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Wuppuluri, Shyam |
Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding |
I10204 |
2017 |
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Nahin, Paul J |
Time Machine Tales |
I10155 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| 63 |
Bambi, Cosimo |
Astrophysics of Black Holes |
I10152 |
2016 |
eBook |
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P??ttgen, Ruth |
Search for Dark Matter with ATLAS |
I10137 |
2016 |
eBook |
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| 65 |
Solomon, Adam Ross |
Cosmology Beyond Einstein |
I10117 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| 66 |
Licata, Ignazio |
De Sitter Projective Relativity |
I10109 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Rafelski, Johann |
Relativity Matters |
I10106 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Haardt, Francesco |
Astrophysical Black Holes |
I10094 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Durrive, Jean-Baptiste |
Baryonic Processes in the Large-Scale Structuring of the Universe |
I10093 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Picasso, Luigi E |
Lectures in Quantum Mechanics |
I10076 |
2016 |
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| Title | Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding |
| Author(s) | Wuppuluri, Shyam;Ghirardi, Giancarlo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXIII, 530 p. 51 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this compendium of essays, some of the world???s leading thinkers discuss their conceptions of space and time, as viewed through the lens of their own discipline. With an epilogue on the limits of human understanding, this volume hosts contributions from six or more diverse fields. It presumes only rudimentary background knowledge on the part of the reader. Time and again, through the prism of intellect, humans have tried to diffract reality into various distinct, yet seamless, atomic, yet holistic, independent, yet interrelated disciplines and have attempted to study it contextually. Philosophers debate the paradoxes, or engage in meditations, dialogues and reflections on the content and nature of space and time. Physicists, too, have been trying to mold space and time to fit their notions concerning micro- and macro-worlds. Mathematicians focus on the abstract aspects of space, time and measurement. While cognitive scientists ponder over the perceptual and experiential facets of our consciousness of space and time, computer scientists theoretically and practically try to optimize the space-time complexities in storing and retrieving data/information. The list is never-ending. Linguists, logicians, artists, evolutionary biologists, geographers etc., all are trying to weave a web of understanding around the same duo. However, our endeavour into a world of such endless imagination is restrained by intellectual dilemmas such as: Can humans comprehend everything? Are there any limits? Can finite thought fathom infinity? We have sought far and wide among the best minds to furnish articles that provide an overview of the above topics. We hope that, through this journey, a symphony of patterns and tapestry of intuitions will emerge, providing the reader with insights into the questions: What is Space? What is Time? Chapter [15] of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319444185 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
6. GRAVITATION
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. METAPHYSICS
9. PHYSICS
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| Title | Time Machine Tales : The Science Fiction Adventures and Philosophical Puzzles of Time Travel |
| Author(s) | Nahin, Paul J |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XLIX, 383 p. 53 illus., 3 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book contains a broad overview of time travel in science fiction, along with a detailed examination of the philosophical implications of time travel. The emphasis of this book is now on the philosophical and on science fiction, rather than on physics, as in the author's earlier books on the subject. In that spirit there are, for example, no Tech Notes filled with algebra, integrals, and differential equations, as there are in the first and second editions of TIME MACHINES. Writing about time travel is, today, a respectable business. It hasn???t always been so. After all, time travel, prima facie, appears to violate a fundamental law of nature; every effect has a cause, with the cause occurring before the effect. Time travel to the past, however, seems to allow, indeed to demand, backwards causation, with an effect (the time traveler emerging into the past as he exits from his time machine) occurring before its cause (the time traveler pushing the start button on his machine???s control panel to start his trip backward through time). Time Machine Tales includes new discussions of the advances by physicists and philosophers that have appeared since the publication of TIME MACHINES in 1999, examples of which are the chapters on time travel paradoxes. Those chapters have been brought up-to-date with the latest philosophical thinking on the paradoxes. Paul Nahin is THE authority on the intricate physics of time travel, paradoxes and all. He makes the field as clear as it can be. ??? Gregory Benford, author of Timescape |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319488646 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GRAVITATION
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. PHILOSOPHY
7. Philosophy and science
8. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
