"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: 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: 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: 202303"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The scientific workshop -- 1.1. Workshop frames -- 1.2. Workshop mediations -- 1.3. Workshop permeability2. Three philosophical approaches -- 2.1. Frame contents (OPA) -- 2.2. Frame changes (IPA) -- 2.3. Framing (PPA)3. Method -- 3.1. Frame contents (OPA) -- 3.2. Frame changes (IPA) -- 3.3. Framing (PPA)4. Discovery -- 4…
"Version: 20170201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Background -- Dark matter -- Dark energy -- Flat [lambda]CDM and the cosmological parameters of the Universe -- Current directions -- Weak gravitational lensing -- Baryon acoustic oscillations -- Galaxy clusters -- Redshift space distortions -- Outlook.Just over 95% of our Universe comes in the shrouded fo…
"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: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to MEMS and RF-MEMS : from the early days of microsystems to modern RF-MEMS passives -- 1.1. Introduction to semiconductor and microsystem technologies -- 1.2. Introduction to RF-MEMS2. Expectations versus actual market of RF-MEMS : analysis and explanation of a repeatedly fluctuating scenario -- 2.1. Gene…
"Version: 20180701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Preliminaries -- 1.1. Why is lens design hard? -- 1.2. How to use this book2. Fundamentals -- 2.1. Paraxial optics -- 2.2. Lagrange invariant, thin-lens equation -- 2.3. Pupils3. Aberrations -- 3.1. Ray-fan curves -- 3.2. Abbe sine condition -- 3.3. Higher-order aberrations -- 3.4. Spot diagrams -- 3.5. Wavefronts and …
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. High-Z impurity accumulation -- 1.2. Carbonization and boronization -- 1.3. Impurity transport2. Transport model -- 2.1. Atomic processes -- 2.2. Neoclassical and turbulent transport in the closed-flux surface (core) region -- 2.3. Transport in the open-flux surface region3. Diagnostics -- 3.1. Int…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Fusion plasma generalities. 1. Magnetically confined plasma for fusion energy -- 1.1. Worldwide energy needs and fusion plants -- 1.2. Fusion products and energy balance -- 1.3. Magnetic field and confinement -- 1.4. Magnetic mirror and confinement -- 1.5. Plasma as a state of matter -- 1.6. Plasma kinetic theory --…