"Version: 20141201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Glossary of acronyms -- Introduction -- Symmetries : discrete and continuous -- Hadronic physics : the quark-parton model -- The new particles : discovery and study -- The standard model and beyond : where we are and where we are going -- Appendix A. Quantum mechanics -- Appendix B. Scatteri…
"Version: 20161001"--Title page version.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Mathematical introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to the calculus of variations -- 1.2. Vectors2. The concept of charge -- 2.1. Electric charge -- 2.2. Electrification -- 2.3. Some properties of charges -- 2.4. Coulomb's law3. Electrostatics -- 3.1. Introduction and the need for the concept of fields -- 3.2. …
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- part I. Kinetic theory -- 1. Boltzmann and Vlasov equations in plasma physics -- 2. The two-term Boltzmann equation -- 3. Multi-term and non-local electron Boltzmann equation -- 4. Particle-based simulation of plasmas -- 5. The ergodic method : plasma dynamics through a sequence of equilibrium statespart II. Fl…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Charged particle dynamics and beam transport optics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A planar diode and the Child-Langmuir law -- 1.3. The klystron concept -- 1.4. Charged particle motion in combined electric and magnetic fields (the non-relativistic case) -- 1.5. Charged particle motion in combined electric and…
"Version: 20160801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductory description of processes related to negative pressure in liquids -- 1.1. A qualitative picture of the formation of discontinuities in a liquid -- 1.2. Negative pressure -- 1.3. The Rayleigh bubble -- 1.4. Zel'dovich-Fisher nucleation -- 1.5. A qualitative description of the processes in a liquid…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductionpart I. Plasma basics -- 2. Basic concepts of the motion of charged particles -- 3. Collisions in magnetized plasmaspart II. Electrostatic fluid models -- 4. The basic model for drift waves -- 5. Simplified linear wave analysis -- 6. Resistive drift waves with cold ions -- 7. Resistive drift wave…
"Version: 20170102"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- part I. Fundamentals -- 1. The classical state -- 2. Origins of quantum mechanics -- 3. The wave-like behavior of electrons -- 4. The quantum state -- 5. Dynamics of the quantum state -- 6. Energy and uncertainty -- 7. Operators and observationspart II. Exact solutions -- 8. Rectangular potentials -- 9. The har…
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History, scope and development of biotechnology -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Branches of biotechnology -- 1.3. Biotechnology and its various stages of development -- 1.4. Scope and importance of biotechnology -- 1.5. Biotechnology techniques -- 1.6. Applications of biotechnology -- 1.7. Biotech research : 2015-20162. M…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to enzymes and their applications -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Properties of enzymes -- 1.3. Catalysis -- 1.4. The structure of enzymes -- 1.5. Structural features : primary and secondary structures -- 1.6. The mechanism of action of enzymes -- 1.7. Catalysis via chymotrypsin -- 1.8. Enzyme inhibition -- 1…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The carbon atom -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electronic configuration and covalent bonding between carbon atoms -- 1.3. Carbon allotropes -- 1.4. Bonding energy and energy bands -- 1.5. Summary -- 1.6. Exercises2. Diamond -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Introduction to diamond -- 2.3. Band structure of diamond -- 2.4. Sup…