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Horizons in World Physics. Volume 282

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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This book presents original research results on the leading edge of physics. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum, including navigation control of automated interstellar probes by means of quasars’ reference frames; impacts on airless objects under microgravity and possible related structures; nature of…
Optical Spectroscopy: Technology, Properties and Performance

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Optical Spectroscopy is an interdisciplinary science dedicated to generating and building knowledge in the field of spectroscopy and as a tool for practical investigations. This book has been elaborated for the use of specialists, students and young scientists interested in material characterization and direct investigation of various technological processes. As the title shows, the project…
A Comprehensive Guide to Angular Momentum

Physics Research and Technology, Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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A Comprehensive Guide to Angular Momentum begins by considering substantiations of the theorem of angular momentum change and the law of conservation of angular momentum, as the change of angular momentum indicates an error in the method of calculating the dynamics of the Solar system. Following this, different techniques for the analysis of the orbital…
Ferroelectrics: Principles, Structure and Applications

Physics Research and Technology, Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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Ferroelectric physics is a theory on ferroelectric phase transition for explaining various related phenomena, which is different from dielectric physics. Ferroelectric materials are important functional materials for various applications such as NVRAMs, high energy density capacitors, actuators, MEMs, sonar sensors, microphones and scanning electron microscopes (SEM). This book investigates the dielectric, ferroelectric and energy storage…
Runaway Electrons Preionized Diffuse Discharges

Electrical Engineering Developments, Electrical Engineering, Technology and Engineering, Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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This collective book provides a review and summary of recent ten-year research in runaway electron preionized diffuse discharges (REP DD) formed in an inhomogeneous electric field in different gases at increased pressure. Attention is also given to volume (diffuse) discharges in a homogeneous electric field, barrier discharges, and so-called open low-pressure discharges. The book has…
Einstein and Others: Unification

Contemporary Fundamental Physics, Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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We continue the Book Series Contemporary Fundamental Physics. The thematic issue Einstein and Others: Unification contains articles related to the problem of the unification of interactions and to other fundamental problems of the modern physics. The book includes an Editorial Introduction, and nine articles. This book may be considered as continuation of the books Einstein…
Reactive Oxygen Species, Lipid Peroxidation and Protein Oxidation

Chemistry Research and Applications, Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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Many studies have shown that free radical damage and lipid peroxidation increase as a function of the degree of unsaturation of the fatty acids present in the phospholipids of biological membranes. Membrane phospholipids are particularly susceptible to oxidation not only because of their highly polyunsaturated fatty acid content but also because of their association in…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 285

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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In this next volume of Horizons in World Physics, chapters include research on a low-energy theory of the Nambu-Goldstone excitation spectrum and the corresponding speed of sound of an interacting Fermi mixture of Lithium-6 and Potassium-40 atoms in a two-dimensional optical lattice; the scientifically difficult subject of physics of shocks in plasma; hydrothermal synthesis as…
The Heavens Above: A Popular Handbook of Astronomy

Physics Research and Technology, Special Topics
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It has been the aim of the authors to give in this book a brief, simple, and accurate account of the heavens as they are known to astronomers of the present day. It is believed that there is nothing in the book beyond the comprehension of readers of ordinary intelligence, and that it contains all…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 283

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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This book presents original research results on the leading edge of physics. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum, including radiation of axions and neutrinos from the center of the milky way; foundations of modern Hamiltonian biomechanics; the Earth’s natural pulsed electromagnetic field in…
From Violin to Atom: Introduction to Modern Physics for Engineers

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The use of mathematics in modern physics can be rather daunting. In classical mechanics, the representation of the position of a particle by a cuclidean three-vector can be directly related to our immediate impressions of the world around us. However, quantum theory is distinguished by a striking gap between the mathematical structure and the physical…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 286

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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This book presents the latest developments in world physics, including chapters on the origin, types and prospects of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs); a phenomenological model for studying the acceleration of particles in relativistic shocks and their synchrotron and Compton emission; a new search method of sources of arrival direction particles of ultrahigh energy; a review of…
Old Problems and New Horizons in World Physics

