"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: 20240801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the European Spallation Source / J.G. Weisend II -- 2. An overview of the ESS cryogenic system and its design evolution / J.G. Weisend II and W. Hees -- 3. The accelerator cryoplant / X.L. Wang and J.Q. Zhang -- 4. The cryogenic distribution system / J. Fydrych -- 5. The target moderator cryoplant / J. …
"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: 20221001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction to quantum field theory -- 1.1. Natural units -- 1.2. The simple harmonic oscillator in classical mechanics -- 1.3. The harmonic oscillator in quantum mechanics -- 1.4. Photons -- 1.5. Paths to quantum field theory2. Quantum mechanics and path integrals -- 2.1. Classical mechanics and fields -- 2…
"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: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Gauge theories -- 1.1. Introduction to quantum electrodynamics -- 1.2. Abelian gauge invariance -- 1.3. Perturbative calculations at tree level in QED -- 1.4. Renormalization of QED -- 1.5. Compact Lie groups -- 1.6. Non-Abelian gauge theories -- 1.7. The Faddeev-Popov ansatz and gauge fixing for non-Abelian gauge theo…
"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: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The fundamentals -- 1.1. Introduction--what is an image sensor and what does it do? -- 1.2. Charge generation -- 1.3. Charge collection -- 1.4. Charge transfer -- 1.5. Charge conversion -- 1.6. pn junction -- 1.7. MOS capacitor -- 1.8. MOS transistor -- 1.9. Source follower2. CMOS pixel architectures -- 2.1. History an…
"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…
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Optical physics for laser materials processing -- 1.1. Electromagnetic theory of light propagation -- 1.2. Paraxial approximation -- 1.3. The eikonal equation--material polarization approach -- 1.4. The eikonal equation--Fermat's principle approach -- 1.5. Propagation of electromagnetic waves through matter. Lorentz os…