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Weinert, Friedel |
The Demons of Science |
I10450 |
2016 |
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Pettinari, Guido Walter |
The Intrinsic Bispectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background |
I10443 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Duffy, Kirsty Elizabeth |
First Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillation at T2K |
I10438 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| 44 |
Kwok, Sun |
Our Place in the Universe |
I10437 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| 45 |
Calcagni, Gianluca |
Classical and Quantum Cosmology |
I10431 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Yue, Jason Tsz Shing |
Higgs Properties at the LHC |
I10417 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Branch, David |
Supernova Explosions |
I10414 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| 48 |
Martins, C.J.A.P |
Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter |
I10329 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Chakraborty, Sumanta |
Classical and Quantum Aspects of Gravity in Relation to the Emergent Paradigm |
I10321 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Hess, Peter O |
Pseudo-Complex General Relativity |
I10319 |
2016 |
eBook |
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| Title | The Demons of Science : What They Can and Cannot Tell Us About Our World |
| Author(s) | Weinert, Friedel |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | IX, 251 p. 40 illus., 8 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is the first all-encompassing exploration of the role of demons in philosophical and scientific thought experiments. In Part I, the author explains the importance of thought experiments in science and philosophy. Part II considers Laplace???s Demon, whose claim is that the world is completely deterministic. Part III introduces Maxwell???s Demon, who - by contrast - experiences a world that is probabilistic and indeterministic. Part IV explores Nietzsche???s thesis of the cyclic and eternal recurrence of events. In each case a number of philosophical consequences regarding determinism and indeterminism, the arrows of time, the nature of the mind and free will are said to follow from the Demons???s worldviews. The book investigates what these Demons - and others - can and cannot tell us about our world. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319317083 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COSMOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
8. Popular Science in Physics
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| Title | The Intrinsic Bispectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background |
| Author(s) | Pettinari, Guido Walter |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XXIII, 263 p. 21 illus., 19 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Nominated as an outstanding thesis by Professor Robert Crittenden of the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation in Portsmouth, and winner of the Michael Penston Prize for 2014 given by the Royal Astronomical Society for the best doctoral thesis in Astronomy or Astrophysics, this work aims to shed light on one of the most important probes of the early Universe: the bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background. The CMB bispectrum is a potential window on exciting new physics, as it is sensitive to the non-Gaussian features in the primordial fluctuations, the same fluctuations that evolved into today???s planets, stars and galaxies. However, this invaluable information is potentially screened, as not all of the observed non-Gaussianity is of primordial origin. Indeed, a bispectrum arises even for perfectly Gaussian initial conditions due to non-linear dynamics, such as CMB photons scattering off free electrons and propagating in an inhomogeneous Universe. Dr. Pettinari introduces the reader to this intrinsic bispectrum in a pedagogic way, building up from the standard model of cosmology and from cosmological perturbation theory, the tool cosmologists use to unravel the history of the cosmos. In doing so, he introduces SONG, a new and efficient code for solving the second-order Einstein and Boltzmann equations. Next, he moves on to answer the crucial question: is the intrinsic bispectrum going to screen the primordial signal in the CMB? Using SONG, he computes the intrinsic bispectrum and shows how its contamination leads to a small bias in the estimates of primordial non-Gaussianity, a great news for the prospect of using CMB data to probe primordial non-Gaussianity |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319218823 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
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| Title | First Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillation at T2K |
| Author(s) | Duffy, Kirsty Elizabeth |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XV, 172 p. 87 illus., 10 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis reports the measurement of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance and electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance in a muon neutrino and antineutrino beam using the T2K experiment. It describes a result in neutrino physics that is a pioneering indication of charge-parity (CP) violation in neutrino oscillation; the first to be obtained from a single experiment. Neutrinos are some of the most abundant???but elusive???particles in the universe, and may provide a promising place to look for a potential solution to the puzzle of matter/antimatter imbalance in the observable universe. It has been firmly established that neutrinos can change flavour (or ???oscillate???), as recognised by the 2015 Nobel Prize. The theory of neutrino oscillation allows for neutrinos and antineutrinos to oscillate differently (CP violation), and may provide insights into why our universe is matter-dominated. Bayesian statistical methods, including the Markov Chain Monte Carlo fitting technique, are used to simultaneously optimise several hundred systematic parameters describing detector, beam, and neutrino interaction uncertainties as well as the six oscillation parameters |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319650401 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COSMOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Elementary particles (Physics)
5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
6. Quantum Field Theories, String Theory
7. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
8. STRING THEORY
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| Title | Our Place in the Universe : Understanding Fundamental Astronomy from Ancient Discoveries |
| Author(s) | Kwok, Sun |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXV, 267 p. 100 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | If you have ever wanted to understand the basic principles of astronomy and celestial movements, you should read this book. Using pictures of the sky observed from different places on Earth, as well as drawings of ancient astronomical methods and tools, Prof. Sun Kwok tells this story in an entertaining and fascinating way. Since the beginning of human civilization, people have wondered about the structure of the cosmos and our place in the Universe. More than 2,000 years ago, our ancestors knew that the seasons were unequal, the Earth was an unattached object floating in space, and stars existed that they could not see. From celestial observations, they concluded that the Earth was round. Using simple tools and mathematics, ancient astronomers accurately determined the sizes of the Earth and Moon, the distance to the Moon, and the lengths of the months and year. With a clever device called the armillary sphere, Greek astronomers could predict the times of sunrise and sunset on any day of the year, at any place on Earth. They developed sophisticated mathematical models to forecast Mars??? motions hundreds of years into the future. Find out how ancient observers achieved these remarkable feats. With minimal use of mathematics, this book retraces the footsteps of our ancestors, explains their intellectual journeys in simple terms, and explores the philosophical implications of these discoveries. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319541723 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. COSMOLOGY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| I10437 |
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| Title | Classical and Quantum Cosmology |
