"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction2. The Sakharov conditions -- 3. Baryon number violation in the Standard Model -- 3.1. The axial anomaly -- 3.2. The Chern-Simons form, baryon number violation, and the winding number -- 3.3. Winding number and non…
"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: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Addendum for the third edition -- Introduction -- Preface -- 1. Matter in the early 20th century -- 1.1. Parts of the atom -- 1.2. Radiation -- 1.3. Some conservation laws -- 1.4. Neutrinos2. Forces and interactions -- 2.1. Fundamental forc…
"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Field overview -- 1.1. A brief history of OT -- 1.2. Dielectric beads : the standard tools for OT -- 1.3. Optical forces on dielectric beads -- 1.4. Performing measurements with dielectric beads -- 1.5. Absorbing materials and photophoretic forces2. The dipole approximation : Rayleigh regime -- 2.1. Quasi-static approx…
"Version: 20140601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Let there be light! -- Introduction -- History -- What are force fields? -- Electric and magnetic fields -- Maxwell's equationsQuanta and photons, oh my! -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Black-body radiation -- The photoe…
"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…