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Iffl??nder, Reinhard |
Solid-State Lasers for Materials Processing |
I11446 |
2001 |
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| 2892 |
Szczerba, R |
Post-AGB Objects as a Phase of Stellar Evolution |
I11445 |
2001 |
eBook |
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| 2893 |
Hoyle, B |
Astronomical Origins of Life |
I11444 |
2000 |
eBook |
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| 2894 |
Fortov, Vladimir E |
High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VII |
I11443 |
2004 |
eBook |
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| 2895 |
Figger, Hartmut |
Laser Physics at the Limits |
I11442 |
2002 |
eBook |
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| 2896 |
Costa, Enrico |
Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era |
I11441 |
2001 |
eBook |
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| 2897 |
Haddad, Y.M |
Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials |
I11440 |
2000 |
eBook |
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| 2898 |
Bachas, Constantin P |
Unity from Duality: Gravity, Gauge Theory and Strings |
I11439 |
2002 |
eBook |
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| 2899 |
Wigner, Eugene Paul |
The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner |
I11438 |
2001 |
eBook |
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| 2900 |
Jones, Barrie W |
Life in the Solar System and Beyond |
I11437 |
2004 |
eBook |
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| Title | Solid-State Lasers for Materials Processing : Fundamental Relations and Technical Realizations |
| Author(s) | Iffl??nder, Reinhard |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001. |
| Description | XVII, 353 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book explains in detail the technical and physical basic principles of solid-state lasers for material processing. The characteristic parameters of laser beams, such as beam quality, power and efficiency, are related to parameters of practical use. Conventional applications of high power lasers, such as laser welding, cutting and scribing, as well as the basics of laser-matter interactions, are also discussed in the book. The types of lasers considered include: high power Nd, Yb:YAG, Nd-glass lamp- or laserdiode-pumped. Data on potential materials for solid-state lasers such as alexandrite, GGG, YVO, YLF and others are presented. Aspectys of laser device design, for example, beam optics and beam guiding by fiber, are discussed. Many tables and graphics make this a useful handbook for scientists, process engineers, laser physicists and advanced students |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540465850 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
2. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ELECTRODYNAMICS
6. ENGINEERING
7. Engineering, general
8. LASERS
9. MATERIALS SCIENCE
10. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
11. Measurement??????
12. OPTICS
13. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
14. PHOTONICS
15. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
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| Title | Post-AGB Objects as a Phase of Stellar Evolution |
| Author(s) | Szczerba, R;G??rny, S.K |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2001. |
| Description | XXI, 448 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The term proto-planetary nebulae (PPNe) in the context of the late stages of stellar evolution was created only slightly more than 20 years ago to express the belief that in the near future these objects will become planetary nebulae (PNe). The first proto-planetary nebulae (called also post-Asymptotic Giant Branch, or shortly post-AGB objects) AFGL 2688 and AFGL 618 were discovered in mid?? seventies in course of the Air Force Sky Survey. Investigation of this phase of stellar evolution developed very rapidly in 1980's after the IRAS mission when it became clear that proto-planetary nebulae emit a significant part of their energy in the mid-and far-infrared. Hundreds of new candidates have been proposed but the recognition of the real proto-planetary nebulae is not a simple task and needs a substantial effort to exclude cases that represent different evolutionary stages. High resolution spectroscopy of stellar atmospheres is of much importance in this respect. Surprisingly, only a small group of central stars, the so called 21 11m emitters, show chemical signatures of the 3 rd dredge?? up process. Very recently, a more detailed studies of mid-infrared spectra from the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) allow for a better understanding of chemical composition and evolution of circumstellar material around these stars. A new impetus in the field of proto-planetary nebulae research was started in the 1990's with high spatial resolution imaging in mid-infrared and optical wavelength ranges |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401596886 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | Astronomical Origins of Life : Steps Towards Panspermia |
| Author(s) | Hoyle, B;Wickramasinghe, N.C |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2000. |
| Description | VIII, 381 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Living material contains about twenty different sorts of atom combined into a set of relatively simple molecules. Astrobiologists tend to believe that abiotic mater?? ial will give rise to life in any place where these molecules exist in appreciable abundances and where physical conditions approximate to those occurring here on Earth. We think this popular view is wrong, for it is not the existence of the building blocks of life that is crucial but the exceedingly complicated structures in which they are arranged in living forms. The probability of arriving at biologically significant arrangements is so very small that only by calling on the resources of the whole universe does there seem to be any possibility of life originating, a conclusion that requires life on the Earth to be a minute component of a universal system. Some think that the hugely improbable transition from non-living to living mat?? ter can be achieved by dividing the transition into many small steps, calling on a so-called 'evolutionary' process to bridge the small steps one by one. This claim turns on semantic arguments which seek to replace the probability for the whole chain by the sum of the individual probabilities of the many steps, instead of by their product. This is an error well known to those bookies who are accustomed to taking bets on the stacking of horse races. But we did not begin our investigation from this point of view |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401142977 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. Microbial ecology
