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New Horizons in Fundamental Physics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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New Horizons in Fundamental Physics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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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