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Principles of lightning physics /
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.EPUB and Kindle versions includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The components of lightning -- 1.1. Features of lightning plasma -- 1.2. Lightning is more than a spark -- 1.3. Conditions for leader propagation -- 1.4. Lightning leaders in nature2. Lightning leaders versus free-burning arcs -- 2.1. Similarities and differe…
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The possibility of earthquake forecasting :learning from nature /
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. What is the meaning of a short-term earthquake forecast? -- 1.1. Basic concepts of seismology -- 1.2. What other measurements are available to complement seismological observations? -- 1.3. Brief summary on earthquake prediction/forecasting2. Earthquake precursors -- 2.1. An introduction to earthquake precursors -- 2.2…
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The embedding method for electronic structure /
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. A brief history of embedding -- 1.2. Overview -- 1.3. A note on Green functions -- 1.4. Units2. The variational embedding method -- 2.1. The variational principle -- 2.2. The embedded Schr?odinger equation -- 2.3. A first application -- 2.4. The embedded Green function -- 2.5. Applicatio…
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Symmetry and collective fluctuations in evolutionary games /
"Version: 20150101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction : bringing together Darwinian evolution and games -- Transmission, development, selection : the Price equation and the role of games -- Extensive-form games : from genomes to genes -- Symmetry and collective fluctuations : large deviations and scaling in population processes -- …
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Separation of variables and superintegrability :the symmetry of solvable syst…
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Background and definitions -- 2.1. Classical mechanics -- 2.2. Quantum mechanics -- 2.3. Integrability and superintegrability3. Separation of variables -- 3.1. Some approaches to separability -- 3.2. The Levi-Civita procedure -- 3.3. Nonorthogonal separation : examples -- 3.4. Intrinsic characterizat…
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A short course on relativistic heavy ion collisions /
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Equation of state for QGP and hadronic resonance gas -- Introduction -- Equation of state for QGP with vanishing quark mass -- Hadronic resonance gas -- The van der Waals equation of state -- HRG in the excluded volume method -- The statistical bootstrap model -- Extended HRGModeling relativistic heavy ion collisions -- I…
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Nuclear and particle physics /
"Version: 20150501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- The discovery of the atomic nucleus -- The nuclear radius -- Nuclear masses -- Radioactive decay -- Nuclear stability -- The nuclear shell model -- Elementary particles -- Relativistic kinematics -- Accelerators and detectors -- The quark model -- Conservation laws -- Hadronic interactions -…
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Key nuclear reaction experiments :discoveries and consequences /
"Version: 20151001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- About the author -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Rutherford and evidence for the nuclear atom -- 1.2. The first true nuclear reaction -- 1.3. The role of accelerators -- 1.4. Detection methods -- 1.5. The neutron and the correct composition of nuclei -- 1.6. Nuclear spectroscopy -- 1.7. Higher energies -- 1.8. Gener…
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Principles and applications of Fourier optics /
"Version: 20140801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Theory of optical propagation and diffraction -- The Helmholtz equations -- The integral theorem of Helmholtz and Kirchhoff -- The Rayleigh-Sommerfeld formulation of diffractionFourier analysis and linear systems -- Fourier transforms and Fourier analysis -- Fourier analysis in two dimension…
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An introduction to quantum theory /
"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…
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