"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction2. A new look at the timing of sonoluminescence -- 2.1. Previous studies -- 2.2. The quantum resolution limit -- 2.3. Results : better resolution, cleaner single-shot traces -- 2.4. Modelling bubble dynamics3. The …
"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : the nuclear vision -- 1.1. Nuclear energy : uranium in a bucket -- 1.2. Atoms for peace -- 1.3. The rise and fall of nuclear power -- 1.4. On to Generation IV?2. Nuclear innovation : the early days -- 2.1. Early…
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is a halo? -- 1.2. Examples of halo nuclei -- 1.3. Experimental evidence for halos -- 1.4. The three phases of halo studies2. The structure of halo nuclei -- 2.1. One-neutron halos -- 2.2. Three-body systems--th…
"Version: 20170501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The background -- 1.1. The physics -- 1.2. The Manhattan Project2. Nuclear fission -- 2.1. Energy release in fission -- 2.2. Chain reaction timescale -- 2.3. Temperature equivalent of fission fragments -- 2.4. A first glimpse …
"Version: 20231001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Preliminary concepts. 1. The overall picture -- 1.1. The atomistic structure of matter -- 1.2. The quantum nature of physical laws -- 1.3. Subtleties of the quantum picture -- 1.4. The dual nature of physical phenomena2. Essential quantum mechanics -- 2.1. The wavefunction -- 2.2. Quantum operators -- 2.3. The unc…
"Version: 20241001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Our energy needs and the case for nuclear fission -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Our past and present energy use -- 1.3. Environmental consequences of our energy use -- 1.4. Approaches to climate change mitigation -- 1.5. Energy options for the future2. Some introductory nuclear physics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Nucle…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. Basic concepts -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Terminology and definitions -- 1.3. Units and dimensions -- 1.4. Sources of information2. Subatomic particles and their interactions -- 2.1. Classification of subatomic particles -- 2.2. Classification and ranges of interactions -- 2.3. Conservation laws…
"Version: 20140601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Introduction and overview -- Prologue -- Some scientific preliminaries -- The Manhattan Project : a surveyThe background science -- Energy units, nuclear reactions and decay processes -- The neutron, artificial radioact…
"Version: 20190102"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Radiation and atoms -- 2.1. Width and shape of spectral lines -- 2.2. Atomic orders of magnitude -- 2.3. The central field approximation -- 2.4. The form of the central field -- 2.5. Finding the central field3. The cen…
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Rays and matrices -- 1.1. Paraxial approximation -- 1.2. Thin lens -- 1.3. Thick lens2. Linear magnetic lenses and deflectors -- 2.1. Magnetic rigidity, momentum, and cyclotron frequency -- 2.2. Solenoid focusing -- 2.3. Quadr…