Physics Research and Technology, Special Topics
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Written by 13 contributors from different regions of the World, this book is a collection of papers written by researchers who have been working toward defining new concepts in the sciences for years. Among the new approaches, new views have been developed based on the emerging mathematical principles, the observation of possible relationships between physical…
Relativity, Gravitation, Cosmology: Foundations

Contemporary Fundamental Physics, Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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The authors continue the book series ‘Contemporary Fundamental Physics’ through Nova Science Publishers. The editor is Professor Doctor V. V. Dvoeglazov from Universidad de Zacatecas, Mexico. The thematic issue, “Relativity, Gravitation, Cosmology: Foundations”, contains articles related to contemporary problems of modern physics. The book includes an editorial introduction and 10 chapters. The old problems are…
Magnifying Spacetime: How Physics Changes with Scale

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Fundamental physics has now been stuck for almost a century. Ever since the discovery of general relativity and quantum mechanics in the early 1900s, the brightest minds in physics have been striving to combine these two paradigms into a single unified theory of quantum gravity, without success. The general consensus is that we are missing…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 287

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This book presents the latest developments in world physics, including chapters on the applications of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; fiber laser setup used to generate several mode-locked pulses applied to soliton-based optical transmission link; microring resonators; the nature of waves; star groups in the Orion constellation; the dissolution process of star clusters in the context of…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 288

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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This book presents the latest developments in world physics, including chapters on the neoclassic approach to cosmology based on the invariant integral; the versatile approach to the study of cosmological models; the reexamination of the main method in astronomy; sarma superfluid state in a spin-orbit-coupled fermi gas in a two-dimensional optical lattice; low-cost, high-speed hydrophilic…
Acoustics of Moving Inhomogeneities

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A new approach to the theory of sound scattering, diffraction and propagation in slightly compressible media containing moving inhomogeneities is presented. The main concept of this approach lies in enriching the acoustic properties of the media by the consideration of the inhomogeneities’ motion together with the contribution of media flow generated by them. Both factors…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 289

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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This book presents the latest developments in world physics, including chapters on the regularization and numerical solution of direct and inverse waveguide problems; the predictability and unpredictability from the perspective of the interpretations of quantum mechanics; the external gamma radiation dose in Mexico; the quantum formulation of the electromagnetic field and London’s theory; the wide-aperture…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 290

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This book presents the latest developments in world physics. Chapter One presents the principles of small angle neutron scattering oriented towards the study of complex macromolecular, biological and hybrid nanoassemblies. Chapter Two reviews how a synergistic use of quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) can help shed light on the complex behavior of…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 291

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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This book presents the latest developments in world physics. Chapter One discusses quantum spectral imaging research. Chapter Two analyzes resonant interaction of acoustic phonons with localizes vibrational modes in superlattices. Chapter Three describes the fabrication and functions of organic superlattices. Chapter Four presents specific features of the thermopower behavior of calcium-containing Y-based high-temperature superconductors. Chapter…
The Destinies of the Stars

Space Science, Exploration and Policies, Special Topics
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In The Destinies of the Stars the evolution of the stars and planets are traced through the spiral nebula, the gaseous stars, the sun, the worlds to be, Jupiter and Saturn, the world, to the final destiny of all, the dead planets, Mercury and Mars. (Imprint: SNOVA)
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 292

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In this book, Chapter One reviews the dynamics of an apokamp and its parent discharge, present spectral data on apokamps in air, helium, and argon, and discuss possible applications of the novel phenomenon, in particular for simulating transient luminous events such as blue and red jets and for creating apokamp-based exciplex sources. In Chapter Two,…
Horizons in World Physics. Volume 294

Horizons in World Physics (Numbered Series), Special Topics, Physics and Astronomy
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In the opening chapter by J. J. Camacho, a study of laser-produced swine muscle plasma is presented. The findings indicate that the surface morphology of the irradiated surface increased the pressure of the ambient gas and decreased the ablated mass, significantly reducing the laser-target coupling. In the second chapter by Emanuele Calabrò, another study is…