"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Discrete symmetries -- 3. Antiparticles and CP symmetry -- 3.1. Elementary particles -- 3.2. Dirac equation and antiparticles -- 3.3. Left- and right-handed particles -- 3.4. CP transformation of Dirac spinors4. CP violation in the quark sector -- 4.1. Lagrangian of weak interaction -- 4.2. Flavor mi…
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: General relativity.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1 Prologue -- 1.2. Einstein's insight -- 1.3. Structures seen today -- 1.4. Hubble's law -- 1.5. Olbers' paradox -- 1.6. The big bang and the cosmic microwave background -- 1.7. Inflation -- 1.8. Dark matter -- 1.9. Structure formation -- 1.10. Dark energy -- 1.1…
"Version: 20230501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General introduction to the karst problem -- 1.1. Definitions -- 1.2. Distribution of karst types around the world -- 1.3. Some aspects of the karst problem -- 1.4. Sinkholes, their classification, and nomenclature2. An overview of geophysical methods suitable for karst problem resolving -- 2.1. Aspects of sinkhole haz…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. General introduction -- 1.2. Materials classification on the basis of symmetry -- 1.3. The basics of ferroelectricity and related phenomenon -- 1.4. Classification of ferroelectrics -- 1.5. Aurivillius oxides2. Odd number layered Aurivillius oxides -- 2.1. Single-layered oxides (m = 1) Bi2MoO6 and Bi…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Switching -- 1.3. Linear optics : response theory and the Kramers-Kronig transformation -- 1.4. Nonlinear optics -- 1.5. Integrated optics--semiconductor optical waveguides -- 1.6. Outline of book2. Linear electro-optic effect, electroabsorption and electrorefraction -- 2.1. Di…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. What are electromagnetic waves? -- 1.1. Electromagnetic radiation -- 1.2. Characterization of EM waves -- 1.3. Basic properties of EM waves -- 1.4. Summary2. Lasers and applying EM wave theory -- 2.1. How does a laser work? -- 2.2. Laser resonator -- 2.3. Types of lasers -- 2.4. Tuning of laser output wavelength -- 2.5…
"Version: 20210601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Kinematics -- 2.1. Equations needed with symbols defined -- 2.2. Understanding the equations -- 2.3. Keeping the signs straight -- 2.4. Motion in two dimensions : relating x and y -- 2.5. Summary and important notes3. Newton's laws -- 3.1. Applying the first law -- 3.2. Applying the second law -- 3.3…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. What this book is about -- 1.1. Unpredictability -- 1.2. Domain structured dynamics -- 1.3. Random processes -- 1.4. Abstract fractals -- 1.5. Differential equations -- 1.6. Neural networkspart II. Chaos and fractals. 2. Unpredictability implies chaos -- 2.1. Unpredictability in dynamics -- 2.2. Unp…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Lorentz group and its representations -- 1.1. Generators of the Lorentz group -- 1.2. Two-by-two representation of the Lorentz group -- 1.3. Conformal representation of the Lorentz group -- 1.4. Representations of the Poincar?e group -- 1.5. Representations of the Lorentz group based on harmonic oscillators -…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.8. Continuum forces -- 8.1. The basic concepts of fluid mechanics -- 8.2. Drag forces -- 8.3. Bubbles in fizzy drinks -- 8.4. Magnetic-braking : the terminal velocity of a magnet falling in a tube of a non-magnetic metal9. Why is the sky blue? -- 9.1. Quantifying light intensity : subjectively and in absolute terms -- 9.2. …