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Luokkala, Barry B |
Exploring Science Through Science Fiction |
I09081 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Martin, Peter George |
The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident |
I09069 |
2019 |
eBook |
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| 33 |
Shemelin, Valery D |
Multipactor in Accelerating Cavities |
I08926 |
2020 |
eBook |
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von Hippel, Frank |
Plutonium |
I08705 |
2019 |
eBook |
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| 35 |
Krasheninnikov, Sergei |
On the Edge of Magnetic Fusion Devices |
I08623 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Tucker, Colin |
How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor |
I08614 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Melnikov, A.V |
Electric Potential in Toroidal Plasmas |
I08575 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Dupree, Stephen A |
A Monte Carlo Primer |
I11485 |
2004 |
eBook |
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Dupree, Stephen A |
A Monte Carlo Primer |
I10729 |
2002 |
eBook |
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Prince, Robert |
Radiation Protection at Light Water Reactors |
I08320 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| Title | Exploring Science Through Science Fiction |
| Author(s) | Luokkala, Barry B |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XXIII, 335 p. 42 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | How does Einstein???s description of space and time compare with Doctor Who? Can James Bond really escape from an armor-plated railroad car by cutting through the floor with a laser concealed in a wristwatch? What would it take to create a fully intelligent android, such as Star Trek???s Commander Data? Exploring Science Through Science Fiction addresses these and other intriguing questions, using science fiction as a springboard for discussing fundamental science concepts and cutting-edge science research. It includes references to original research papers, landmark scientific publications and technical documents, as well as a broad range of science literature at a more popular level. The revised second edition includes expanded discussions on topics such as gravitational waves and black holes, machine learning and quantum computing, gene editing, and more. In all, the second edition now features over 220 references to specific scenes in more than 160 sci-fi movies and TV episodes, spanning over 100 years of cinematic history. Designed as the primary text for a college-level course, this book will appeal to students across the fine arts, humanities, and hard sciences, as well as any reader with an interest in science and science fiction. Praise for the first edition: "This journey from science fiction to science fact provides an engaging and surprisingly approachable read..." (Jen Jenkins, Journal of Science Fiction, Vol. 2 (1), September 2017) |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030293932 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biomedical engineering
2. Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. Control engineering
5. Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. GRAVITATION
9. Mechatronics
10. NUCLEAR ENERGY
11. PHYSICS
12. Popular Science in Physics
13. ROBOTICS
14. SPACE SCIENCES
15. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident : An Analysis from the Metre to the Nanometre Scale |
| Author(s) | Martin, Peter George |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XXIX, 326 p. 148 illus., 131 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This PhD sought to determine the mechanisms for the reactor explosions by mapping, collecting and analysing samples from across the area of Japan that received radioactive fallout from the explosions. In doing this, the author conducted significant fieldwork in the restricted-access fallout zone using ground and novel UAV-based mapping of radiation to identify hot-spot areas for sample collecting but also using these tools to verify the efficacy of the clean-up operations ongoing in the prefecture. Such fieldwork was both technically pioneering for its use of UAVs (drones) but also selfless in terms of bravely entering a nuclear danger area to collect samples for the greater benefit of the scientific community |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030171919 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Heavy ions
4. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
5. NUCLEAR ENERGY
6. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
8. Security Science and Technology
9. System safety
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| Title | Multipactor in Accelerating Cavities |
| Author(s) | Shemelin, Valery D;Belomestnykh, Sergey A |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XI, 130 p. 78 illus., 62 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is written by two world-recognized experts in radio frequency (RF) systems for particle accelerators and is based on many years of experience in dealing with the multipactor phenomenon. The authors introduce and review multipactor in RF cavities for scientists and engineers working in the field of accelerator physics and technology. The multipactor phenomenon of unintended electron avalanches occurs in the RF cavities commonly and quite often is a performance-limiting factor. The book starts with an Introductory Overview which contains historical observations and brief description of most common aspects of the phenomenon. Part I deals with the multipactor in a flat gap. It starts with description of the dynamics of electrons, derivation of the stability condition and analyzing influence of several factors on the multipactor. Then, the initial considerations are extended to derive a generalized phase stability and finally a particular case, called ping-pong multipacting, is considered. The part one is concluded with a brief review of computer codes used in multipactor simulations. Part II is dedicated to the multipactor in crossed RF fields, the typical situation in accelerating cavities. Two cases of MP are considered: a two-point multipactor near the cavity equator in elliptical cavities and a one-point multipactor. Part III describes optimization of the cavity shapes geared toward designing multipactor-free structures. The book will serve as an importance reference on multipactor for those involved in developing and operating radio frequency cavities for particle accelerators |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030481988 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
