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Rafelski, Johann |
Modern Special Relativity |
I12381 |
2022 |
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Rafelski, Johann |
Relativity Matters |
I10106 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Letessier, Jean |
Hot Hadronic Matter |
I01321 |
1995 |
eBook |
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Gutbrod, Hans H |
Particle Production in Highly Excited Matter |
I00545 |
1993 |
eBook |
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| Title | Modern Special Relativity : A Student's Guide with Discussions and Examples |
| Author(s) | Rafelski, Johann |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XIX, 458 p. 90 illus., 72 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents Special Relativity in a language accessible to students while avoiding the burdens of geometry, tensor calculus, space-time symmetries, and the introduction of four vectors. The search for clarity in the fundamental questions about Relativity, the discussion of historical developments before and after 1905, the strong connection to current research topics, many solved examples and problems, and illustrations of the material in colloquial discussions are the most significant and original assets of this book. Importantly for first-time students, Special Relativity is presented such that nothing needs to be called paradoxical or apparent; everything is explained. The content of this volume develops and builds on the book Relativity Matters (Springer, 2017). However, this presentation of Special Relativity does not require 4-vector tools. The relevant material has been extended and reformulated, with additional examples and clarifications. This introduction of Special Relativity offers conceptual insights reaching well beyond the usual method of teaching relativity. It considers relevant developments after the discovery of General Relativity (which itself is not presented), and advances the reader into contemporary research fields. This presentation of Special Relativity is connected to present day research topics in particle, nuclear, and high intensity pulsed laser physics and is complemented by the current cosmological perspective. The conceptual reach of Special Relativity today extends significantly further compared even to a few decades ago. As the book progresses, the qualitative and historical introduction turns into a textbook-style presentation with many detailed results derived in an explicit manner. The reader reaching the end of this text needs knowledge of classical mechanics, a good command of elementary algebra, basic knowledge of calculus, and introductory know-how of electromagnetism |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030543525 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Classical and Quantum Gravity
4. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
5. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ELECTRODYNAMICS
9. GRAVITATION
10. MECHANICS
11. SOLAR SYSTEM
12. SPACE PHYSICS
13. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
14. Special relativity (Physics)
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| Title | Relativity Matters : From Einstein's EMC2 to Laser Particle Acceleration and Quark-Gluon Plasma |
| Author(s) | Rafelski, Johann |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXV, 468 p. 85 illus., 63 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Rafelski presents Special Relativity in a language deemed accessible to students without any topical preparation - avoiding the burden of geometry, tensor calculus, and space-time symmetries ??? and yet advancing in highly contemporary context all the way to research frontiers. Special Relativity is presented such that nothing remains a paradox or just apparent, but rather is explained. A text of similar character, content, and scope, has not been available before. This book describes Special Relativity when rigid material bodies are introduced describing the reality of body contraction; it shows the relevance of acceleration and the necessary evolution of the theoretical framework when acceleration is critical. This book also presents the evolving views of Einstein about the aether. In addition to a careful and elementary introduction to relativity complete with exercises, worked examples and many discussions, this volume connects to current research topics so that readers can explore Special Relativity from the foundation to the frontier. Johann Rafelski is a theoretical physicist working at The University of Arizona in Tucson, USA. Born in 1950 in Krakow, Poland, he received his Ph.D. with Walter Greiner at University Frankfurt, Germany in 1973. In 1977 Rafelski arrived at CERN-Geneva, where with Rolf Hagedorn he developed the search for quark-gluon plasma in relativistic heavy ion collision as a novel research domain. He invented and developed the strangeness quark flavor as the signature of quark-gluon plasma, advancing the discovery of this new phase of primordial matter. Professor Rafelski also has held professional appointments at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, the University of Frankfurt, the University of Cape Town, the University of Paris-Jussieu, and the Ecole Polytechnique. He has been a DFG Excellence Initiative Professor at Ludwig-Maximillian University Munich. In collaboration with researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and ELI-Beamlines in Prague he is using ultra-intense lasers in nuclear and fundamental physics. Prof. Rafelski is the editor of the open-access book: Melting Hadrons, Boiling Quarks - From Hagedorn Temperature to Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at CERN - With a Tribute to Rolf Hagedorn (Springer, 2016) |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319512310 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ATOMS
2. Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
5. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ELECTRODYNAMICS
9. GRAVITATION
10. Heavy ions
11. MECHANICS
12. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
13. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
14. OPTICS
15. Particle acceleration
16. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics
17. PHYSICS
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| Title | Hot Hadronic Matter : Theory and Experiment |
| Author(s) | Letessier, Jean;Gutbrod, Hans H;Rafelski, Johann |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1995. |
| Description | 574 p. 78 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The past decade has seen the development of the operational understanding of fun?? damental interactions within the standard model. This has detoured our attention from the great enigmas posed by the dynamics and collective behavior of strongly interacting particles. Discovered more than 30 years ago, the thermal nature of the hadronic particle spectra has stimulated considerable theoretical effort, which so far has failed to 'confirm' on the basis of microscopic interactions the origins of this phenomenon. However, a highly successful Statistical Bootstrap Model was developed by Rolf Hagedorn at CERN about 30 years ago, which has led us to consider the 'boiling hadronic matter' as a transient state in the trans?? formation of hadronic particles into their melted form which we call Quark-GIuon-Plasma (QGP). Today, we return to seek detailed understanding of the thermalization processes of hadronic matter, equipped on the theoretical side with the knowledge of the fundamental strong interaction theory, the quantum chromo-dynamics (QCD), and recognizing the im?? portant role of the complex QCD-vacuum structure. On the other side, we have developed new experimental tools in the form of nuclear relativistic beams, which allow to create rather extended regions in space-time of Hot Hadronic Matter. The confluence of these new and recent developments in theory and experiment led us to gather together from June 27 to July 1, 1994, at the Grand Hotel in Divonne-Ies-Bains, France, to discuss and expose the open questions and issues in our field |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461519454 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Continuum Physics
2. Continuum physics
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Heavy ions
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
8. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
9. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Particle Production in Highly Excited Matter |
| Author(s) | Gutbrod, Hans H;Rafelski, Johann |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1993. |
| Description | IX, 689 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Seven years after the first experiments in the new field of Nuclear Physics, the Highly Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics, the Nato-Advanced- Study-Institute on the 'Particle Production in Highly Excited Matter' was held from July 12 till July 24, 1992, at Il Ciocco, Castelvecchio Pascoli, near Lucca in Italy. The school took place at a mo?? ment when intensive efforts are mounted by the scientific community of Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics to meet the extraordinary challenge of the new upcoming physics opportunities. The gold beams of 10 GeV A at Brookhaven AGS have been sent to the experiments this Summer and we extent our congratulations to the persons and teams who made this possible. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven is under construction and expected to allow experiments to see collisions in the intersec?? tion regions early 1998. The lead beams at the SPS at CERN scheduled for summer 1994 are eagerly awaited by 6 large experiments, and many scientists are planning the experiments at the planned LHC with heavy ions to be turned on before the year 2000. Seen against this background of rather fierce activity, we were most delighted when NATO accepted our application for an Advanced Study Institute oriented to the main subject of this young and dynamic field of research. We are very grateful to the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO and Dr. L. DaCunha, the director of the Advanced Study Institute program for giving our community this opportunity |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461529408 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Heavy ions
4. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
5. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
6. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
7. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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