Ohanian and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a quantitative introduction to general relativity for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

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Download or read book Particles and Cosmology Baksan Valley Kabardino Balkaria Russia 20 26 April 1995 written by E. N. Alexeev and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These proceedings will contain both general reviews on particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology and detailed discussions on some specific topics. Particular emphasis is put on: (i) physics and instrumentation in solar neutrino experiments (Chlorine, SAGE, GALLEX, SNO, Borexino, Iodine); (ii) present status and prospects of underwater and Antarctic experiments (Baikal, DUMAND, AMANDA, Nestor/SADCO, NEVOD); (iii) cosmic rays and cosmic ray neutrinos (high energy muons underground, atmospheric neutrinos, supernovae neutrinos); (iv) experiments on neutrino masses and mixings; (v) searches for dark matter and double beta decay."--Publisher's website.

Download or read book New Physics With New Experiments Proceedings Of Xvi Kazimierz Meeting On Elementary Particle Physics written by Zygmunt Ajduk and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-06-21 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gives an up-to-date, useful review of the recent results and new ideas concerning the following topics: precision tests of the standard model, search for Higgs bosons, CP violation, flavour physics, neutrino physics, testing extensions of the standard model, supersymmetry, particle physics, cosmology and new results in strong interactions.

Download or read book Non accelerator Particle Physics Proceedings Of The International Conference written by R Cowsik and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-08-31 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international conference focussed on several exciting frontier areas of particle physics at energy scales not realizable in terrestrial accelerators and their significance in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology. The topics discussed included physics beyond the standard model, violations of discrete symmetries, neutrino physics, neutrino astronomy, experimental detection of dark matter, gravitation and feebler new forces, cosmic rays, etc. Some of the highlights are the latest results from the Kamiokande neutrino detector and status reports on experimental facilities under commission to detect solar and atmospheric neutrinos, WIMP's and dark matter candidates.

Download or read book Salamfestschrift A Collection Of Talks From The Conference On Highlights Of Particle And Condensed Matter Physics written by Ali A and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-03-30 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Salamfest was held to honor Prof Abdus Salam whose scientific contribution to the development and dissemination of physics has deeply influenced the course of scientific advancement. Colleagues, collaborators and former students met together to celebrate his scientific achievements, and discuss the highlights of recent advances in experiment and phenomenology in particle and condensed matter physics.The Contributors are: A Ali, G Altarelli, L Alvarez-Gaumé, D Amati, J Bahcall, A Chamseddine, R Delbourgo, M Duff, J Ellis, J Feltesse, P Frampton, M Green, G 't Hooft, T Kibble, G Mack, Y Ne'eman, L O'Raifeartaigh, J Pati, R Peccei, S Randjbar-Daemi, Riazuddin & Fayyazuddin, D Schramm, H Schröder, D Sciama, E Sezgin, Q Shafi, C Vafa, S Weinberg, P West, B Winstein, E Witten, C N Yang, A Zichichi and B Zumino.

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Download or read book Particle Physics And Cosmology Proceedings Of The Ninth Lake Louise Winter Institute written by D Page and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-02-22 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the recent trends in particle physics and cosmology. The invited lecturers include D Caldwell, A Linde, A B MacDonald, J Peebles, K Rolfs and D Schramm.

Download or read book Pulsars as Astrophysical Laboratories for Nuclear and Particle Physics written by Fridolin Weber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulsars, generally accepted to be rotating neutron stars, are dense, neutron-packed remnants of massive stars that blew apart in supernova explosions. They are typically about 10 kilometers across and spin rapidly, often making several hundred rotations per second. Depending on star mass, gravity compresses the matter in the cores of pulsars up to more than ten times the density of ordinary atomic nuclei, thus providing a high-pressure environment in which numerous particle processes, from hyperon population to quark deconfinement to the formation of Boson condensates, may compete with each other. There are theoretical suggestions of even more ""exotic"" processes inside pulsars, such as the formation of absolutely stable strange quark matter, a configuration of matter even more stable than the most stable atomic nucleus, ^T56Fe. In the latter event, pulsars would be largely composed of pure quark matter, eventually enveloped in nuclear crust matter. These features combined with the tremendous recent progress in observational radio and x-ray astronomy make pulsars nearly ideal probes for a wide range of physical studies, complementing the quest of the behavior of superdense matter in terrestrial collider experiments. Written by an eminent author, Pulsars as Astrophysical Laboratories for Nuclear and Particle Physics gives a reliable account of the present status of such research, which naturally is to be performed at the interface between nuclear physics, particle physics, and Einstein's theory of relativity.

Download or read book The Whole Shebang written by Timothy Ferris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-07-06 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes what science has learned about the universe as of the end of the twentieth century, and offers predictions about what may emerge in the near future.