4. Measurement??????
5. MICROWAVES
6. Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
7. NUCLEAR ENERGY
8. OPTICAL ENGINEERING
9. Particle acceleration
10. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics
11. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
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| I08926 |
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| Title | Plutonium : How Nuclear Power???s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare |
| Author(s) | von Hippel, Frank;Takubo, Masafumi;Kang, Jungmin |
| Publication | Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2019. |
| Description | XXI, 177 p. 51 illus., 44 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a readable and thought-provoking analysis of the issues surrounding nuclear fuel reprocessing and fast-neutron reactors, including discussion of resources, economics, radiological risk and resistance to nuclear proliferation. It describes the history and science behind reprocessing, and gives an overview of the status of reprocessing programmes around the world. It concludes that such programs should be discontinued. While nuclear power is seen by many as the only realistic solution to the carbon emission problem, some national nuclear establishments have been pursuing development and deployment of sodium-cooled plutonium breeder reactors, and plutonium recycling. Its proponents argue that this system would offer significant advantages relative to current light water reactor technology in terms of greater uranium utilization efficiency, and that separating out the long-lived plutonium and other transuranics from spent fuel and fissioning them in fast reactors would greatly reduce the duration of the toxicity of radioactive waste. However, the history of efforts to deploy this system commercially in a number of countries over the last six decades has been one of economic and technical failure and, in some cases, was used to mask clandestine nuclear weapon development programs. Covering topics of significant public interest including nuclear safety, fuel storage, environmental impact and the spectre of nuclear terrorism, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the issue for nuclear engineers, policy analysts, government officials and the general public. |
| ISBN,Price | 9789811399015 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ENERGY
4. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
5. NUCLEAR ENERGY
6. PHYSICS
7. Popular Science in Energy
8. Popular Science in Physics
9. Science???Social aspects
10. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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| Title | On the Edge of Magnetic Fusion Devices |
| Author(s) | Krasheninnikov, Sergei;Smolyakov, Andrei;Kukushkin, Andrei |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XV, 261 p. 134 illus., 77 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book reviews the current state of understanding concerning edge plasma, which bridges hot fusion plasma, with a temperature of roughly one million degrees Kelvin with plasma-facing materials, which have melting points of only a few thousand degrees Kelvin. In a fact, edge plasma is one of the keys to solution for harnessing fusion energy in magnetic fusion devices. The physics governing the processes at work in the edge plasma involves classical and anomalous transport of multispecies plasma, neutral gas dynamics, atomic physics effects, radiation transport, plasma-material interactions, and even the transport of plasma species within the plasma-facing materials. The book starts with simple physical models, then moves on to rigorous theoretical considerations and state-of-the-art simulation tools that are capable of capturing the most important features of the edge plasma phenomena. The authors compare the conclusions arising from the theoretical and computational analysis with the available experimental data. They also discuss the remaining gaps in their models and make projections for phenomena related to edge plasma in magnetic fusion reactors |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030495947 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. MAGNETIC MATERIALS
4. MAGNETISM
5. Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
6. NUCLEAR ENERGY
7. NUCLEAR FUSION
8. PLASMA (IONIZED GASES)
9. PLASMA PHYSICS
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| Title | How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor |
| Author(s) | Tucker, Colin |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XVII, 264 p. 131 illus., 122 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This book will answer that question. It???ll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of reactors and what can go wrong with them. Much of this is seen from the viewpoint of a trainee operator on a Pressurised Water Reactor - the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world. Colin Tucker has spent the last thirty years keeping reactors safe. Join him on a tour that is the next best thing to driving a nuclear reactor yourself! |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030338763 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ENERGY
4. Heavy ions
5. NUCLEAR ENERGY
6. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
8. PHYSICS
9. Popular Science in Energy
10. Popular Science in Physics
11. POWER ELECTRONICS
12. Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks
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| I08614 |
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| Title | Electric Potential in Toroidal Plasmas |
