Physics and Applications of Complex Plasmas

EBook Description: At the frontiers of physics and chemistry lies the new and rapidly emerging area of complex plasma systems. The study of complex plasma systems that contain colloid nano/microscopic particles is now actively pursued in a diverse range of scientific fields � from plasma and gas discharge physics, to astrophysics, materials science and engineering. This book highlights, in a systematic, insightful, and perceptive way, the fundamental physics and industrial applications of complex plasmas, with emphasis on the conditions relevant to laboratory gas discharges and industrial plasma reactors. It provides a specialized and comprehensive description of the most recent theoretical, experimental, and modeling efforts to understand the unique properties of complex plasma systems involving the stability, dynamics, and self-organization of colloid particles and their associations. Special attention is focused on the physical understanding of up-to-date developments in major technological applications of micron and nano-sized particles. Each chapter is presented in a concise and comprehensive manner, with a categorized overview of the underlying physics followed by an in-depth description. The book will appeal to scientists and researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students wishing to explore the flourishing interdisciplinary field of complex plasma systems.

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Teaching and Learning of Physics in Cultural Contexts

World Scientific Publishing Company | April 2004 | ISBN: 9812387668 | 492 pages | PDF | 30 MB
The aims of the International Conference on Physics Education in Cultural Contexts were to explore ways towards convergent and divergent physics learning beyond school boundaries, improve physics education through the use of traditional and modern cultural contexts, and exchange research and experience in physics education between different cultures. A total of 45 papers have been selected for this volume. The material is divided into three parts: Context and History, Conceptual Changes, and Media.

Physics and Applications of Graphene - Experiments

The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age... Every global epoch in the history of the mankind is characterized by materials used in it. In 2004 a new era in material science was opened: the era of graphene or, more generally, of two-dimensional materials. Graphene is the strongest and the most stretchable known material, it has the record thermal conductivity and the very high mobility of charge carriers. It demonstrates many interesting fundamental physical effects and promises a lot of applications, among which are conductive ink, terahertz transistors, ultrafast photodetectors and bendable touch screens. In 2010 Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics �for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene��. The two volumes Physics and Applications of Graphene - Experiments and Physics and Applications of Graphene - Theory contain a collection of research articles reporting on different aspects of experimental and theoretical studies of this new material.

Statistical Physics

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Modern Introductory Physics

This innovative text for first-semester college and university physics students presents the principal elements of physics needed to answer the question: "Why do we believe in atoms and their properties?" Pursuing the theme of the nature of the atom, the book offers a sound introduction to basic physics of the nineteenth and twentieth century, including discussion of important ideas of quantum mechanics. The revised and improved second edition includes two new chapters about the nature of photons and quantum entanglement

Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering

The first textbook on mathematical methods focusing on techniques for optical science and engineering. Ideal for upper division undergraduates and graduates. Strong emphasis is placed on connecting mathematical concepts to optical systems. Essay problems based on research publications and numerous exercises strengthen the connection between the theory and its applications.

The Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma

The aim of this book is to offer to the next generation of young researchers a broad and largely self-contained introduction to the physics of heavy ion collisions and the quark-gluon plasma, providing material beyond that normally found in the available textbooks. For each of the main aspects - QCD thermodynamics and global features of the QGP, collision hydrodynamics, electromagnetic probes, jet and quarkonium production, color glass condensate, and the gravity connection - the present volume provides extensive and pedagogical lectures, surveying the present status of both theory and experiment. A particular feature of this volume is that all lectures have been written with the active assistance of selected students present at the course in order to ensure the adequate level and coverage for the intended readership.

Nuclear Physics B

Nuclear Physics B focuses on the domain of high energy physics and quantum field theory, and includes three main sections, i.e. particle physics (including particle physics; cosmology, astrophysics and gravitation; the physics of hadrons; computer simulations in physics;methods in theoretical physics), field theory and statistical systems and physical mathematics.

Extraordinary Concepts in Physics 2010

The most extraordinary concepts in physics will be surveyed. These will include time dilation and length contraction in Special Relativity, curvature in General Relativity, interpretations of the Uncertainty Principle, counter-intuitive examples of the Two-Slitt Experiment, Bell`s Inequality, curvature in cosmology, dark matter, dark energey,black hole evapration, basic concepts underlying string theory, and gravitational lensing.

The Atom and the Apple: Twelve Tales from Contemporary Physics

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