7. Observations, Astronomical
8. PALEONTOLOGY
9. Paleontology??
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| Title | High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VII : Shock Waves and Extreme States of Matter |
| Author(s) | Fortov, Vladimir E;Altshuler, L.V;Trunin, R.F;Funtikov, A.I |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2004. |
| Description | XXII, 534 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In the mid-1950s, experimental studies of condensed matter at ultrahigh pressures (i.e., high energy densities) started to appear in the literature, made possible by use of strong shock waves to alter the state of the material studied. Since then, laboratory and underground nuclear test results have provided equation-of-state data for many chemical elements and compounds over a very wide range of thermodynamic states. They have also allowed scientists to determine high pressure melting curves, to discover previously unknown electronic transitions, to produce strongly non-ideal plasmas, and to study phenomena that occur at much higher values of physical parameters than are attainable by other methods. The data are of fundamental scientific value, and knowledge of shock-wave properties of materials and their equations of state over a wide range of the thermodynamic variables is necessary for the solution of many important scientific and technical problems. Shock Waves and Extreme States of Matter presents a detailed account of the development of Russian technology for conducting dynamic experiments to study material properties and behavior and some of the basic results so far obtained. The book consists of surveys prepared by the leading Russian scientists in the field. Experimental and theoretical results of the authors are presented and a generalization and systematization of the extensive material on the physics of shock waves and high-pressure phenomena is provided. Topics discussed include: Development of dynamic research techniques for studying high pressure Problems of detonation of condensed explosives and creation high-velocity-impact devices Shock compression data that reach a maximum pressure of 10 TPa in solid and highly porous metals. Computational models and descriptions of experimental data include wide-range Hugoniots for 80 substances Mechanisms, kinetics and thermodynamics of polymorphic transformations Experimental, theoretical, and computational investigations of the response of metals in the range of elastic???plastic deformation Optical temperature measurements on ionic crystals and liquid argon and xenon that permit development of improved equations of state of these materials and extend the melting curves of ionic crystals Quasi-isentropic compression data for molecular hydrogen and deuterium and the parameters of a new EOS for the solid and liquid phases Both a semiempirical extension of van der Waals??? model oriented toward experimental data description of dense states of matter and an a priori chemical model of highly non-ideal plasma produce wide-range EOSs Fracture of large structures subjected to the action of dynamic forces |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475740486 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Continuum Physics
2. CONDENSED MATTER
3. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
4. Continuum physics
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. SPACE SCIENCES
8. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Laser Physics at the Limits |
| Author(s) | Figger, Hartmut;Meschede, Dieter;Zimmermann, Claus |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. |
| Description | XXXIV, 522 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book contains contributions written by the world-leading scientists in high-resolution laser spectroscopy, quantum optics and laser physics. Emphasis is placed on precision related to results in a variety of fields, such as atomic clocks, frequency standards, and the measurement of physical constants in atomic physics. Furthermore, illustrations and engineering applications of the fundamentals of quantum mechanics are widely covered. It has contributions by Nobel prize winners Norman F. Ramsey, Steven Chu, and Carl E. Wieman and is dedicated to Theodor W. H??nsch on the occasion of his 60th birthday |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662048979 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ENGINEERING
4. Engineering, general
5. LASERS
6. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
7. PHOTONICS
8. QUANTUM COMPUTERS
9. Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics
10. QUANTUM OPTICS
11. QUANTUM PHYSICS
12. SPINTRONICS
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| Title | Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era : Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in Rome, Italy, 17-20 October 2000 |
| Author(s) | Costa, Enrico;Frontera, Filippo;Hjorth, Jens |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001. |
