"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: 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: 20250101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Supplementary reading -- 1.2. Aims and philosophy -- 1.3. Prerequisites -- 1.4. Conventions and notation2. Symmetries (discrete and continuous) -- 2.1. Beta decay -- 2.2. Parity violation in weak interactions -- 2.3. Parity violation in [beta]-decay -- 2.4. V-A formulation of the weak currents -- 2…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The history of resonance fluorescence -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Atomic resonance fluorescence -- 1.3. The Heisenberg linewidth and recoil energy -- 1.4. The early history of nuclear resonance fluorescence -- 1.5. Problems2. The M?ossbauer effect -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Discovery of the M?ossbauer effect -- 2.3.…
"Version: 20251001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Introduction to surfaces and interfaces -- 2.1. Surfaces and interfaces -- 2.2. Solid surfaces -- 2.3. Liquid surfaces3. Introduction to plasma surface interactions -- 3.1. Plasma at atmospheric pressure -- 3.2. Plasma components at interfaces -- 3.3. Surface kinetics4. Plasma-solid interactions -- 4…
"Version: 20190301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. The field of accelerator techniques -- 2.1. Different types of accelerator -- 2.2. Orbital accelerators -- 2.3. Linear accelerators -- 2.4. Direct voltage accelerators -- 2.5. Tandem electrostatic accelerator3. History…
"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: 20190401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The history of resonance fluorescence -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Atomic resonance fluorescence -- 1.3. The Heisenberg linewidth and recoil energy -- 1.4. The early history of nuclear resonance fluorescence2. The M?ossbauer effect -- 2.…
"Version: 20160701"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Perspectives -- 1.2. X-rays, structure, and dynamics -- 1.3. Outline2. Properties of radiation -- 2.1. Intensity -- 2.2. Flux -- 2.3. Emittance and Liouville's theorem -- 2.4. Brilliance -- 2.5. Polarizati…
"Version: 20200601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Gaseous atoms or molecules : what happens at ultra-low temperature? -- 1.1. Why do gaseous atoms and molecules float? -- 1.2. Is transition to liquid or solid phase always possible? -- 1.3. Special characters of cold atoms and molecules in gaseous state2. Role of laser light to search the structure of atoms and molecul…