"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History of multiple scattering theory -- 2. Scattering theory -- 2.1. Potential scattering -- 2.2. Position representation -- 2.3. The classic scattering experiment -- 2.4. Angular momentum expansion -- 2.5. Non-spherical potentials with finite domains -- 2.6. Spherical potentials -- 2.7. Analytical properties of scatt…
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Hypergeometric series -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Gauss differential equation -- 1.3. Special functions -- 1.4. Properties of the hypergeometric functions -- 1.5. A conjecture2. Group theory: basics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Invariances, symmetries, and physics -- 2.3. Discrete groups -- 2.4. The symmetric grou…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A historical primer -- 1.1. A lesson in serendipity -- 1.2. GRB phenomenology -- 1.3. The early years -- 1.4. Suggested models for GRB creation -- 1.5. Intensive efforts and large samples -- 1.6. The fireball shock model -- 1.7. The long-GRB afterglow revolution -- 1.8. Redshifts and host galaxies -- 1.9. The supernova…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Wearable sensors for physiological parameter measurements : physics, characteristics, design and applications -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Types of wearable sensors -- 1.3. Wearable sensors for animal health -- 1.4. Working principles of wearable sensors -- 1.5. Issues in the fabrication of wearable sensors -- 1.6. Fab…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 0. Introduction -- 0.1. The internal energy of equilibrium crystals -- 0.2. Microscopic order variables and their fluctuations -- 0.3. Collective order variables in propagation -- 0.4. Crystal surfaces and entropy production -- 0.5. Timescales for sampling modulated structure and thermodynamic measurements -- 0…
"Version: 20170601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-22).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Optical lattices -- 2.2. Theory of atoms in optical lattices -- 2.3. Preparing ultracold atoms in optical lattices -- 3. Current directions -- 3.1. Simulating conductor-to-insulator transitions with transport experiments -- 3.2. Momentum distributions and many-body lo…
"Version: 20170701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-17).Preface -- 1. Introduction : the uses of storage -- 2. Energy storage criteria : size, cost and utility -- 3. What's on offer : current and new developments -- 3.1. Electro-chemical storage -- 3.2. Mechanical systems -- 3.3. Thermal systems -- 3.4. Hydrogen options -- 4. Outlook : the issues ahead -- 5. Addi…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-15).Quantum computer technology is progressing rapidly with dozens of qubits and hundreds of quantum logic gates now possible. Although current quantum computer technology is distant from being able to solve computational problems beyond the reach of non-quantum computers, experiments have progressed well beyond…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 25).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Current directions -- Fundamental constants instead of units -- The Kibble balance -- X-ray crystal density method -- 4. Outlook.Units are at the heart of science and technology. Most measurements require units to express their result. The International System of Units (SI)…
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-21)Introduction -- 1. Background : three traditions -- 1.1. Analytic -- 1.2. Pragmatic -- 1.3. Continental -- 2. Current issues -- 3. What is fundamental physics? -- 4. What are time and space? -- 4.1. Time -- 4.2. Space -- 5. How to interpret quantum mechanics? -- 6. Is there a scientific method? -- 6.1. The ca…