| Description | XIX, 459 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The information received from BeppoSAX, Chandra and other instruments in the last two years has more than doubled the number of samples of Gamma-Ray Bursts localized and followed up for afterglow search. This has also increased the interest of astronomers in GRBs. This book reviews the research of the last two years and covers the global properties of GRBs, GRB afterglows, GRB host galaxies, cosmology using GRBs, and theories for GRBs and their afterglows. Theoretical and observational aspects are presented as well as tools for the analysis of the data |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540455059 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7. Particle and Nuclear Physics
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| Title | Unity from Duality: Gravity, Gauge Theory and Strings : Les Houches Session LXXVI, July 30 - August 31, 2001 |
| Author(s) | Bachas, Constantin P;Bilal, Adel;Douglas, Michael R;Nekrasov, Nikita A;David, Francois |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. |
| Description | XXXIV, 664 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In a distilled and pedagogical fashion, the contributions to this volume of the famous summer school in Les Houches cover the recent developments in supersymmetric string theory, the gauge theory/string theory correspondence and string duality. Further chapters deal with quantum gravity and D-brane geometry. Black hole mechanics and cosmology are treated too, as well as the AdS-CFT correspondence. The book is a comprehensive introduction to the recent developments in string/M-theory and quantum gravity. It addresses graduate students in physics and astrophysics |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540362456 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GRAVITATION
5. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
6. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7. Particle and Nuclear Physics
8. QUANTUM PHYSICS
9. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner : Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers. Historical and Biographical Reflections and Syntheses |
| Author(s) | Wigner, Eugene Paul;Mehra, Jagdish |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001. |
| Description | XII, 536 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Not only was E.P. Wigner one of the most active creators of 20th century physics, he was also always interested in expressing his opinion in philosophical, political or sociological matters. This volume of his collected works covers a wide selection of his essays about science and society, about himself and his colleagues. Annotated by J. Mehra, this volume will become an important source of reference for historians of science, and it will be pleasant reading for every physicist interested in forming ideas in modern physics |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662077917 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2. ATOMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Heavy ions
6. Language and Literature
7. LINGUISTICS
8. MATHEMATICS
9. Mathematics, general
10. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
11. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
12. Philology
13. PHILOSOPHY
14. Philosophy, general
15. PHYSICS
16. Physics, general
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| Title | Life in the Solar System and Beyond |
| Author(s) | Jones, Barrie W |
| Publication | London, Springer London, 2004. |
| Description | XXV, 317 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In Life in the Solar System and Beyond, Professor Jones has written a broad introduction to the subject, addressing important topics such as, what is life?, the origins of life and where to look for extraterrestrial life. The chapters are arranged as follows: Chapter 1 is a broad introduction to the cosmos, with an emphasis on where we might find life. In Chapters 2 and 3 Professor Jones discusses life on Earth, the one place we know to be inhabited. Chapter 4 is a brief tour of the Solar system, leading us in Chapters 5 and 6 to two promising potential habitats, Mars and Europa. In Chapter 7 the author discusses the fate of life in the Solar system, which gives us extra reason to consider life further afield. Chapter 8 focuses on the types of stars that might host habitable planets, and where in the Galaxy these might be concentrated. Chapters 9 and 10 describe the instruments and techniques being employed to discover planets around other stars (exoplanetary systems), and those that will be employed in the near future. Chapter 11 summarizes the known exoplanetary systems, together with an outline of the systems we expect to discover soon, particularly habitable planets. Chapter 12 describes how we will attempt to find life on these planets, and the final chapter brings us to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the question as to whether we are alone |
| ISBN,Price | 9781852338978 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. ASTROPHYSICS
5. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Observations, Astronomical
9. SPACE SCIENCES
10. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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