9. PHYSICS
10. Popular Science in Philosophy
11. Popular Science in Physics
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| Title | Astrophysics of Black Holes : From Fundamental Aspects to Latest Developments |
| Author(s) | Bambi, Cosimo |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. |
| Description | XI, 207 p. 35 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book discusses the state of the art of the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics. It covers all the main topics in this wide field, from the theory of accretion disks and formation mechanisms of jet and outflows, to their observed electromagnetic spectrum, and attempts to measure the spin of these objects. Black holes are one of the most fascinating predictions of general relativity and are currently a very hot topic in both physics and astrophysics. In the last five years there have been significant advances in our understanding of these systems, and in the next five years it should become possible to use them to test fundamental physics, in particular to predict the general relativity in the strong field regime. The book is both a reference work for researchers and a textbook for graduate students |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662528594 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROPHYSICS
2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GRAVITATION
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| Title | Search for Dark Matter with ATLAS : Using Events with a Highly Energetic Jet and Missing Transverse Momentum in Proton-Proton Collisions at ???s = 8 TeV????????? |
| Author(s) | P??ttgen, Ruth |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XV, 322 p. 134 illus., 124 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis describes in detail a search for weakly interacting massive particles as possible dark matter candidates, making use of so-called mono-jet events. It includes a detailed description of the run-1 system, important operational challenges, and the upgrade for run-2. The nature of dark matter, which accounts for roughly 25% of the energy-matter content of the universe, is one of the biggest open questions in fundamental science. The analysis is based on the full set of proton-proton collisions collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at ???s = 8 TeV. Special attention is given to the experimental challenges and analysis techniques, as well as the overall scientific context beyond particle physics. The results complement those of non-collider experiments and yield some of the strongest exclusion bounds on parameters of dark matter models by the end of the Large Hadron Collider run-1. Details of the upgrade of the ATLAS Central Trigger for run-2 are also included.?????? ?????? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319410456 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Elementary particles (Physics)
6. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
7. GRAVITATION
8. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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| Title | Cosmology Beyond Einstein |
| Author(s) | Solomon, Adam Ross |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXI, 231 p. 20 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis investigates the theoretical and cosmological implications of modifying Einstein's theory of general relativity. It explores two classes of modifications to gravity: those in which the graviton is given a small mass, and those in which Lorentz invariance is spontaneously broken. It elucidates the nature of cosmological perturbations in theories of massive bimetric gravity, including a potentially deadly instability. Theories of gravity beyond general relativity could explain why the expansion of the Universe is accelerating, obviating the need for a dark energy, and can also affect the evolution of the early Universe. Next, it investigates the nature of spacetime in massive gravity theories that contain two different spacetime metrics. Lastly, the strongest constraints to date are placed on the size of Lorentz-violating effects in the gravity sector during inflation. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319466217 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
6. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7. Particle and Nuclear Physics
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| Title | De Sitter Projective Relativity |
| Author(s) | Licata, Ignazio;Chiatti, Leonardo;Benedetto, Elmo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVI, 108 p. 8 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents the Projective approach to de Sitter Relativity. It traces the development of renewed interest in models of the universe at constant positive curvature such as "vacuum" geometry. The De Sitter Theory of Relativity, formulated in 1917 with Willem De Sitter's solution of the Einstein equations, was used in different fields during the 1950s and 1960s, in the work of H. Bacry, J.M. LevyLeblond and F.Gursey, to name some important contributors. From the 1960s to 1980s, L. Fantappi?? and G. Arcidiacono provided an elegant group approach to the De Sitter universe putting the basis for special and general projective relativity. Today such suggestions flow into a unitary scenario, and this way the De Sitter Relativity is no more a "missing opportunity" (F. Dyson, 1972), but has a central role in theoretical physics. In this volume a systematic presentation is given of the De Sitter Projective relativity, with the recent developments in projective general relativity and quantum cosmology |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319522715 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
