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New Horizons in Fundamental Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R3,885
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New Horizons in Fundamental Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017): Stefan Schramm, Mirko Schafer

New Horizons in Fundamental Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

Stefan Schramm, Mirko Schafer

Series: FIAS Interdisciplinary Science Series

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This volume presents the state-of-the-art in selected topics across modern nuclear physics, covering fields of central importance to research and illustrating their connection to many different areas of physics. It describes recent progress in the study of superheavy and exotic nuclei, which is pushing our knowledge to ever heavier elements and neutron-richer isotopes. Extending nuclear physics to systems that are many times denser than even the core of an atomic nucleus, one enters the realm of the physics of neutron stars and possibly quark stars, a topic that is intensively investigated with many ground-based and outer-space research missions as well as numerous theoretical works. By colliding two nuclei at very high ultra-relativistic energies one can create a fireball of extremely hot matter, reminiscent of the universe very shortly after the big bang, leading to a phase of melted hadrons and free quarks and gluons, the so-called quark-gluon plasma. These studies tie up with effects of crucial importance in other fields. During the collision of heavy ions, electric fields of extreme strength are produced, potentially destabilizing the vacuum of the atomic physics system, subsequently leading to the decay of the vacuum state and the emission of positrons. In neutron stars the ultra-dense matter might support extremely high magnetic fields, far beyond anything that can be produced in the laboratory, significantly affecting the stellar properties. At very high densities general relativity predicts the stellar collapse to a black hole. However, a number of current theoretical activities, modifying Einstein's theory, point to possible alternative scenarios, where this collapse might be avoided. These and related topics are addressed in this book in a series of highly readable chapters. In addition, the book includes fundamental analyses of the practicalities involved in transiting to an electricity supply mainly based on renewable energies, investigating this scenario less from an engineering and more from a physics point of view. While the topics comprise a large scope of activities, the contributions also show an extensive overlap in the methodology and in the analytical and numerical tools involved in tackling these diverse research fields that are the forefront of modern science.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: FIAS Interdisciplinary Science Series
Release date: June 2018
First published: 2017
Editors: Stefan Schramm • Mirko Schafer
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 389
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-83000-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Atomic & molecular physics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > Plasma physics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN: 3-319-83000-7
Barcode: 9783319830001

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