| Author(s) | Calcagni, Gianluca |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XV, 843 p. 80 illus., 52 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This comprehensive textbook is devoted to classical and quantum cosmology, with particular emphasis on modern approaches to quantum gravity and string theory and on their observational imprint. It covers major challenges in theoretical physics such as the big bang and the cosmological constant problem. An extensive review of standard cosmology, the cosmic microwave background, inflation and dark energy sets the scene for the phenomenological application of all the main quantum-gravity and string-theory models of cosmology. Born of the author's teaching experience and commitment to bridging the gap between cosmologists and theoreticians working beyond the established laws of particle physics and general relativity, this is a unique text where quantum-gravity approaches and string theory are treated on an equal footing. As well as introducing cosmology to undergraduate and graduate students with its pedagogical presentation and the help of 45 solved exercises, this book, which includes an ambitious bibliography of about 3500 items, will serve as a valuable reference for lecturers and researchers |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319411279 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
8. PHYSICS
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| Title | Higgs Properties at the LHC : Implications for the Standard Model and for Cosmology |
| Author(s) | Yue, Jason Tsz Shing |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVIII, 130 p. 35 illus., 21 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis studies the properties of the Higgs particle, discovered at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012, in order to elucidate its role in electroweak symmetry breaking and cosmological phase transition in the early universe. It shows that a generic spin-2 Higgs impostor is excluded by the precision measurements of electroweak observables and perturbative unitarity considerations. It obtains LHC constraints on anomalous CP-violating Higgs-Top Yukawa couplings and examines the prospects of their measurement in future experiments. Lastly, it discusses in detail the electroweak phase transition and generation of cosmological matter???antimatter asymmetry in the universe with anomalous Higgs couplings |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319634029 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COSMOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Elementary particles (Physics)
5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
8. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Supernova Explosions |
| Author(s) | Branch, David;Wheeler, J. Craig |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017. |
| Description | XIX, 721 p. 236 illus., 148 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Targeting advanced students of astronomy and physics, as well as astronomers and physicists contemplating research on supernovae or related fields, David Branch and J. Craig Wheeler offer a modern account of the nature, causes and consequences of supernovae, as well as of issues that remain to be resolved. Owing especially to (1) the appearance of supernova 1987A in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud, (2) the spectacularly successful use of supernovae as distance indicators for cosmology, (3) the association of some supernovae with the enigmatic cosmic gamma-ray bursts, and (4) the discovery of a class of superluminous supernovae, the pace of supernova research has been increasing sharply. This monograph serves as a broad survey of modern supernova research and a guide to the current literature. The book???s emphasis is on the explosive phases of supernovae. Part 1 is devoted to a survey of the kinds of observations that inform us about supernovae, some basic interpretations of such data, and an overview of the evolution of stars that brings them to an explosive endpoint. Part 2 goes into more detail on core-collapse and superluminous events: which kinds of stars produce them, and how do they do it? Part 3 is concerned with the stellar progenitors and explosion mechanisms of thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae. Part 4 is about consequences of supernovae and some applications to astrophysics and cosmology. References are provided in sufficient number to help the reader enter the literature |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662550540 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. COSMOLOGY
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter : Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model |
| Author(s) | Martins, C.J.A.P |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | IX, 118 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book sheds new light on topological defects in widely differing systems, using the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model to better understand their evolution. Topological defects ??? cosmic strings, monopoles, domain walls or others - necessarily form at cosmological (and condensed matter) phase transitions. If they are stable and long-lived they will be fossil relics of higher-energy physics. Understanding their behaviour and consequences is a key part of any serious attempt to understand the universe, and this requires modelling their evolution. The velocity-dependent one-scale model is the only fully quantitative model of defect network evolution, and the canonical model in the field. This book provides a review of the model, explaining its physical content and describing its broad range of applicability |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319445533 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
6. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
7. PHYSICS
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| Title | Classical and Quantum Aspects of Gravity in Relation to the Emergent Paradigm |
| Author(s) | Chakraborty, Sumanta |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXI, 263 p. 26 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis explores the connection between gravity and thermodynamics and provides a unification scheme that opens up new directions of exploration. Further elaborating on the Hawking effect and the possibility of singularity avoidance, the author not only discusses the information loss paradox at a broader level but also provides a possible solution to it. As the final frontier, it describes some novel effects arising from the microscopic structure of spacetime. Taken as a whole, the thesis addresses three major research areas in gravitational physics: it starts with classical gravity, proceeds to the black hole information loss paradox, and closes with Planck scale physics. ??The thesis is written in a lucid and pedagogical style, with an introduction accessible to researchers from other branches of physics and a discuss ion presenting open questions and future directions, which will benefit and hopefully inspire next-generation researchers |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319637334 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
6. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | Pseudo-Complex General Relativity |
| Author(s) | Hess, Peter O;Sch??fer, Mirko;Greiner, Walter |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XV, 250 p. 33 illus., 11 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume presents an pseudo-complex extension of General Relativity which addresses these issues and presents proposals for experimental examinations in strong fields near a large mass.??General Relativity is a beautiful and well tested theory of gravitation. Nevertheless, it implies conceptual problems like the creation of singularities (Black Holes) as a result of the collapse of large masses, or the appearance of event horizons which exclude parts of the space-time from the observation of external observers. The mathematical and geometrical foundations of this extension are displayed in detail, and applications including orbits and accretion disks around large central masses, neutron stars or cosmological models are introduced. Calculations both for classical and extended applications are often executed in the form of problems with extensive solutions, which makes this volume also a valuable resource for any student of General Relativity |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319250618 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
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