6. QUANTUM 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 | Astrophysical Black Holes |
| Author(s) | Haardt, Francesco;Gorini, Vittorio;Moschella, Ugo;Treves, Aldo;Colpi, Monica |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XII, 314 p. 107 illus., 88 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Based on graduate school??lectures in contemporary relativity and gravitational physics, this book??gives a complete and unified picture of the present status of theoretical and observational properties of astrophysical black holes. The chapters are written by internationally recognized specialists. They??cover general theoretical aspects of black hole astrophysics, the theory of accretion and ejection of gas and jets, stellar-sized black holes observed in the Milky Way, the formation and evolution of supermassive black holes in galactic centers and quasars as well as their influence on the dynamics in galactic nuclei. The final chapter addresses analytical relativity of black holes supporting theoretical understanding of the coalescence of black holes as well as being of great relevance in identifying gravitational wave signals. With its introductory chapters the book is aimed at advanced graduate and post-graduate students, but it will also be useful for specialists |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319194165 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROPHYSICS
2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GRAVITATION
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| Title | Baryonic Processes in the Large-Scale Structuring of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Durrive, Jean-Baptiste |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XIII, 187 p. 29 illus., 23 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis addresses two very different but equally important topics in the very broad fields of astrophysics and cosmology: (I) the generation of cosmological magnetic fields and (II) gravitational fragmentation of the Cosmic Web. All mathematical developments are completed by illuminating physical interpretations, and the thesis, which is guided by existing observations, is purely theoretical. In part I, the author further develops a magnetogenesis model proposed in the literature, providing an unprecedented level of physical understanding. He demonstrates that the physics of photoionisation is very likely to have premagnetised, at a relevant level, the entire Universe at the early epoch of the formation of the first luminous sources. In part II, the author adapts the tools of plasma spectral theory to the context of gravitational instability of the baryonic gas within the stratified structures of the Cosmic Web. He skillfully derives the wave equation governing the growth of perturbations and explores various equilibrium configurations, in planar and cylindrical geometries characteristic of cosmic walls and filaments, for isothermal and polytropic conditions, with or without an external gravitational background. Clearly structured and written in pedagogical style, this outstanding thesis puts the results into perspective and highlights the merits and limitations of the various approaches explored |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319618814 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROPHYSICS
2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. COSMOLOGY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GRAVITATION
8. MAGNETIC MATERIALS
9. MAGNETISM
10. Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
11. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
12. Particle and Nuclear Physics
13. PLASMA (IONIZED GASES)
14. PLASMA PHYSICS
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| Title | Lectures in Quantum Mechanics : A Two-Term Course |
| Author(s) | Picasso, Luigi E |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | X, 354 p. 82 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Based on a series of university lectures on nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, this textbook covers a wide range of topics, from the birth of quantum mechanics to the fine-structure levels of heavy atoms. The author sets out from the crisis in classical physics and explores the seminal ideas of Einstein, Bohr, and de Broglie and their vital importance for the development of quantum mechanics. There follows a bottom-up presentation of the postulates of quantum mechanics through real experiments (such as those of neutron interferometry), with consideration of their most important consequences, including applications in the field of atomic physics.??A final chapter is devoted to the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, and particularly those aspects that are still open and hotly debated, to end up with a mention to Bell's theorem and Aspect's experiments. In presenting the principles of quantum mechanics in an inductive way, this book has already proved very popular with students in its Italian language version.It??complements the exercises and solutions book "Problems in Quantum Mechanics", by E. d'Emilio, L.E. Picasso (Springer) |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319226323 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2. ATOMS
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Elementary particles (Physics)
7. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
8. GRAVITATION
9. PHYSICS
10. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
11. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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