| Author(s) | Melnikov, A.V |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XV, 240 p. 202 illus., 194 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This work introduces heavy ion beam probe diagnostics and presents an overview of its applications. The heavy ion beam probe is a unique tool for the measurement of potential in the plasma core in order to understand the role of the electric field in plasma confinement, including the mechanism of transition from low to high confinement regimes (L???H transition). This allows measurement of the steady-state profile of the plasma potential, and its use has been extended to include the measurement of quasi-monochromatic and broadband oscillating components, the turbulent-particle flux and oscillations of the electron density and poloidal magnetic field. Special emphasis is placed on the study of Geodesic Acoustic Modes and Alfv??n Eigenmodes excited by energetic particles with experimental data sets. These experimental studies help to understand the link between broadband turbulent physics and quasi-coherent oscillations in devices with a rather different magnetic configuration. The book also compares spontaneous and biased transitions from low to high confinement regimes on both classes of closed magnetic traps (tokamak and stellarator) and highlights the common features in the behavior of electric potential and turbulence of magnetized plasmas. A valuable resource for physicists, postgraduates and students specializing in plasma physics and controlled fusion |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030034818 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ENERGY SYSTEMS
4. NUCLEAR ENERGY
5. NUCLEAR FUSION
6. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation
7. PHYSICS
8. PLASMA (IONIZED GASES)
9. PLASMA PHYSICS
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| Title | A Monte Carlo Primer : Volume 2 |
| Author(s) | Dupree, Stephen A;Fraley, Stanley K |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 2004. |
| Description | XII, 230 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In Volume 1, A Monte Carlo Primer - A Practical Approach to Radiation Transport (the "Primer"), we attempt to provide a simple, convenient, and step-by-step approach to the development, basic understanding, and use of Monte Carlo methods in radiation transport. Using the PC, the Primer begins by developing basic Monte Carlo codes to solve simple transport problems, then introduces a teaching tool, the Probabilistic Framework Code (PFC), as a standard platform for assembling, testing, and executing the various Monte Carlo techniques that are presented. This second volume attempts to continue this approach by using both custom Monte Carlo codes and PFC to apply the concepts explained in the Primer to obtain solutions to the exercises given at the end of each chapter in the Primer. A relatively modest number of exercises is included in the Primer. Some ambiguity is left in the statement of many of the exercises because the intent is not to have the user write a particular, uniquely correct piece of coding that produces a specific number as a result, but rather to encourage the user to think about the problems and develop further the concepts explained in the text. Because in most cases there is more than one way to solve a Monte Carlo transport problem, we believe that working with the concepts illustrated by the exercises is more important than obtaining anyone particular solution |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441990365 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. NUCLEAR ENERGY
4. NUCLEAR FUSION
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| Title | A Monte Carlo Primer : A Practical Approach to Radiation Transport |
| Author(s) | Dupree, Stephen A;Fraley, Stanley K |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 2002. |
| Description | XIII, 341 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The mathematical technique of Monte Carlo, as applied to the transport of sub-atomic particles, has been described in numerous reports and books since its formal development in the 1940s. Most of these instructional efforts have been directed either at the mathematical basis of the technique or at its practical application as embodied in the several large, formal computer codes available for performing Monte Carlo transport calculations. This book attempts to fill what appears to be a gap in this Monte Carlo literature between the mathematics and the software. Thus, while the mathematical basis for Monte Carlo transport is covered in some detail, emphasis is placed on the application of the technique to the solution of practical radiation transport problems. This is done by using the PC as the basic teaching tool. This book assumes the reader has a knowledge of integral calculus, neutron transport theory, and Fortran programming. It also assumes the reader has available a PC with a Fortran compiler. Any PC of reasonable size should be adequate to reproduce the examples or solve the exercises contained herein. The authors believe it is important for the reader to execute these examples and exercises, and by doing so to become accomplished at preparing appropriate software for solving radiation transport problems using Monte Carlo. The step from the software described in this book to the use of production Monte Carlo codes should be straightforward |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441984913 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
2. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
3. BIOPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Heavy ions
7. NUCLEAR ENERGY
8. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
9. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
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